Year 1
Welcome to Olive class
Year 1 Team
Class teachers and Teaching assistants
Miss Rebecca Dawkins – TUESDAY to FRIDAY
Mrs Helen Pearce – MONDAYS
Mrs Sonia Gratwick - H.L.T.A. THURSDAY A.M. PPA COVER
Mrs Kelly Mitchell - Teaching Assistant
Mrs Sandra Eastwood- Teaching Assistant
P.E. DAYS -Tuesday Thursday
LIBRARY BOOK CHANGING DAY Thursday
Spring Term 2 2024
Dear Olive Class, Parents and Carers,
Well last term passed by so quickly! We all greatly enjoyed the topic about toys of the past and present and we are sure you will agree that Olive Class did an amazing job in their Sharing Assembly. They planned much of the content themselves!
We now want to tell you all about the exciting things planned for the next half term, leading up to Easter.
Our Science and History topic question this half term is "How have telephones changed?" We will be exploring how telephones were invented and comparing old and modern ones. In P.S.H.E., we will be thinking about different places in our Community and exploring the similarities and differences in people's lifestyles. In Art we will be creating impressions of spring-time using collage and other media.
Take a look below at our Curriculum Map to see all the interesting things we will be experiencing this term.
Best wishes
Rebecca Dawkins, Helen Pearce and the Year 1 team.
READING REMINDER and INFORMATION
It is good to see that parents are logging in to the ebooks Big Cat Collins website for your children to show off their reading to you. For those who are having difficulty please do let us know how we can help. It is important to practise at home. A new book is added every week (check the date) They should be able to read these books fluently and there are some comprehension questions at the back of each one.
You can also use the guide below.
A guide to access books
READING IN YEAR 1
Reading with your child for even a few minutes every day helps them to develop their love of books and reading- as well as their confidence in learning in other subjects.
What books will children bring home each week?
1. A fully decodable ebook assigned per week on the big cat Collins website for children to read at home. (log in provided)
2. Another book from the school library which is for pleasure and for sharing- it is vital that children experience a wide range of other quality children’s books that are either read to or with them. These books play an essential role in developing a love of reading. Research shows that reading books to your child has a major impact on their future reading ability
Please encourage your child to read their ereading book regularly and bring in their reading record to school every day.
Curriculum Map Spring 2 2024
Topic Question homework Spring 2 2024
Knowledge organiser; How have telephones changed?
Little Wandle Phonics Plan Spring 2 2024
The Sphere Pobble 365 stimulus for writing
The Sphere Pobble 365 questions as stimulus to write
Common exception words Year 1
Reading Prompts
P.E. DAYS
Tuesdays - Multiskills with Sports Coach Mr. Chris
Thursdays - Fundamentals unit 1 with Mrs Gratwick
- Please ensure your child comes in wearing sports clothing appropriate for indoor and outdoor P.E. on these days e.g. tracksuit bottoms, sweatshirt or hooded top and trainers or plimsolls.
- Earrings and other jewellery must be removed for P.E. and long hair tied back. If your child cannot remove their own earrings ,please remove these for your child before school on P.E. days.
- They also need to bring a bottle of water into school every day and a sunhat in hot weather. We have a class drinking fountain which they can use to refill water throughout the day.
Thanks.