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Year 1 – 06.09.24
We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! It has been wonderful getting to know all of the children better and they are settling into the routines of Year 1 well. Phonics and reading This week we have completed a phonics assessment with each child and heard each child read. Your child Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 19.07.24
Last blog of the year! Even though it has been the last week of term, we have still been incredibly busy! History We finished our topic on Grace Darling. We have been learning all about her heroic acts and why she became so famous. English This week the children have spent some time reading Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 12.07.24
Phonics This week we have focused on writing the days of the week. The children have practised writing each day and wrote sentences including the different days. Maths During our maths sessions, the children looked at time. They have worked on telling the time to the hour and half past the hour. They have Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 05.07.2024
Phonics The children are always busy during our phonics lessons. We are continuing to revisit the phase 3 and 5 phonemes/graphemes. This week we focused on: oi/oy, air/ear/are, au/aw/or. We have also been busy writing the Year 1 tricky words. Maths The children are working on recognising and using the correct language relating to Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 28.06.24
Phonics This week the children have continued to revisit the phase 3 and 5 phonemes. We have focused on: ie, igh, i_e, ue, ew, oo, ow, ou, ir, ur, and er. Maths This week has been all about money! The children have worked on recognising and knowing the value of different denominations of coins Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 21.06.24
Phonics In phonics we have revised the sounds ch, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, oa/oe/o-e/oe, a-e/ai/ay and ea/ee/e-e/ey. The children are becoming very confident reading and writing these sounds in words and sentences. We have also revised all of the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. English This week we have written a Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 14.06.24
Rodley Nature Reserve 1B had a fantastic time at Rodley Nature Reserve on Tuesday. 1T had a brilliant time at Rodley Nature Reserve on Thursday. A huge thank you to our parent volunteers who came with us! Author Visit We had a wonderful time meeting Suzie Senior in an assembly earlier this week. We Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 07.06.24
Phonics This week we have focused on the phonemes/graphemes the children have struggled with (au/aw and ue/ew) and looked at the final ‘y’ sound. As with all our phonics lessons, we have practised reading and writing words with consonant clusters and wrote a sentence each day. The Phonics Screening Check will take place next Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 24.05.24
Phonics This week the children have been completing phonics assessments. Most children are now confident in the phase 3 and phase 5 sounds. Please keep practising lots at home in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check which will be taking place week commencing 10th June. English This week the children have finished their chicken Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 17.05.24
Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the trigraphs air, ear and ure. We have also revised the digraphs aw, au, or, oi and oy. We have continued practising writing and spelling the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. Maths In maths we have started a new unit on fractions. This week Read More
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