Year 1 - St Bernadette
Staff
Class Teacher: Mrs Retter
HLTA: Mrs T
Wider Year 1 Team: Miss Holder, Mrs Quinn, Mrs Ambridge
Curriculum Information
Curriculum Information Powerpoint
Autumn Curriculum Info 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. 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
Maths:
This term in Maths, Year 1 have been focusing on place value within ten. We have been learning to recognise, count, and order numbers from 1 to 10, and have practised placing them correctly on a number line.
We’ve also introduced the comparison symbols:
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greater than ( > )
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less than ( < )
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equal to ( = )
The children have enjoyed using these symbols to compare numbers and explain their thinking, helping to build a strong understanding of number value and order.
English:
In Drawing Club, we have been enjoying the book My Hair by Hannah Lee. Inspired by the story, we’ve been exploring different hairstyles and celebrating what makes each one special.
As part of our learning, the children have been writing instructions for how to create their favourite hairstyles during our provision time. This has been a fantastic opportunity to combine creativity with literacy, as the children practise using bossy (imperative) verbs, sequencing words, and clear steps in their writing.
RE:
In RE this term, we have been learning about how to look after God’s world. We explored important texts such as the Nicene Creed and Laudato Si, which teach us about caring for creation and the responsibility we all share.
To put our learning into action, we went litter picking around our school grounds and planted seeds to help nurture the environment. Through these activities, we learned that when we care for God’s world, we are also caring for one another.
Science:
In Science, we have been learning about how to care for animals. We’ve been thinking about what animals need to stay healthy and happy, including food, water and shelter.
As part of our learning, we will also be gathering and recording data by finding out what the most popular pet is in our class. This will help us practise our skills in asking questions, collecting information, and presenting our findings in a simple chart.
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 and outdoor shoes, putting 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.
