Year 1 Friday Blog - 27.09.24
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 6:06pm
|
|
Dear parents,
Welcome to the Year 1 Friday blog!
Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, our weekly spellings, reminders and lots more!
Reading
Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading books, coloured book marks and reading records. Asking questions improves key comprehension skills. If your child is struggling to read a word, encourage them to use their phonics fingers to segment and sound it out. Can they spot any digraphs? (2 letters, 1 sound). Once they have segmented the word, ask them to blend it together.
Please note that reading books will be changed on a Tuesday and two books will be given to each child to read for the week . Please write a note in your child's reading record book when a book has been completed and sign the relevant parent signature box. Thank you in advance.
Phonics & Spellings
Everyone has been working super hard on their spellings and I would love to see how you learn your spellings at home. Please share any work / pictures / games the children do at home to practise their spellings. Emails can be sent to [email protected] |
Please find below the spelling list for this week. An overview of the spellings for this half term can be found on our class page.
The spellings are linked to our phonics programme, Little Wandle. Please recap the graphemes, spellings and tricky words with the children. The children will have a spelling quiz each Thursday. They will not be asked to write the tricky words as these are used throughout our writing in the week.
Spellings can be practised in lots of different ways, an overview of some strategies has been shared on the blog. For additional practice, in the files to download section of our class page, there are example sentences for you to read and your child to write down. Remind them to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
Our learning this week...
English - Harry the Happy Mouse
We have started to read the story 'Harry the Happy Mouse' We looked at the front cover and wrote sentences about all the things we could see that made Harry happy. Harry was happy because of the beautiful flowers. Harry was happy because it was a sunny day. Next, we wrote about Harry's walk. He strolled along the stream. He heard dogs barking and birds tweeting. Next week we will find out how Harry helps the frog. Can you remember what happened to him? |
Maths
In Maths we have finished learning about groups of 10. To help us count groups of 10 and recognise numbers to 30, please sing along to the songs below this week.
Next week we will be measuring length.
Show and Tell
To help the children with the transition to Year 1 and to provide them with time to develop their communicaiton skills, show and tell will now happen on a Friday. Please encourage the children to bring things in that is related to our learning.
Phonics
This year, the children will continue on their phonics jourmey through Little Wandle. This half term we will recap our phase 2 and 3 sounds and tricky words.
Please use the link below to access the Little Wandle website. It has lots of useful information and videos to help support your child.
 |
PE
Sporty Day clothes continue to be worn on a Tuesday. PE will also take place on a Wednesday. Please ensure full PE kit is in school at all times, just in case we need to swap our day.
Have a fantastic weekend.
The Year 1 team
