Our Year 1 Class
A very warm welcome to our Year 1 class page. In Year 1 the children make the transition from Foundation Stage to the National Curriculum. The children's confidence blossoms as they quickly develop the skills to become even more independent in their learning. We learn through practical and concrete activities and work as a team to develop our knowledge and understanding. The staff within the classroom are committed to providing the best learning experiences possible and are always on hand if you need them.
We look forward to a very busy and fun year where we will all have our time to shine!
Our Year 1 Class 2024-2025
Class Information
Who's Who
Mrs Clarke- Year 1 Class Teacher
Miss Taverner- Teaching Assistant
Mrs Bent- HLTA
Mrs Baines- HLTA
Mrs Cartwright- Inclusion Teaching Assistant
Miss Williams- Inclusion Teaching Assistant
English
In Year 1 we hope to embed a deep love of reading and therefore base all of our learning around a key text each half term that can be both fiction and non - fiction. We teach writing using 'The Write Stuff.' This focuses on the mechanics of writing as we teach the children how to write with an awareness of audience, purpose and context, whilst increasingly developing new and wide vocabulary. As we work through our focus texts each half term, we will use the writing rainbow lenses to construct our writing and form our narratives. We also encourage a love of reading by sharing a whole class text each term, which we read daily together.
The Phonics Scheme we use in Year 1 is:
Read, Write Inc
Each day we undertake a RWI lesson. During this time, we review the set 2 sounds learnt in Reception and will learn a new Set 3 sound each day. After the Speed Sounds lesson, we look at a key text for the following three days. RWI is really helpful for embedding spellings and during each lesson we come across new 'Red Words', which we learn how to spell and are encouraged to use in our independent writing. We really enjoy our RWI time (particularly the partner work, actions and rhymes!)
Mathematics
In Year 1 we use Power Maths. The aim of Year 1 is for the children to become secure with basic number skill, being able to; confidently count forwards and backwards within 100, count on and back from any given number, identify one more and one less than a given number to 100, add and subtract one and two digit numbers within 20 and be able to recall number bond facts to 10 and 20. We enjoy learning through lots of practical activities and embed our skills through daily reasoning and problem solving activities.
It is important to keep working hard both at school and at home with Maths, so don't forget there are lots of online sites such as 'Topmarks, ICT games and Numbots' to keep our Maths brains active!
Homework
At the beginning of Year 1 your child will be given a packet that will be used as both a homework and reading packet, homework will be given out each Friday.
- Spellings will be sent home on paper and will be added to Spelling Shed so you can choose which way to learn these words.
- Handwriting will be sent home in a small yellow book, each week your child will have different letters and words that need to be practised and written out.
- RWI Speedy Sounds videos will be added to watch at home with your child.
- A maths number bonds sheet will be sent home to work on mastering basic number facts. Maths practise can be completed on Numbots.
Evidence for all homework needs to be added to Seesaw by Thursday each week so that dojos can be awarded to your child
Reading
As you are aware reading is high priority for us in school, particularly in Year 1, as this is the crucial time in which your child will become an independent and fluent reader! Please make sure you read 5 times a week with your child at home.
We change reading books once a week on a Thursday. The children will be given either the RWI book read in school that week or the one read the previous week and either a non-fiction book or another related story from the same level. Remember to fill in the reading diary with the name of the book, the pages you have read and any comments each time your child reads at home that week so that they can receive their reading stamp each week.
It is really important that we see evidence of your child reading across the year and I love to watch and hear them reading at home, so please remember to upload videos as often as possible!
Seesaw
We love Seesaw in Year 1 and it is our key tool for observations. Your child will upload their independent learning we do as rainbow challenges throughout the week and I will post things we have been learning in class, so remember to check it regularly! It is also important that just like in Reception you continue to contribute to your child's learning journey by sending regular observations of your child's home learning and experiences.