Staff

Supporting your child and us:

Start of the day - The school day begins at 8.40am when the children will enter through the side door outside 1M, they will go to their classrooms and get ready for the day. Parents are not permitted to enter the premises.

Collection of children at home time -  The Year 1 children all wait in classes by the pirate ship on the main playground at 3.15pm. We ask that you help us to ensure all the children are safely collected from school by: * Waiting for the teacher to send your child to you OR if your child has gone over to you *Letting the teacher know that you have taken your child.

Things to Do At Home At present the only homework we set for the children in Year 1 is to read at home daily, however you may wish to do some extra work with your child to support their learning.  For this term, we suggest you focus on handwriting and help your child to write their letters correctly, using the guide provided.  For numeracy we would like you to help your child read, write and order numbers to 10 and beyond. There are educational websites so if you are interested we would be happy to direct you to relevant sites.

PE The children will have two PE lessons each week, one inside session and one outside session Please name each item in your child’s PE kit.  For health and safety reasons children are not allowed to wear jewellery, including earrings and long hair must be tied back during PE lessons.

PE Sessions are

1LL - Mondays & Wednesdays

1DL - Mondays & Fridays

1M - Mondays & Thursdays

Lost Property Please ensure that the name of your child is in all the clothes they wear to help with lost items. If you find that your child has lost an item of clothing and it is not in the classroom please check at lost property inside the reception area. 

Uniform - Full uniform must be worn. On PE days, children can attend in their PE uniform. For more guidance please visit our Uniform page

What we will be learning about in Autumn

Reading and writing - We will be looking at books such as "Where the wild things are", "The Storm Whale" and Fables such as "The boy who cried wolf". In writing, children will be learning about writing sentences, poetry and story writing amongst other things.

Maths - Children will be learning place value, addition and subtraction as well as geometry.

Science - Children will be looking at seasons and weather, plants as well as animals.

ICT - We will be navigating through online safety, algorithms and data handling.

RE - In Religious Education children will be discovering more about Christianity.

Art/D&T - We will be exploring spirals and print making as well as looking at cooking, nutrition and working mechanisms!

Geography - The classes will be looking at Oceans, Continents and Countries of the UK.

History - We will be looking at changes within living memory.

Music - The children will be focusing on pulse and rhythm as well as dynamics and tempo.

PSHE - All the children will be looking at "being me" as well as celebrating differences.

PE - Children will be enjoying ball games to build on their skills, gymnastics and also dance.

We also have visitors to the school and trips planned - look out on Facebook and the website calendar for more information.