Year 1

Logins for Times Table Rock Stars will be in your child’s reading diary from w/c 10/11/2024. Parent letters will explain how to log in. We start with multiples of two and ten.

Parentletters Parentletter Timestable Rockstars

Logins for Collins ebooks will be in your child’s reading diary from w/c 25/11/2024. Books are allocated ready to read, Parent login guidance/instructions  below will explain how to log in.

The Collins Hub Big Cat EBook Library User Guide For Parents

Please prioritise reading at home. Reading really matters as it opens up your child’s world as you can see here 20 Is Plenty Pdf

As children begin to gain confidence on Phonics,  home reading books will become progressively more challenging in line with their improving phonetic understanding.  There are Little Wandle Phonics pronunciation activities here to help and support plus top tips for home reading to help foster a love of reading.

Pronunciation Guide Autumn 1

Pronunciation Guide Autumn 2

How To Say Phase 3 Sounds

How To Say The Phase 5 Sounds

Everybody Read Leaflet For Parents

Accurate letter formation is really important as children develop their early writing. Guide and correct any wrong letter formation if you notice your child starting from the wrong position.

Capital Letter Formation

Studying line and mark making in Art during Pentecost term.

In our Advent 2 Art lessons , the children have been learning to fold paper and have worked collaboratively in groups to construct 3D sculptures depicting trees during the four Seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

This work is part of our Advent 1 English story work to innovate the Funny Bones story to Scary Bones.

This is a part of  a sequence of learning for Advent 2 English story writing work – innovate the Little Red Riding Hood story. We change the main character of the story from Little Red Red Hood to Little Blue Coat and rewrite our version.

Science  – Seasonal Changes work where the children have investigated the changes in seasons  from Autumn to Winter with a seasonal walk outside using their clipboards around the school grounds. They have also investigated what would make a good waterproof material to keep Ted dry.

This is a sequence of learning for Geography -Our Local Area. The children will soon go on a walk to see what is around the local area they live in such as our church, supermarket shops and houses.

This is part of our RED RE work on Creation and Covenant where the children sequenced the life of Jesus. We learned about the importance of caring for our Common Home in Pope Francis letter to us called Laudato Si. We learned to say the Church’s prayer to us all, the Our Father, and thought how we can make a difference with our actions in caring for the Earth.

This is part of our RE RED work on Prophecy and Promise, leading us through Advent from the stories of the Annunciation, the Visitation to the birth of Jesus when the angels shared the news of Jesus’ birth with the shepherds!