Year 1

Welcome everybody to the Year 1 section of the website!

1A - Miss Atkinson. LSAs: Mrs Green

1C - Ms Crowther. LSA: Mrs Brierley 

Please see the Year 1 newsletter for details of the learning that lies ahead for the children this term. If you have any questions about anything at all, then please don’t hesitate to ask one of the year 1 team. 

Don't forget to check SeeSaw for any messages or home learning! Print outs or home learning will be available from class teachers. 

Reading at home

Reading is brilliant and we want to encourage children to do it as much as possible. In school, we will be reading a variety of texts to inspire the children's writing and to instil a LOVE of reading. Your child has a reading book to take home that is closely matched to their phonics ability.

As part of the home/school agreement we ask that read with your child at least 5 times during the week. This doesn't need to be just their school reading book! It can be anything that they are interested in reading; not just books, but also useful information that they need, such as (appropriate) websites, television guides, menus, magazines… the list is endless!  Your child will also receive a reading record book. Please ensure that this is signed each time you read with your child. Reading records are checked every morning and children can earn Dojo points for reading at home. Book bags should be brought to school each day. 

 Hot Chocolate Friday! Every child who reads 5 times or more each week  will get the chance to be entered into the draw to have a special drink of hot chocolate.

Homework

 Please read each night with your child.

Weekly homework challenges will be set via Seesaw.

Uniform

We have high expectations for uniform at Lewis Street. Please see the uniform Policy for full details of school uniform. Each item of school uniform, including PE kit, must be clearly labelled with your child's name.

Rucksacks are too big for our cloakroom areas; please use a small book bag for bringing items to school.

P.E

Our P.E days are Mondays and Wednesdays. 

Children should come to school wearing their uniforms. On PE days, children are permitted to come to school in their PE kit.

Our school PE kit is a plain white t-shirt or polo shirt, plain black shorts or plain black jogging bottoms and plain black pumps or plain black trainers for outdoor sports. Please note that if your child brings items that aren't part of our PE kit, they will need to change into spare kit at school. Please ensure all items of PE kit and school uniform are labelled.

Water bottles & snacks

Remember to bring water bottles in each day - it is important for the children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please put a label on bottles and refill them every day. Juice and fizzy drinks are not permitted. Water only please.

Children can bring one healthy snack for break time. This could be a piece of fruit or some breadsticks. Crisps, chocolate and cakes are not permitted. Milk and snack is also available, payable half termly via ParentPay.

As some children have a nut allergy, we are a nut-free school! We cannot allow nuts to be brought into class. This includes chocolate spread, which contains hazelnuts. 

For the same reason, can we also ask that chocolate spread sandwiches are not sent into school in lunch boxes.

Phonics

We follow the Read, Write Inc. programme to teach phonics throughout school. Each day a different sound is taught and we recap these daily. We have a huge focus on children blending sounds together to read words ie c-u-p = cup, s-p-r-ay = spray. The children are taught in smaller groups for their daily Phonics lesson. 

We also do weekly Handwriting lessons.

Maths

This half term we will be focussing on place value up to 20. We are subitising, using 10 frames, counters and multilink cubes. We are also working on number formation. Maths fluency is also taught daily where we are focusing on subitising. 

Storytime

The class have a daily story session, when they listen to and talk about a story. They develop their vocabulary, by learning new words in each story. They will have a chance to take part in fun drama activities too!

Science

In Science we will develop our knowledge of plants and living things, including humans. 

Wider Curriculum 

In Art, the children will learn about the artists John Piper, Brianna McCarthy and compare and contrast the different approaches to the use of colour and collage. The children will work towards creating their own collage piece.

In DT, the theme is Mechanisms. We will be using the story 'Three Little Pigs' to explore the different materials and methods to build a house. 

In History our big question is How has travel and transport changed over time? We will look at how the forms of transport have changed through the ages and compare how we travel now in comparison. 

In their Geography lessons our big question is What is the weather like in the UK? We will be focusing on the season we have in the UK and the weather in the Local Area compared with other areas of the UK and how we prepare for different types of weather. 

In PSHE, the theme is Dreams and Goals and then Healthy Me. 

In RE we will be looking at how and why we celebrate special and sacred times

We are going to be very busy!