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Year 1 – 17.11.23
Temple Newsam Year 1 had a fantastic time at Temple Newsam on Thursday! We took part in a Great Fire of London workshop where we got to act out the historical event and see real objects from around the time of the fire. 1T 1B Phonics In phonics this week we have continued to Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 10.11.23
Phonics We have started to learn the Phase 5 phonemes. This week we have looked at the diagraphs ay, ou, ie and ea. Your child will have come home with a small plastic wallet containing flashcards for these phonemes. Please ensure they are in your child’s bookbag every Friday so that we can add Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 27.10.23
Phonics In phonics this week we have revised all of the Phase 3 phonemes. We have also completed a phonics assessment with each child. After half term, we will begin to teach Phase 5 phonemes. We have also revised the tricky words I, no, the, go, to, we, into, he, she, me, be, you, Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 20.10.23
Phonics This week the children have continued to revisit the phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We have looked at ‘oi’, ‘ear’, ‘air’, and ‘ure’. The children have also focused on the tricky words ‘you’ and ‘are’. Maths During our maths sessions, the children have looked at part-whole models. They have really impressed us with their understanding Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 13.10.23
Phonics This week we have continued to revisit the phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We have focused on ‘ar’, ‘or’, ‘er’, ‘ur’, and ‘ow’. We have also looked at the tricky words ‘me’ and ‘be’. The children have really impressed us with their independent sentence writing. English On Monday we received a letter from the Kitchen Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 06.10.2023
Phonics In phonics this week we have revised ‘ee’, ‘igh’, ‘oa’ and ‘oo’. We have also looked at the tricky words ‘he‘ and ‘she‘. The phonics focus for the last two weeks will be stuck in your child’s reading record. Can your child remember all of the sounds and read the words? English We Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 29.09.23
Design Technology When we arrived at school on Monday there was a trail of vegetables in our classrooms! We followed the vegetables and found a book and a letter from a boy called Oliver! Oliver asked us to visit the school farm and harvest some vegetables to make delicious vegetable soup. We picked vegetables Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 22.09.23
Phonics In our phonics lessons this week we have revised the sounds y, z, zz, qu, and ch. We have also practised reading and writing the tricky words ‘to’ and ‘go’. English In English this week we have been writing sentences about ourselves. We have been working hard to remember capital letters, finger spaces, Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 15.09.23
Phonics This half term we will be revisiting the Phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We will also revisit some consonant clusters and write sentences. In Year 1 there are new games to learn and play. The children have really impressed us with their willingness to try new things. This week we have revised ‘j’, ‘v’, ‘w’ Read More
Read newsOur first week in Year 1!
We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! The children have settled in well and are getting used to the new routines. Phonics and reading This week we have checked the children’s phonic knowledge and heard each child read. All of the children will now have a new reading record, a class Read More
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