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Books we are reading in class this term include: 

 

     The Button Box : Reid, Margarette, Chamberlain, Sarah: Amazon.co.uk: Books Little Bear's Trousers (Red Fox picture books) Martha Maps It Out (Readerful: Books for Sharing) Poems Out Loud!

 

 Winnie the Witch Winnie Flies Again 

Notices: 

Cases of headlice

Following from parents worries: Can you please check your child's hair as we have had repeated cases of headlice in year 1. If you find evidence of this in your child's (or their siblings hair), please take appropriate action. Kind regards.

Phonics support for parents

Following our presentation to parents about the Little Wandle phonics programme for year 1. The links below go through the content being taught and how you can support your child at home. This information is also available on the Little Wandle website alongside resources and videos which you may find useful.

Parent-handout Year 1 - Autumn

Tricky-words-for-parents -Phase 5

Little Wandle Reading Books

We will give out books to those children whose parents have paid the deposit AND signed the agreement. These books are in the plastic zippy wallets with a bookmark which has the child's name on it. We give these LW books out each Monday so please can these be returned the following Monday. This allows us time to do our 3 reads per week. We will continue to also add these books onto the E-Collins as an eBook.

If you are not sure if you have paid AND signed the consent or if you want your child to have the book to take home then please see your class teacher. 

Homework

We  set homework for each child which is linked to our maths learning in class. This homework is set on Monday and children have a week to complete it before the following Monday. Information about the homework is on the class Google Classroom. (Links to these are below) Go to the 'Classwork' tab and then 'Autumn Term Home Learning'. 

Log-in sheets for each pupil will be sent home ASAP but this will be after a week or two of starting as we await this to be set up. The QR code for Discovery Education had to be updated therefore we have given you an updated copy. The previous QR code on the sheets you may have retained from their Reception class will no longer work. (All other log in details have remained the same.)

There is a separate sheet which has the information required to log in to MyMaths. As with all log in and personal information please keep these somewhere safe. Take a photo of the log in sheet might be helpful.

Year 1 Welcome Letter 2024

Autumn Learning Tree 

Reading

Book bags need to be in school every Monday

Daily Little Wandle phonics groups continue in Year 1. In a similar way to Reception, phonics will be taught in groups by all Year 1 staff. Three times a week the children also read with an adult as part of a smaller group. These reading sessions work on decoding, prosody and comprehension. At the end of the week, we will allocate this book to your child on the Collins website. New books will be allocated at the end of each week. Please login at home so that your child can share this with you and show you what they have been learning in school. Please add a comment in your child’s reading record every week to show this has been done. Logins will be new this year and will be written in your new reading records for easy reference.

In addition to this, every Monday your child will bring home a sharing book. These books are recommended Year 1 texts- both fiction and non-fiction. They are labelled with a shiny Year 1 sticker. Please enjoy these together. These books are returned and allocated every Monday. Please add a comment in your child’s reading record to show this has been done. Children will also visit the school infant library and choose a book to bring home. Please also return these alongside the other book on Mondays (Pears) and Tuesday (Cherries).

Diary Dates

Friday 22nd November - INSET Day - School closed to children

Thursday 28th November - Parents Consultation Evening 2

Saturday 30th November - Belmont School PTA Christmas Fair 11-3pm

Wednesday 25th June - Year 1 Educational Visit to Kew Gardens

Water and Snacks

Please ensure that your child has a named water bottle in school every day. Fruit will be offered to the children every morning at playtime (10.15am). Your child is allowed to bring in their own snack to eat at playtime. Please remember we are a nut-free school. 

Google Classroom

Cherries Google Classroom Link 

Pears Google Classroom Link 

Home learning

Reading 

15-20 minutes daily.

Y1 Sharing book - please read this together and write a comment in the Reading Record. A new sharing book will be sent home every Monday. Please return this book every Monday so that we can rotate the books and send new ones home. They have a shiny sticker on the front to make them easy to identify. 

 

Collins ebook - these will be allocated at the end of each week so the children can share what they have learnt in school. These ebooks are matched to each child's phonics learning in school. 

Collins Little Wandle book - same book as above. These are matched to each child's phonics learning in school and is the same book as the ebook.

 

Library book - these books are chosen from the library by your child. Please return this book every Monday so that we can swap it for another library book.

Key words/

Phonics/ Spelling 

Here is the list of the Y1 and Y2 common exception words (words that don't follow the phonics rules). 

Common exception words Y1 & Y2 

 

Spellings for WB 18.11.24 - Here are the tricky words we are looking at this week:

could
would
should
our

We have also been learning the alternative spelling for /ai/, /igh/, /oa/, /oo/ or /ue/ and /ee/ and that these can be spelt with a split digraph e.g. a_e (cake), i_e (lime), o_e (bone), u_e (cube or rude) and e_e (complete) - the e at the end is silent but changed the vowel sound. Year 1 children find this quite challenging to remember!

 

We don't test the children on these but we will be looking out the correct use of these words in their class work.

Maths 

Please check Google Classroom to see the maths home learning for this week - this is set on a Monday.

Go to the 'Classwork' tab and then 'Autumn Term Home Learning'. 

Creative Home Learning Project

The autumn term Creative Home Learning - 'From A to B' is on the class Google Classroom. This is due in week beginning 9th December.

 

Please upload the work to Google Classroom so that children can share their work with the class.

General Routines

Monday

Return reading record, sharing book and school library book

Return Collins Little Wandle book inside plastic wallet with child's bookmark

Library - Pears children visit the school infant library in the afternoon

Tuesday

PE - wear PE kit to school (indoor PE)

Library - Cherries children visit the school infant library in the afternoon

Wednesday 

Forest School -please bring wellies and a rain coat

Thursday
Friday

PE - wear PE kit to school (outdoor PE)

Gardening - please bring a rain coat and a change of footwear 

Learning this week:
English

 

Traditional Tales - The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Story retelling, acting out the sequence of the story

Maths

Addition & Subtraction - Add together, add parts, addition problems

Learning next week:
English

Traditional Tales

Retelling stories, story writing

Maths

Addition & Subtraction - Find a part, subtraction - find a part

BHSA Class Reps

Cherries Class - 

TBC

Pears Class - 

TBC

Thank you for your continued support in Year 1.