Welcome to Year 1
Class Teacher: Mrs Drysdale
Class TA: Miss Smith
Welcome back to the Summer term, where has the year gone?
Please find below important information for the upcoming term.
Monday and Thursday - Reading book changing day. Please send your child's reading book and record into school on these day for changing.
Thursday - PE. Please send your child into school in their outside PE uniform. This consists of a plain white t-shirt, black tracksuit bottoms, black jacket/hoodie and outdoor trainers.
Home Learning 2020 - 2021
If your child is absent from school, please find below important and helpful information about the
home learning in Year 1.
Children who are absent from school should try to complete the activities set on this webpage and on Purple Mash for each subject starting with Week 1. These activities are set to maintain their learning in accordance with the Government guidelines. The activities are as follows:-
- Maths - daily lesson to watch below and then a daily follow up activity to complete on Purple Mash
- English - daily lesson to watch below and then one activity uploaded every Friday to complete on Purple Mash
- SPaG - two/three activites uploaded every week on Purple Mash
- Topic/Science - daily lesson to watch below
- Phonics - two daily lessons to watch below
If you have any questions about any of this home learning, please ring school and leave me a message.
Thank you and stay safe,
Mrs Drysdale
Oxford Owl reading resources
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub
We encourage parents to please read with your children daily and answer questions in the book. Please only let your child choose books that are from their colour band.
The class login details are:
Username:- stgeorges1
Password :- books
If your child has to isolate, please see the below table for the latest weekly home learning projects.
| Week 1 | |
| Monday | |
| English | To listen to and respond to a story |
| Maths | Using number bonds when subtracting |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Green (1) |
| Topic | To know why effective handwashing is important |
| Tuesday | |
| English | To tell a story from memory |
| Maths | Using doubles to calculate near doubles |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Green (2) |
| Topic | Playing together but apart |
| Wednesday | |
| English | To explore the main moods in the story |
| Maths | Using the 'make ten' strategy |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Green (3) |
| Topic | My lockdown feelings |
| Thursday | |
| English | To use the past tense (ed) |
| Maths | Understanding that the = symbol represents equivalence |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Green (4) |
| Topic | Agony Aunt |
| Friday | |
| English | To make inferences based on what is said and done |
| Maths | Choosing calculation strategies to solve calculations |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Green (5) |
| Topic | Make kindness count |
| Week 2 | |
| Monday | |
| English | To box up a story for purpose |
| Maths | Sequencing numbers to 50 |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Pink (1) |
| Topic | What do we know about the weather? |
| Tuesday | |
| English | To explore how writers create mood |
| Maths | Grouping and counting in tens |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Pink (2) |
| Topic | How does the weather change across the seasons? |
| Wednesday | |
| English | To write a story with clear moods (Part 1) |
| Maths | Exploring tens and ones |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Orange (1) |
| Topic | How do trees change across the seasons? |
| Thursday | |
| English | To write a story with clear moods (Part 2) |
| Maths | Introducing place value |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Orange (2) |
| Topic | How can you measure rainfall? |
| Friday | |
| English | To write a story with clear moods (Part 3) |
| Maths | Using place value with numbers to 50 |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Purple (1) |
| Topic | What is hibernation? |
| Week 3 | |
| Monday | |
| English | To listen and respond to a story |
| Maths | Comparing and ordering numbers within 50 (Part 1) |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Blue (1) |
| Topic | What is the United Kingdom? |
| Tuesday | |
| English | To tell a story from memory |
| Maths | Comparing and ordering numbers within 50 (Part 2) |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Blue (2) |
| Topic | What can you find in the United Kingdom? |
| Wednesday | |
| English | To describe using senses |
| Maths | Counting in twos and fives |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Blue (3) |
| Topic | What is the history of London? |
| Thursday | |
| English | To use capital letters for names |
| Maths | Counting in twos fives and tens |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Blue (4) |
| Topic | How do people move around in London |
| Friday | |
| English | To link our reading to our own experiences |
| Maths | Describing and completing number patterns |
| Phonics | Read and Hold a Sentence - Blue (5) |
| Topic | What are the landmarks in London? |
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Phonics website
Twinkl :- home-learning resources
Please use this link, which is currently free, with the attached offer code
Some of the resources have been printed and sent with your child. Other useful resources are located under Year 1 school closure pack.
PE SESSIONS
Disney Dance along songs Aimed at ages 5 to 8, a variety of dance along videos with ‘This Girl Can’
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/disney-workouts/
Andy’s Wild Workouts Aimed at KS1 children, learn a variety
of fun movements with a theme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tmmvz
Year 1 Common Exception Words
Below are the common exception words for year 1, these are words that are tricky to sound out. We need to be able to read and write these words by the end of our time in Year one so practicing these regularly would be a fantastic help.
