Year 1 - Elm
Welcome to Year 1 - Elm
Our teacher is Mrs Turner and our teaching assistant is Mrs Zaman
There are 21 children in our class – 14 boys and 7 girls
Parent Help For Class Dojo
Use the link below to help your child to access their homework on Class Dojo:
January Home Learning 2021
Home Learner of the week
Home Learning Packs
We have prepared some work for your child to complete at home for when the school is closed. Please try to do some school work everyday.
(Please see links below for home learning packs or weekly plans)
Super Home Learning
BACT 2.6 Challenge
Get in touch!
Send us pictures of what you have been doing, or a message to let us know how you are. Our class email address is:
year1@victoria.staffs.sch.uk
Website Links
Here are some useful websites that your child can use to help support their learning;
Phonics play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm Username: march20 Password: home
Espresso https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/ Username: student27637 Password: victoria
Topmarks https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Go Noodle https://family.gonoodle.com/
Twinkl www.twinkl.co.uk use the code PARENTSTWINKLHELP for free access.
The Booktrust https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/ Stories and activities for children to enjoy
Phunky Foods http://www.phunkyfoods.co.uk/home-learning/ No login or password required. Healthy recipes.
BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize Home Learning lessons online.
PHSE https://families.jigsawpshe.com/stuck-at-home-1/ Some nice stories to link in with Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
Geography https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/geography/ Lots of different quizzes for Geography.
History https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/history/ Lots of different quizzes for History.
School Codes
- Be safe and happy
- Be respectful
- Learn more
Parents Introduction to Year 1
British Values
As part of our British Values in Year 1, we will be learning about democracy by encouraging the children to make decisions together. One of the ways we will be doing this is by holding class votes. Over the year we will hold class votes to select our School Council representatives, Sports Council representatives and Behaviour Ambassadors for each half term.
Showing mutual respect and tolerance of one another are part of the values underpinned in Year 1. We understand how important it is to respect and value the feelings and views of others and celebrate ways in which we are different and the same. Our topic 'Ourselves' will help us to learn more about this, as well as taking pride in who we are and ways in which we treat others. Children will be encouraged as part of their self confidence and self awareness to feel confident to express their needs and opinions.
In Year 1, children are taught the importance of having rules and routines in place within the school and classroom. We use our rules to help us make good choices and think about our actions, keeping our school a safe and happy place! Each week our Behaviour Ambassador will choose a child from the class to be awarded for their good behaviour!
Job Roles in 1 Elm
Behaviour Ambassador - Kashaf (Aut ii)
SMARTbots - Janos and Eden
School Council - Sajjad-Ali and Zainab
Sports Council - Muhammad and Alisha
ECO Warrior - Aizaz and Kashaf
Our Timetable
Please find Year 1 Elm's timetable below. We will be having PE on Tuesday and Wednesday. Children will need to come to school in their PE kit on a Tuesday. Earrings need to be taken out (unless the children are able to do this themselves).
Creative Curriculum Overview
Our topics enable us to develop and apply knowledge and skills in different areas of the curriculum, such as history, geography and art. These lessons take place during the afternoon. We do link our topic work with our English learning through stories, poems and drama. Where possible, we go on educational visits or invite visitors in, so that we develop our learning and understanding more.
Creative Curriculum Knowledge Organisers
Science Overview
Our Science consists of 6 topics: Animals including humans, Animals, Seasonal Changes, Everyday Materials, Investigations, Plants. Where possible we link these topics to other areas of learning.
Science Knowledge Organisers
Reading Books
Children will have an individual reading and library book to take home weekly. Please read with your child on a daily basis and don’t forget to write a comment so that we can see that they have read. When they have read 25 books at home, they are awarded the bronze Reading Olympic certificate in assembly. The next challenge is to read 50 books for the silver award and then 100 books for the gold award.
Homework
Homework: The children will be given a variety of activities to complete over each half term. Half way through the term we will collect the homework and share it with the rest of the class. At the end of the half term all of the homework will be collected in and marked. We will be talking through and explaining the homework to the children before they take it home, however if you have any questions or the children are unsure as to what they are meant to do please feel free to speak to a staff member in Year 1 either yourselves or to encourage the children to come to see us if they need help completing their work.
The children will also be taking home a reading book and a library book. Please read with your children on a daily basis at home and write a comment in their reading journals to let us know how they got on. Library books will be changed weekly, every Tuesday afternoon.
Targets
Maths
Every half-term we have targets for maths. Here are our targets:
Autumn Term 2:
- I know number bonds for each number to 10.
Autumn Term 1:
- I know number bonds for each number to 5.
Writing
Reading
Reading Corner and Author of the Term
We enjoy reading in our book corner.
We will be finding out facts about them and reading some of their stories.
We have recently learnt that an Author is somebody who writes a story.
Spring 1
Spring 1 Author: Nick Butterworth
Autumn 2
Autumn 2 Author: Judith Kerr
Autumn 1
Autumn 1 Author: Janet and Allan Ahlberg
English in Year 1
Maths in Year 1
Here are some phonics games you can play at home!
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/InteractiveResources.htm
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/
http://www.tescoliving.com/family-and-kids/kids-zone/learn/2014/july/free-fun-phonics-games
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/
http://supersimplelearning.com/abcs/games/
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/7451/free-educational-apps-for-kids
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