Year 1 Class Information
Belongings
Children should bring the following into school every day:
- A coat and bag (labelled clearly with their name)
- A water bottle (labelled clearly with their name) with water inside. PLEASE NO JUICE
- Their school reading book and reading record
As we are focusing on developing the children’s independence and sense of responsibility, please remind your child that they are responsible for looking after their belongings.
We thank you for your continued support with this.
Outdoor Learning & P.E
Outdoor Learning: Every Wednesday afternoon - Named wellies may be left in school so that the children can access areas at OPAL.
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School green, black or grey jogging bottoms (not leggings)
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A plain top and/or plain jumper in school green, grey or black
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Suitable footwear for outdoor activities
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Wellies and socks
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Waterproof coat
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In wet weather children will also need waterproof trousers or all in one
Please make sure the clothes and the bags are named.
P.E: Thursday afternoon - children to come to school in their P.E Kits.
Opal
We will be continuing our OPAL journey in September and as such please remember to send named wellies into school and waterproofs.
Phonics Phase 5
We will be covering the following Phase 5 sounds.
At Tanworth we use cursive handwriting. In our handwriting lessons we say to the children that all of our letters start with a ‘little smile’ … the cursive flick. It is very important that children write the little smile correctly, from left to right. This requires a lot of repetition to learn. We are also focus on the correct pencil hold, calling it our 'crocodile snap'.
We follow the White Rose Maths Scheme. If you would like to see more about the scheme, including the topics, you can find them here: White Rose Education Resources. Scroll to the bottom and click the unit we are on.
White Rose Maths also has an app called 1 minute maths that is a brilliant help to consolidate learning and has fun maths games based on the topics.
- BBC Bitesize KS1 - Year 1 Maths games.
- BBC Super Movers Maths - Songs and dances to teach maths topics
- Maths Games for Year 1
Maths Knowledge Organisers - Year 1
Important dates
What we have been up to:
Important dates
The phonics screening check is a short assessment that takes place in Year 1 to see how well children can recognise letters and sounds and use them to read words. It includes a mix of real and made-up words (alien words) to check their decoding skills. In school, we will be doing lots of phonics practice to support the children and build their confidence. We kindly ask that parents continue to support this at home by reading regularly with their child and practising the sounds that are sent home.