Welcome

Year 1

Parents

Meet the year 1 team…

Aries Class Columba Class

Miss Lees

Class Teacher

Mrs Searle

Learning Support

Partner

Mrs Ashford

Class Teacher

Mrs Merryweather

Learning Support

Partner

Coming into School

Your child will be expected to come into the classroom, put their things away and start their morning jobs. The children choose their own lunches at this time.

This is the time when your child will need to change their reading books.

As the year progresses the children will have morning activities.

Typical School Day in Year 1

8.30-8.50: Registration & Early morning activities

8.50-9.10: Worship (Class/Whole School/Phase)

9.10-10.10: Maths

10.10-10.25: KS1 Break

10:25-10:45: Phonics (differentiated groups)

10.45-11.45: English

11.45-12.45: Lunch

12:45-1:00: Whole class handwriting (cursive)

1:00-3.10: Topic/PE/outdoor learning/Forest school

3:10: Home time

Typical Weekly Timetable

Year 1 Weekly Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday8.30 –8.50 Morning Activities Morning Activities Morning Activities Morning Activities Morning Activities

8.50 –9.10 Whole school worship Class Worship KS1 worship Singing worship Celebration assembly

9.10–9.30

PE (Columba)

English/Maths

English/Maths English/Maths English/Maths English/Maths

9.30–10.10

10.10-10.25 B R E A K

10.25-10.45Phonics Phonics Phonics Phonics Phonics

10.45–11.45PE (Aries)

English/MathsEnglish/Maths English/Maths English/Maths English/Maths

11.45–12.45L U N C H

12.45–1.00Handwriting Handwriting Handwriting Handwriting Handwriting

1.00 –3.00 Topic Topic Outdoor PE Topic Outdoor Learning

3.10 H O M E

Expectations

Each day, we expect the children to come into school wearing the Bramley School Uniform.

No rucksacks or backpacks in school. Children only need a reading folder and a string PE bag.

All clothing and water bottles MUST be named.

No toys or pencil cases.

PE kits need to be named and these will stay in school for a half term.

In winter, the children may well become cold, wet and muddy. A complete change of clothing is essential. Plain navy or black tracksuits (without obvious logos) may be worn in cold weather. Also a carrier bag to put dirty shoes in is useful.

PE

MONDAY &

WEDNESDAY

HomeworkEnglish and Maths homework is set alternately every fortnight. It is set and

handed in on a Friday.

We ask that children complete their homework in pencil in their book unless otherwise stated. Homework should take no more than 30 minutes.

Spellings

Spellings will start when we feel your child is ready and they will go out every Monday. A letter explaining this will follow.

Year 1

English Task – given 1 week to

complete

Maths Task – given 1 week to

complete

Year 1 Autumn 1 Topic

How are our toys different from those in

the past?

Outcome events

Over the year the children will have outcome events based on the topics they have been learning about.

Parents are invited in so that children can share their work. We may also have additional activities that parents can help their child with.

These events usually take place at 2.30pm.

We will not be holding events each half term. We will notify you when they will be. Our first outcome event will be Autumn 2.

Planners

Planner have been adapted following feedback from this year. Key Stage One planners are red.

Your child’s planner is expected to be

used every day.

Planners will include:

-A weekly reading record

-Star Charts

-Space for children to stick their spellings

-A Maths section

-An English section

-Parent information

-Behaviour

Website

Bramley now has a new website.

http://www.bramley.hants.sch.uk/

All termly topic synopsis will be put on the website for you to access.

Any important letters will also be on the website for you to have a look at.

Forest SchoolAll children will carry out Forest School in the Summer Term for a 6 week programme. You will receive more information about this during the Spring term.

Forest school will carry on no matter the weather so please ensure you child is prepared. If children do not have appropriate clothing it will be down to the teacher’s discretion as to whether they think the child will be safe in forest school with the clothing that they have.

It is really important that children have adequate clothing for Forest school. This is to protect the children from ticks, stings, bites or in some cases rashes. We advise that children wear long sleeve tops and bottoms to every forest school. If the weather is warm the children still need long sleeves tops and trousers. Please be assured the children will not over heat as the forest area is all under cover and it is very nice and cool. When the weather is wet the children need to have waterproof clothing.

Phonics

Phonics is carried out daily for 20 minutes. Children will be split into 4 differentiated groups based on phonics assessments.

We follow the letters and sounds programme which has an order of how and when to teach each sound.

In June the children will all take part in the Governments Year 1 Phonics screening. This test has 40 words for the children to read, half being real words and half being fake “alien” words.

Children need the following in school daily:

• Their planner (reading, spellings, stars etc.)

• PE kit (Monday & Wednesday)

• Water bottles

• Wellies

Things to remember

We are really looking forward to this year!