Year 1

Welcome to Year 1!

Miss Woodward and Miss Powell would like to welcome you to our class page.

Here you will find some useful information about Year 1.

Communication

To keep updated with what your child is doing in school make sure that you join Class Dojo. It is a fantastic tool which allows you to keep track of your child's behaviour as well as what they have been learning each day. We will communicate through our ‘Class Story’ and you will be able to see how many Class Dojo points your child receives each day. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me through the private messaging service that Class Dojo provides.

Reading

In Year 1, it is extremely important that your child reads regularly at home.

The children will take part in Guided Reading sessions to help develop their fluency and comprehension skills. If your child is reading on our Read Write Inc. scheme, your child will be given a Read Write Inc. reading book to take home. Their home reading books are changed once the children have read their book with an adult in school 3 times. The Read Write Inc. home reading texts are matched to the texts that they share with an adult in school.

Once your child begins reading the Read Write Inc. Comprehension texts in school, they will be supported with selecting reading books to take home. When your child has finished the Read Write Inc. scheme, they will take part in Guided Reading sessions using the "Pathways to Read" scheme which supports the use of high quality texts, carefully selected to support your child's learning.

To support your child's love of reading, we also encourage free choice texts from the school library. These will not always match you child's reading level so where this is the case you are invited to share the books and the joy of reading with the children. You are also welcome to share other texts at home. The following websites are really helpful for finding books aimed at your child's age and interests:

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/bookfinder/

https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/branching-out/

Phonics

Phonics is taught through our Read Write Inc. scheme. The children will be allocated reading books that match their phonics stage which will be shared during Guided Reading and at home.

English

Each half term, your child will be studying a high quality text as part of the Pathways to Write scheme. Within their English lessons, they will develop their understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling. You can keep up to date with our learning on the Class Dojo page.

Maths

Maths is taught using the White Rose scheme. You can also keep up to date with our Maths learning on the Class Dojo page.

PE

PE will take place every Tuesday. Each Wednesday, the children will take part in outdoor learning as part of their Welly Wednesday activities.

For safety, it is important the children do not wear earrings for PE. Where possible, children should come to school with earrings removed. If children have earrings in on a day where we are doing whole class PE, they will be asked to try to remove them. It is therefore important that anyone with earrings needs to be shown how to remove them safely before wearing them to school.

Continuous Provision

Year 1 builds on the strong foundations children develop in Reception. Children continue to learn through carefully planned activities and opportunities to explore independently, alongside whole class teaching. We adapt the balance between these approaches to meet the needs and stage of development of each cohort. This helps every child to feel confident, supported and ready to learn.