Year 1 - St Anthony
Staff
Class Teacher: Miss Holder
TA: Mrs Quinn (Mon, Tues), Mrs Ambridge (Wed - Fri)
Wider Year 1 Team: Mrs Retter, Mrs T
Curriculum Information
Curriculum Information Powerpoint
Autumn Curriculum Information Leaflet
Homework
Weekly Expectations:
All children from Reception to Year 2 will be asked to read at home at least 4x a week and for this to be recorded by parents, in their reading records.
Class teachers from reception to Year 2 will send home a list of high frequency words which should be read through and practised at least once a week.
Access to Numbots (Reception to Year 2) and Times Table Rockstars (Year 1 and Year 2) will be provided by the school so that these apps can be used to practise key maths skills at home. This should be completed for no more than 10 mins a day and at least 3 x a week. This week, a letter will be issued to each child which will contain their log in details. A small slip containing username and password will be glued into their reading book. Class teachers may also send home harder to read and spell words, or phonics resources to help support your child.
Half Termly Expectations:
Every half term, class teachers will create and send home a menu of activities to be completed over the course of the half term. These will be a range of tasks and will include 2x maths, 2x English, 2x RE, 1x History or geography, 1x science, 1 x Art or DT, 1x music or computing.
These menus will be glued into a homework book and we will invite you to complete as many as you can. You can then tick off those that you have completed and either record in the homework book what you have done. If you have taken a photograph or would prefer to share something electronically, this can be sent through to class teachers via Google Classroom. Each class will then allocate an afternoon where children can bring in and share some of the tasks that they have completed at home.
Weekly Learning W/B 19/01/26
Maths:
This week in Maths, we have been learning about numbers 11-20. We explored how each number is made up of tens and ones. The children represented numbers using tens frames, showing one full ten and the remaining ones. We also used part-whole models to break numbers into tens and ones, helping the children see how numbers are composed and connected.
English:
In English, we have been doing lots of lovely work about the story 'The Squirrels who Squabbled' by Rachel Bright. We explored the setting and created descriptions using the five senses to help bring the story to life. The children also identified the characters’ thoughts and feelings, using thought bubbles to show what the characters might be thinking at different points in the story.
Alongside this, we continued to practise using capital letters and full stops correctly, and encouraged the use of adjectives to add detail to our sentences.
RE:
This week in RE, we have been learning about Jesus’ mission to share God’s love and show us how to live in the way He wants. We talked about the people Jesus met, including Zacchaeus, Anna, and Simeon, and explored how meeting Jesus changed their lives. The children reflected on how Jesus’ actions and love helped others and thought about how we can follow His example today.
Science:
This half term in Science, we have been learning about materials. This week, the children explored the difference between materials and objects, understanding that objects are made from different materials. We looked at the properties of materials, such as whether they are hard, soft, flexible, waterproof, or absorbent, and discussed why certain materials are chosen for specific objects.
Key Information
A love of reading!
Learning to read is perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can ever give a child. Many adults remember those special books that we loved to read as children; those books that made us laugh, smile and the adventure they took us on.
At St Rose’s, we want to give every child this same passion for reading. We have worked with the School Book List to resource every classroom book corner at school with a fresh range of appropriate and exciting texts.
Please follow the link below to see the books that are in your child’s book corner. You may wish to purchase one or two of these fabulous texts to enjoy with your child at home.
Year 1 Books Link:
Reading Books
Guided Reading will be changed throughout the week and individual choice books will be changed every Friday.
Homework
Please ensure you are reading every evening with your child.
P.E & Whispering Woods Days
Our P.E. days are Tuesday and Wednesday. P.E. kits should be kept in school at all times. We will send them home over the school holidays. Remember if your child has a club after school you will need to return their PE kit. All long hair needs to be tied back.
Our Whispering Woods day is Monday. Please make sure they have the appropriate named kit in school.
Morning Routine
When children arrive in the morning they are expected to say goodbye to their parents on the playground. The children then come into class and change out of their coats, put away their book bags, water bottles and lunch boxes. Once their belongings are away the children go to their places where they complete their early morning work. At 8:40 the classroom door is closed and registration is taken, finishing with morning prayer. Any child arriving after 8:40 must enter school through the Main Entrance where they must be signed in.
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