Year 1
WELCOME TO YEAR 1 | ||||
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Our teaching team... |
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| Mrs G Hunt | Mrs K Weaver | Mrs V Alexander | Mrs J Roberts | |
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| Miss T Millin | Miss C Macdonald | Mrs K Ray | Mr I Gavin | |
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| Miss G Belfield | Mrs S Taylor | |||
DAILY ROUTINE Start of the day – Doors open at 8:35am. Children can enter school and will be asked to complete morning tasks. Registration – 8.35-8.45am. Registers close at 8:45am, after which a child will be marked as late. Break Time – 10.30am until 10.45am Lunch Time – 11.45am until 12.45pm. Year 1 will usually eat in the canteen from 11.45am to 12.00pm, End of the day – Our teaching time will end at 3.00pm and the children will exit from Door 1 shortly after. | ||||
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HOMEWORK Each Thursday, children will receive a homework task. The weekly homework will go out each Thursday and is expected to be completed by the following Wednesday. The homework usually reflects the phonics your child has learnt that week.
During the Autumn and Spring term, a project-based homework will be set on Google Classroom, known as ‘Six Ways to Be Smart'. Usually, the child will have 6 weeks to complete one of the six given tasks. The time available is much greater than our weekly homework and therefore, we expect that the standard of work in the finished piece should reflect this. Click on our 6WTBS page for current details.
Your child’s passwords for Purple Mash should be available in your child’s reading record. | ||||
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READING AT HOME Children are expected to read for 10 minutes each day. We ask that a note is made in their reading record with a parent/carer signature to show this, so that we capture your child’s reading experience across the year. Your child will have two appropriate books from our book bands: a choosing book and a guided reading book, but these can be supplemented by reading other books and texts at home.
Children will change their ‘choosing book’ on a Monday and change their ‘guided reading’ book on a Wednesday. It is essential that both books and the children’s reading records are in school everyday. | ||||
PHONICS SCREENING CHECK Please click here to download the Parent Workshop slides to introduce the Phonics Screening Check this month. The slides will loop automatically in a new window, moving to the next slide every 10 seconds. | ||||
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WATER BOTTLES We ask for children each day to bring in to school a water bottle of their own with fresh water inside, children have access to their bottles throughout the day and they will be sent home at the end of the day to be cleaned. Should your child require anything other than water, ie for medical reasons, please notify your child’s teacher. | ||||
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LUNCH and SNACKS Each day, we will ask children to select one of 3 options for their lunch. Lunch choices can be accessed on the website. CLICK HERE
Children will have access to fruit at break times. | ||||
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PE KIT Children will participate in two PE lessons each week. Currently, outdoor PE takes place on a Friday and Indoor PE on a Tuesday. Please can you ensure children have the appropriate kits in school at all times in case of opportunities for extra curricular sport or if the PE day changes. We recommend you send in kits at the start of each half term and we will send them home at the end of each half term to be cleaned.
Indoor PE Kits should contain – White T-shirt, Red Shorts, pumps Outdoor PE kits should contain a plain Blue / Black or Grey Tracksuit. Trainers are preferable for outdoor PE.
Additional indoor kit is available at Classworx on King Edward Road, or Finesse Schoolwear on Pickford Street. | ||||
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CURRICULUM Full details of our curriculum can be found on our school curriculum page | ||||
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These are some of the texts used to support our Reading and Writing curriculum this year... | ||||
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Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen | The Castle the King Built by Rebecca Colby | One Day on our Blue Planet by Ella Bailey | Grandma Bird by Benji Davies | |
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Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper | Planet Awesome by Stacy McAnulty | The Storm Whale by Benji Davies | On the Way Home Jill Murphy | |
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The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark Jill Tomlinson | Traditional Fairy Tales Annie-Claude Martin | Dangerous Tim Warnes |
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Our foundation curriculum this year will include... | ||||
Art & Design Drawing - Drawing on a theme 3D - Manipulating materials, African & primitive art Collage - Simple collage, Kurt Schwitters Printing - Repeating patterns | Design Technology Structures - Designing and creating windmills Textiles - Designing and creating hand puppets Mechanisms - Making moving pictures for storybooks with levers and sliders.
| History How have toys changed over time for children in Macclesfield? Who was Queen Victoria and what was life like when she lived? Who were the Wright brothers and how did they change how we travel? |
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Science Seasonal Change - Which season has the most rain? Materials - Which material would make the best crash mat for Humpty Dumpty? Animals including Humans - What makes us mammals? Plants - How do trees stand so tall and strong?
| Geography Where do we play? What are the weather patterns in Macclesfield and the UK? Where do we belong in the world?
| Religious Education (RE) We will learn about aspects of: Christianity Judaism |
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Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education (PSHE) This year, key elements of our PSHE curriculum is being delivered through My Happy Mind, a science-backed programme designed to help children build resilience, self-esteem and confidence. During Relationship Week in the Spring Term, our teaching staff will deliver a series of lessons on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE), using the Christopher Winter Project (CWP) materials. Click below to download the Scheme of Work for Year 1. | ||||
