Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 is the first year children experience the National Curriculum after finishing the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Welcome to Year 1 - Dragon Class
All the information you need for your child is in the drop down menus below. If you have any questions then please do get in touch with myself and I will be happy to help.
Mrs J
Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 is the first of two years within Key Stage 1 (KS1). The children have completed their time in the EYFS and are now following the National Curriculum. The children will continue with their daily Sounds Write phonic lessons, preparing them for the Phonics Screening Test in May/June each year. They will also continue with the Mastering Number Programme alongside CanDo Maths for their main maths lessons. We practice handwriting daily and the children will now begin to use un joined cursive ready for joining letters in Year 2.
Day to day life in Year 1
The children come into school independently, put away their bag and coat and complete an early morning task. This ranges from reading, maths tasks and handwriting.
Register is then taken where the children share what they are having for lunch. As we are in Year 1 all children are eligible for Free School Meals. The options are a hot meal either meat or vegetarian or a baguette (with a packet of crisps) with a meat or vegetarian option for the filling. All lunches come with a pudding, fresh fruit or yoghurt and we have the salad bar as well. Lunches can be booked via the Parentpay app. They still need to be booked even though they are free so the kitchen staff know how many to prepare.
We then have our first morning session until 10:20 when it is breaktime. Children are provided with a piece of fruit for snack but may bring a piece of snack from home if they wish. Breaktime is for 30 minutes, allowing the children to explore and enjoy our OPAL ethos.
After breaktime we have another session which brings us upto lunch at 12:00 where the children go into the dinner hall to eat their lunch.
The afternoon session is from 1:00 until 3:25 when the school day finishes on Monday - Thursday with Friday finishing at 1:00pm.
Please can your child have a water bottle, coat, hat and change of shoes in school each day. This is to ensure they can enjoy all we offer and keep safe in our changing climate.
Spelling Bee 48 Spellings
Three times a year, at the end of the Christmas Term, Easter Term and Term 6 the children take part in the Spelling Bee. To do this they are tested on 48 common spellings from the term. If they score above 35 they are then entered in to the Spelling Bee. Please find attached the 48 Spellings for each term.
Term One - Lights, Camera, Action
Welcome to Term 1! Our whole school topic this year is titled, 'Lights, Camera, Action!' I am really excited to share with the children the filmmaking journey. When did it begin? Who were important people of the time? What are we going to do?
Please find attached the planning for this term.
Mrs J