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)

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.

Welcome to Year 1 - Elm

Our teacher is Mrs Turner and our teaching assistant is Mrs Zaman
There are 28 children in our class – 13 boys and 8 girls

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 - Abdus-Salam (Aut i)

SMARTbots - Janos and Eden

School Council - Sajjad-Ali and Zainab

Sports Council - Muhammad and Alisha

ECO Warrior - Aizaz and Kashaf

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.

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.

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.

Targets

Every half-term we have targets for maths. Here are our targets for Spring ii half-term;

   Maths

• I can read, write and order any number up to 20.
• I can double numbers to 20.

Reading Corner and Author of the Term

We enjoy reading in our book corner.

Our author this term is David McKee. We will be finding out facts about him and reading some of his stories.

World Book Day

To celebrate World Book Day 2020, we decided to create our favourite Mr Men characters from a potato! Lots of parents came to join in and we had a lovely afternoon.

D&T: Structures

During our creative curriculum lessons we have been learning about a famous engineer called Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was famous for designing and constructing railway lines, bridges, tunnels and docks around the country. We researched a variety of bridges and used this information to help us design, make and test a bridge using art straws. We also used different construction such as lego, polydron and 3D shapes to make and test bridges.

Design Technology: Mechanisms

We made two different mechanisms: a lever and a slider. Then we designed and made a Christmas card using a sliding mechanism.

English Learning

Instructions: How to make jam sandwiches.

Puss in Boots Panto!

Year 1 enjoyed the Pantomime at Edgehill School, especially Shrek and Fiona. 

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://www.mrthorne.com/

http://supersimplelearning.com/abcs/games/

http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/7451/free-educational-apps-for-kids