Friday 6th November
Your child’s Purple Mash login details have been stuck on to their spelling book. I would like the children to have a go at logging in at home and accessing their 2Do.
Please encourage your child to enter their username and password each time they use Purple Mash, rather than saving their password. This will help them to become more confident and independent when logging in.
Once they have completed their 2Do, they can save their work in their own folder, just as we have practised in school.
My Maths activities are set and new spellings in their book.
Please ensure your child's reading at least 3 times a week.
Thank you for your support!
Mrs White
Friday 23rd October
The children have worked so hard this half term and made fantastic progress. I have added a My Maths activity to reinforce our learning in class. I have sent your child's spelling assessment home, if your child made any errors on their spelling assessment please revisit these. I am delighted that there were not many errors so thankyou for your support at home with spellings. Your child has also brought home their half termly phonics assessment.
After our visit to the library lots of the children were eager to join the library. I have sent home a form to apply for a membership if you are not already a member.
If you are visiting anywhere in the United Kingdom this week please send in some photographs for us to display on our classroom map.
Have a lovely and restful week!
Mrs White
Friday 16th October
Please complete the My Maths activities linked to this week's learning.
There are no new spellings in the the spellings books as next week the children will be tested on the words we have covered so far to check the children are retaining the spellings and not just learning for the weekly test.
This week in Geography, we have continued our learning about where we live, including our village, city, county and country. We have also been exploring the other countries that make up the United Kingdom and learning that we live in the continent of Europe.
These ideas can be a little tricky for Year 1 children to understand, so please help your child by chatting about where we live and using these words together at home. You could talk about places you visit, look at a map or globe, and see if your child can remember the names of the different places!
Friday 9th October
This week My Maths is work on whole part models. Please ask the children to explain this by using the language we have used in school.
Example 10 is the whole 8 is a part and 2 is a part. The calculation alongside is it 8 plus 2 equals 10 8+2+10. Please encourage the word plus rather than and.
Geography
We have started our geography block. We have looked at where we live in the world, written our addresses, talked about the village our school is in and the city we live in. Please encourage your child to talk about where in the world they are when you are out and about and spot some city landmarks. Next week we will be making maps of our journey to school. On Monday when you travel to school please talk to your child about what they see on their journey.
Thankyou Mrs White
Friday 2nd October
I have sent phonics words home. If your child is secure with spotting the special friends and reading the words please practise spelling them as these words are assessed within the phonics sessions.
My Maths homework is linked to our activities in school. Please reinforce the language fewer than as some children found this tricky this week.
We still need parent helpers for our school trip on 20th October so if you can help out please let me know.
Mrs White
Friday 25th September
This weeks spellings will only be able to play on Spelling Shed until Sunday as our school subscription comes to an end. Years 2-6 are now using a different spelling scheme. Further details about Year 1 spellings will be on this page next week.
As well as Spelling Shed and My Maths activities I will be sending a phonics sheet home with the sounds that your child has focused on this week.Please ask your child to spot the special friends in the word and read the words.
The children are also keen to bring their greater than and less than crocodile home that we have used in maths lessons this week. Please encourage your child to write a number sentence using the sign and read the sentence from left to right. My Maths activities 1D will support this.
Thankyou for your commitment to homework activities last week!
Spelling Shed and My Maths have new activities linked to our learning in school. The children have also brought home their reading logs please record in here when they have read both their take home books. I have sent home a reading game to support common exception word reading for you and your child to play as a family.
Mrs White
Year 1 Homework
The children have brought their spelling books home today. Please practise the spellings regularly at home. You can also access your child’s weekly spellings on Spelling Shed. Your child’s login details have been attached to the front of their spelling book.
The children will have their spelling test every Thursday and will bring their new spellings home each Friday.
From Monday, the children will begin their phonics activities in school. They will therefore start bringing their reading books home next week. This week, they have brought home a sharing book to enjoy together at home.
Please ensure that your child’s spelling book and reading book are kept in their book bag every day, so that we can use them in school when needed.
Your child has also brought home a letter with information about our online Maths homework activities. These activities will be linked closely to the White Rose Maths learning we are completing in the classroom, giving the children an opportunity to practise and consolidate their learning at home.
I have also sent home your child’s CLIC and Learn Its so that any areas they may have found tricky can be revisited and practised at home.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to pop in for a chat.
Mrs White
The children have made a fantastic start to the new school year and have settled into their new routines really well. They have been busy getting to know the new classroom layout, learning our expectations and becoming familiar with the routines of Year 1.
Please access this page every Friday for homework tasks.
If you have any questions please pop in for a chat.
Mrs White