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Welcome to Year 1

The teachers in Year One this Year are Mrs McTeggart, Miss Smith, Miss Shefford and Mrs Redding.

Our teaching assistants are Mrs Willmer, Mrs Wilson (HLTA), Mrs Brown and Miss Bazeley.

Our 1:1 learning support assistants are Mrs C Shortt and Mrs Mel Bratu.

In the morning there is always a member of staff to greet the children on the door and if you have any queries then that member of staff will endeavour to address the concern so that they it be dealt with promptly. If you require a more lengthy discussion then please make an appointment with your teacher via your class e-mail or by contacting the school office.

Each term the theme of learning changes and you will receive a topic talk booklet to help you support your child’s learning at home.

Reading is the key to success in Year 1!!! Read! Read! Read! The children will be part of a comprehensive phonics scheme that will support and help them to embrace the phonics screening check at the end of year 1 with confidence. Reading at home is essential to enhance and consolidate the learning in school. Books are changed twice weekly and as an incentive the children are entered in to a book draw when they have read each week. This enables them to win a book of their choice to enjoy and keep at home as a reward for star reading!

The children will bring home a card with their ‘Focus 4’ spellings listed on for them to practise until they feel ready to bring them back to school to be tested. Personal targets will be made for each child and they will receive rewards for their efforts. Testing sessions will be completed on a Tuesday afternoon. These words are part of the Year One learning programme and this strategy will inevitably help the children to retain spelling patterns/ word shapes and apply them independently during writing tasks.

Every learning experience is carefully planned to be inspirational, exciting and fun!

Watch your child learn the skills to become an Explorer, Scientist, Artist, Designer, Mathematician, Historian, Author, Technology expert, Sports professional or whatever their life choices may be.

All Aboard!

What an exciting adventure we have been on!! All the way to The North Pole!!

All dressed in our cosy, fluffy pyjamas, dressing gowns and slippers we started the day by watching to the part of the film where the boy boards the train and begins his journey to the North Pole. The children were then so excited to use their own tickets and board the Polar Express train that had come to visit us in the small hall!! They enjoyed yummy hot chocolate and marshmallows! After singing along to the theme tune and having their photos taken, we returned to the classroom to explore adjectives linked to tasting and use adjectives to describe the feel of their pyjamas. We also talked about action words to describe how they might have travelled down the stairs after seeing the train from their bedroom window. The children were asked to use these words in their writing. We as teachers were so impressed with their word choices and were really pleased that the experience had proven to inspire their imagination and influence the quality of their responses. Take a look at the photos. Merry Christmas to you all!
From
The Year One children and staff

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Inuit Adventure!

We have really enjoyed reading the story "Snow Bear". We have been looking at life in an Inuit community. The Inuit girl in the story is fishing and we were excited to find out more about everyday life. We explored fishing, building an igloo, soap stone carving and reading fascinating facts to build on our knowledge and understanding! We were even lucky enough to have some snow to play in on the day! What are the chances?! Take a look at the fun we had in the photos below!

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