Welcome to Year 1

Our amazing team...

1F

Miss Jody Fletcher: Class Teacher

Wendy, Ruth and Jackie: Teaching Assistants

1W

Miss Jane Warner: Class Teacher

Wendy and Jackie: Teaching Assistants

Welcome to Year 1! We have planned some exciting learning for this year. Throughout the year, the children will have the opportunity to participate in Science Week activities and Share a Story Week. These additional enrichment days will support the children's learning in fun and exciting ways. We will also go on school trips that are linked to our topics. 

We would like to inform you about our topics this year;

Science

Seasonal changes

Animals including humans

Plants

Materials and their properties

History

When I was 5

Houses and homes

Holidays in the past (the seaside)

Geography

The British Isles

Our local area

The seaside

Maths

This year we are focusing on addition and subtraction within 20 and numbers to 50. We will learn various strategies to solve number and word problems. We will learn our number facts to 20, counting in 2's and counting in 10's. We will introduce 2d and 3d shapes and compare length and height, as well as weight and volume.  

Reading

The children will read with their teacher once a week, where they will also change their reading book. Our expectation is that each child will read at least four times a week at home and we encourage children to re-read the book to improve fluency. Please write in your child's reading journal to inform us about their progress or any challenges they may be facing. Below is a list of High Frequency Words the children in Year 1 will be learning to sight read in school...

If you would like any tips on how to help with home reading please let us know, we would be thrilled to help!

Phonics

At Clifford Road School we use Twinkl Phonics. It is a fully comprehensive, synthetic phonics teaching programme designed to be used with children from nursery to year 2. Delivered through the stories and adventures of Kit, Sam and the Twinkl Phonics family, the scheme builds and develops the skills and understanding children need to become effective, independent readers and writers. Please follow the link below for more details...

Spelling 

In Year 1 the children use Word Study skills to investigate words. We identify the phonics, syllables, consonants and vowels in the word. We talk about the word meaning, similar words and determine if the word is a verb, noun or both. Alongside Word Study, the children learn to read and spell the Common Exception Words. These are listed below...

Reading Challenge!

The children will be given the opportunity to participate in a Reading Challenge. They will be asked to choose one book a week to read from the booklist. All the books on the list are books that are recommended for children in Year 1. Some of the books are picture books, non-fiction books and chapter books. You can read the book to yourself or you can share it with an adult at home who can read it to you. The children that complete the Reading Challenge and read the recommended number of books in the time given, will receive a prize :) .The Reading Challenge details can be found below...

Homework

Homework will be given to your child every half term. They will be expected to complete a starter, main and dessert. The children can work collate their work in their homework books. There is an option for your child to complete more than 3 tasks and additional work (side snacks) that can also be completed at home. Here is a copy of this terms homework below...

Online learning links...

For Poetry Day we learnt the poem 'The Sound Collector'. When we knew it off by heart, we decided to use instruments to create some of the noises described in the poem. Check out our performance by clicking on the link below...