Dear Year 1 families, 

A big welcome to Year 1!

We hope you have all settled back into the new term. We are really looking forward to working together with you all so that we have an exciting and productive term. 

This will be a typical school day for your child. 

RWI/Guided reading

English

Break

Maths

Lunch

Mastering of Number

Foundation subjects/PE

Storytime

Y1 Common Exception Words

Read Write Inc - Phrases

Y1 Maths organiser

Y1 Family meet the teacher

PE sessions are:

1TH – Monday and Thursday

1F -Tuesday and Wednesday

Maths targets

Throughout the Autumn term your child will be focussing on:

• Number and Place Value: Up to 20
• Geometry: Properties of Shapes
• Addition and Subtraction
• Number and Place Value: up to 100
• Addition and Subtraction: Facts of 7 - 11

Your child will also receive access to a programme called Numbots which will support your child’s maths. We will provide your child with login details. We will also send a knowledge organizer home with your child to inform you of what your child is learning in maths.

Your child will sometimes bring home a maths activity which supports their learning in school. This is optional and there is no pressure to complete the activity.

Reading

• Teachers will be giving the childrenone home reader each week appropriately matched to the level they are reading in school. Please can your child bring the books to school daily as there will be opportunities to read them in school.
• Please read daily with your child and record what they have read to you in their yellow reading records. (It could just be a tick, but it would help us to be able to more closely and effectively monitor which books have been read if you do this.)
• In the RWI home readers, there is a guide on how to use the reading book effectively.
• Your child will also be given the opportunity to choose a story time book each week.
• Reading should be enjoyable (not too tricky!)
• Reading should include a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. 

Writing

Spellings and handwriting

We will focus on handwriting this term and guidelines will be provided for the children in all written activities.

Please find attached the Year 1 high frequency (common exception/red) words. These are the words that the children should be able to read and spell by the end of Year 1.

We will inform you each week of any focus spellings that we would like you to support your child with.

Other curriculum subjects:

Autumn 1

Geography – Where I live. My home and the route to school.

Science – Autumn – Seasonal change and Plants 

Art – Self and family portraits – George Seurat 

PE - Gymnastics / Ball skills 

Computing – Computing systems and networks – technology around us /Online safety

PSHE - Relationships -Being Me in my World.

RE - What do Christians believe God is like? 

Autumn 2

History - The Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes 

A Victorian Christmas 

Science - Materials 

DT – Mechanisms – sliders and levers 

PE - Target games / invasion 

RE – Why does Christmas matter to Christians and how do people celebrate it?    

Computing - Online safety – Project Evolve – Online relationships and online bullying 

Music – Hey You 

PSHE – Celebrating differences 

Gentle Reminders

Please send your child to school with a named water bottle, a named pencil case and a named pair of wellies. The pencil cases and wellies can then stay at school. It can also be handy to pack a change of clothes in your child's bag. 

Thank you as always for all the support that you give your children at home. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to your class teacher. We are here to support you and your child in every way we can. 

From The Year 1 Team

Mrs Fisher, Miss Taylor-Huby, Mrs Forster, Mrs Musto and Mrs Scarfe.