Welcome to Year 1

We are delighted to welcome you to the Year 1 web page - this page will develop with more information over the school year. We hope that you will find all the information here that you require, if you have any suggestions we will be pleased to hear from you.

Information

Phonics Screening Check & RWI Workshop

Year 1 Teachers

The Teachers in Year 1 for the 2024/25 school year are:

Snowdrop - Miss Garner - Year Leader

Foxglove - Miss Robinson

Harebell - Miss Britnell

Rose - Mr Lambourne

Lead TA - Mrs Hodgman

PE days

Harebell- Outdoor PE- Wednesday Indoor PE - Monday

Rose - Outdoor PE- Wednesday Indoor PE- Thursday

Foxglove- Outdoor PE- Thursday Indoor PE- Wednesday

Snowdrop- Outdoor PE- Thursday Indoor PE - Wednesday

Information regarding PE kit can be found on the parents page of the website. Please ensure your child has PE kit appropriate for indoor and outdoor PE especially, during the Winter and early Spring months.

Timetables

As part of the transition from the EYFS curriculum into KS1, we develop our timetable through the year. Below are sample timetables that reflect a typical week in Year 1. Please read the current newsletter for details on your child's class’s PE Days.

Autumn Example Timetable

Autumn 2 Example Timetable

Spring & Summer Example Timetable

Year 1 Library

Year 1 go to the library every Friday. If your child wants to change their book please ensure they bring their book back by Friday ready to be changed.

Resources required

Spring 2 - Sock puppets

TBC

Summer 2- Vehicles

TBC

What your child is learning;

Autumn 1 2024

Autumn 2 2024

Spring 1 2025

Spring 2 2025

Summer 1 2025

Summer 2 2025

Homework

Please see the ‘how to support learning at home’ page for details on how to support your child.

https://www.williamhardingschool.co.uk/how-to-support-learning-at-home-home-collaboration

Spelling

Here you can find the common exception words from Year 1. Children are expected to know how to spell these words to help improve their writing.

Year 1 Common Exception Words

Phonics

In Year 1 we focus on the decoding, blending and segmenting of words to support children’s developments in reading and spelling. As the progress with their reading the focus turns to fluency in reading, which supports the children’s comprehension skills. We use ‘Read Write Inc’ to teach phonics in Year 1, so you will hear the children refer to ‘Fred Talk’ (using sounds to sound out and decode words), and ‘Fred Fingers’ (using our fingers to help segment words for spelling).

For more information on RWI, please click here.

Reading Rocks

We promote reading at home with our ‘Reading Rocks’ initiative. We currently use the Oxford Owl website for you to read with your child at home. This is linked to their RWI level. To access the Oxford Owl website please click here and use your child’s login to access the books.

Class teachers will check the reading journals each week and award Dojo points to individual children accordingly and the class with the most points at the end of the half term will win a prize! Children read in school everyday during RWI lessons and have opportunities to choose books to take home during library sessions. Teachers and TAs will listen to individual children read as often as the needs of each child requires. Reading Rocks points are checked on a Friday.

Choosing

As part of the transition from Early Years to Year 1, children in Year 1 participate in Choosing where we continuing with our learning, within classrooms and outside areas throughout Autumn 1.

This is a progressive step from the continuous provision of free flow in Reception to a more formal learning environment and timetable at the end of Year 1.

Practical, play-based and creative activities are planned for each area of the curriculum, and the children are able to choose between them and adapt them as their own. The environment includes a role play area and the activities match the theme and learning taking place within the classroom.

Over the course of the year the structure and expectations of Choosing adapts to suit the needs of the children, as they develop their learning skills. This may be different each year depending on the needs of the cohort.

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge organisers give an overview of what pupils will be learning in school over the course of their History, Geography, DT or Art unit of work for the half term. Pupils have a copy of this in their Curriculum books to refer to within lessons. The Knowledge Organisers for each half term are available for you to download below so that you can support your child in discussing with them what they have been learning this week and build upon this learning at home, if you wish to do so.

Knowledge Organiser Art Autumn 1

Knowledge Organiser Geography Autumn 1

Knowledge Organiser Science Autumn 1

Knowledge Organiser DT Autumn 2

Knowledge Organiser History Autumn 2

Knowledge Organiser Science Autumn 2

Knowledge Organiser Art Spring 1

Knowledge Organiser Geography Spring 1

Knowledge Organiser Science Spring 1

Knowledge Organiser DT Spring 2

Knowledge Organiser History Spring 2

Knowledge Organiser Science Spring 2