Year 1 

Welcome to Snowdrop and Tulip Class

Year 1 Meet and Greet Year 1 Leaflet Year 1 Curriculum Overview

We have so much planned for the coming year, the children will have lots of fun while learning. For the first term, we will keep the continuous provision from Early Years, the children are familiar with this and it should help with their transition into Key Stage 1. We will use our outdoor area daily and have art, writing, maths, science and DT opportunities available inside and outside the classrooms. Our writing and maths focusses will be completed in small groups or 1-1 if necessary. Also, we will incorporate the class learning with the continuous provision that will be available to the children. After the autumn half term, we will gradually start to learn as a class ensuring that the children are feeling confident to attempt work independently.

During the first half of the spring term, the lessons will be more formal, and we will  build on the children’s independence during working time.

PE

• Tulip Class have PE on Wednesday and Friday
• Snowdrop Class has PE on Thursday and Friday.

It is expected that the children bring in and change into a PE kit - consisting of dark shorts, a white t-shirt and suitable shoes (trainers or pumps).

PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL YOUR CHILD’S POSSESSIONS ARE CLEARLY LABELLED WITH THEIR NAMES.

Homework

Homework will be set on Friday, at first, homework will be basic skills.

Occasionally, there will be a small task or discussion for English.

Reading

Both classes will change their reading books on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. A QR code for a decodable book will be stuck in the reading records, and each child will build up a personal library of ebooks. Please re-read these ebooks too, to ensure the children become fluent readers. As well as the QR code, your child will bring home a book to read. There will be a reading record for you to write how your child read and understood the book, please write a comment for us. We will answer any questions, or comments too.

In class, each child will have the opportunity to read with an adult at least twice a week, in a small group or 1-1.

We cannot wait to meet you all, and are excited to start the new academic year with you all!

Mrs Lawson and Ms Cullen