Year 1

Year 1 is taught by Mrs Pierrepont.

Miss Barnard, Mrs Riley and Courtney are also part of the Year 1 team. 

 

In Year 1 we focus on building our foundational knowledge through a broad and balanced curriculum to help shape us into life long learners. Every morning we focus on Phonics, Literacy and Maths.

 

We follow the Little Wandle phonics scheme. They are some great home learning videos that you can use to  help your child learn to read at home. To find out more about Little Wandle, click the picture link below:

 

As a class we Love to share books and a big part of our everyday job at school is to develop this love of reading with your child and also help them to understand the mechanics of reading. Each daily phonics session teaches children new letters (graphemes) to read and the sound (phoneme) these letters make. 

 

The more practice children have with reading the more confident they will get and soon will have the feeling of  becoming an independent reader.

 

Each week we will send home a book on a Thursday. Thursday is our book changing day. This book matches there knowledge within the Little Wandle Phonics scheme. Having the same book each day allows your child to start reading by using their blending skills, that is saying the sound for each letter and then blending to say the word. As the week goes  on and with more practice, these words will start to be stored in their memory banks so they can just start to ‘read’ the word. 

 

We hope to see you at our next Stay & Read session to support us with reading at home. Dates will be shared in newsletters.

 

Curriculum Overviews: