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Welcome to Year 1 

2024-25

Teacher: Miss McAlavey (Monday - Wednesday)

Teacher: Mrs Christensen (Thursday and Friday) 

Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs Gibbs

Key Information

PE Days: outdoor Wednesday (pm) and indoor Friday (pm)

Reading books sent home: Wednesday 

To be returned: Monday 

Homework sent home: Wednesday

Spellings sent home: Friday

To be returned before: Friday of the following week

This page will give you lots of information about Year 1 as an overview. Our curriculum and the different topics we will be covering each term in each subject are found on the website class pages. We will post a weekly blog and photos on Dojo and use it's messaging service. 

The team are always happy to help and answer any questions face to face, via Dojo or a message in the school office.

READING 

Reading is a HUGE part of our journey! 

Reading books will come home on a Wednesday and need to be returned to school on a Monday. 

This will be at the correct phonic stage for your child. They should be able to read this fluently and independently.

This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading.

Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

MATHS

We follow Maths No Problem. This term we will be learning about numbers to 40, adding and subtracting and using our maths skills to solve word problems. 

https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos 

NumBots is an online game and playing little and often will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. These are critical foundations in maths so we are excited by the impact NumBots will have.

https://play.numbots.com/

Term Topics 

RE: From Galilee to Jerusalem, From Desert to Garden

Science: Animals including Humans and Seasonal Change

PE: gymnastics and games 

Geography: Hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles

Computing: Everyday Technology 

Art: 3D sculpture

Homework 

The children will bring home a weekly literacy sheet, a maths homework and spellings.