Welcome and thank you for visiting the Class 1 page.

A special warm welcome to parents who have become part of our school community this academic year.

We know how keen you will all be to see what your children will be doing in school so we will do our best to keep this page updated and share work and pictures of your children’s learning journey.

Please find some key information including staff names, important days, current and future Topics.

Class Teacher: Mrs Murwisi

PPA Cover: Mrs Newell

Teaching Assistants:   Miss Bush Mrs Bann and Mrs Griffiths

Autumn 1 Topic:  All about me- Personal and Family History

Inquiry Question- How have things changed? The focus will be personal and family  history. Elements of  and  Personal Social Emotional Development (PSED)will also be covered.

 Autumn 2 Topic: Geography- UK Cities: London and Sheffield  

Inquiry Question- How can people care for the place that they live in?

Spring 1 Topic: History-Victorian Schools

Inquiry Question- Has school always been the same?

Spring 2 Topic: Geography- United Kingdom

Inquiry Question- How can people care for the place that they live in ?

Summer 1 Topic:  History- How toys have  changed

Inquiry Question- How have toys changed from Victorian time to now ?

General Things

Phonics

Children will be placed in appropriate phonics groups once assessments are completed.  Children will follow the Read Write Inc. phonics scheme. In their groups, children will be taught to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension. They will learn to form each letter, spell correctly, and compose their ideas step-by-step.

Reading

Children will read a book in school with an adult. They are given books that are phonetically matched to their progress. The same book will be sent home that week. This might be a picture book to start with. Please discuss the pictures or read the story with your child for about 5-10 minutes discussing key characters, events and settings.

We recommend you re-read the same book with your child at home at least 3 times a week for up to 15 minutes. In the early stages it often takes up more than 3 reads for children to become fluent and fully understand what it is they are reading. Do not forget to write a brief comment in your child's Home/ School Diary under the  Home Reading Record section.

Depending on their reading ability, some children will often bring a second book, which is to be shared to them by an adult. Please make sure your child brings their school bag everyday with their reading book and Home/ School Diary. We will also be reading a lot of books in school during Story time.  Here is a list of our Core stories.

These are stories we will keep revisiting throughout the year. By the time your child leaves Class 1, they will hopefully know these stories well. 

Class 1 Core stories:

The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler;   The Three Little pigs;  Owl Babies – Martin Waddell     The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr ;    The Little Red Hen

Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Browne         Beegu – Alexis Deacon ;  We’re going on a bear hunt – Michael Rosen ; The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric  Carle;  Supertato- Sue Hendra  The Way Back Home- Oliver Jeffers  and Goldilocks and the Three  Bears.

Homework

Homework will be in the form of  Phonics QR codes. Your child  will bring a sheet with the QR codes for that week. This will be stuck in the Orange QR Code  book. By simply scanning the QR codes, they will be taken to a Read write Inc video where a trained phonics teacher will deliver a phonics lesson. Simply note down  above the QR Codes or underneath, which sounds your child would have practiced. Your child to get 10 credits for each practiced sound piece of work completed.

P.E

P.E is on Monday afternoon.

Please make sure your child brings an appropriate P.E kit including a warm tracksuit and trainers/pumps - we will be outside whenever the weather allows it. Please ensure all their kit and uniform are labelled. Also, please bring a water bottle to stay hydrated!

Weekly updates for each half term will be added under the relevant tabs below