Year 1 - Blwyddyn 1
Welcome to the Year 1 Noticeboard
Croeso i hysbysfwrdd Blwyddyn 1
We hope you find the following information and photographs useful for keeping up to date with what is happening in your child's class.
Croeso! Welcome to our Year 1 Class Page – Here's what we've been up to this week.
So the children have been with us for 7 days now and we cannot believe how well they have settled and how much we have achieved in just a few days. They are all showing great independence as they come in each day and complete their morning routines before registration. It has been lovely to welcome them and get to know them in these early days. They have shown a readiness to learn and enthusiasm for the term ahead.
We are all excited about our immersion day on Wednesday and can't wait to see them all in costume. We plan to take lots of photos for the website so please make sure we have received the digital consent form before that time, if you haven't already done so.
Below you will see some of the things we have been up to this week. Next week they will be completing a traffic survey of the local area, creating a healthy picnic for Mr Grinling, writing about themselves and representing numbers in different ways. We will also be starting our phonics and Winning with numbers (WWN) groups.
What have we been learning in class this week?
WKB 7.9.26
Language, Literacy and Communication | Reading: Your child has now come home with their new book, reading folder and journal. They will have been given 2 keys words to learn for this week. We have been reading Welsh Tric a chlic books together.
Phonics- reminding children of the alphabet song for names and sounds of letters.
Writing-
Speaking and Listening: Discussions linked to internet safety, our class charter, No Outsiders text Elmer and Think Equal story- Rainbows in Windows. We have also completed our EPIC planning for the term ahead.
Welsh- Morning check in, incidental Welsh, daily weather chart, Ffa, la la songs, Slot Drilio, Tric a chlic phonics and stories.
Patrwm yr wythnos: Pwy wyt ti? Sut wyt ti?
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Numeracy and Mathematics |
Baseline assessment- number Number formation to 20- assessment Counting songs 2D shape pictures
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Health and Wellbeing |
Daily check in and out. Weekly achievement certificates. Outdoor learning - exploring the woodlands- rules and expectations SKIP Think Equal story and discussion.
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Expressive Arts |
Loose Parts Play Mud Kitchen Sea shanty Fa la la songs Elmer collages Self portraits
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Science and Technology |
Internet safety SEESAW- children record their own learning.
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Humanities | No Outsiders story- its ok to be different- everyone is Welcome. |
Weekly Achievements
Each week during assembly, we present certificates for Good work, Positive Values and speaking Welsh. The children give compliments to the Pupil of the Week.
This week's award winners:
| Year 1 KP/SG | Year 1 HC | |
| Gwaith Da (Good Work) | Lucy Burtonwood | Mae Kelly |
| Positive Values | Autumn Evans | Noah Dark |
| Pupil of the Week | Will Henwood | |
| Cymraeg Award | Ruby Lingham | Millie Carpenter |
Home Learning
Please remember to work on key words as well as the reading book. Key words are so important. Write them on post-its- stick them everywhere and refer to them throughout the week- not just reading time, it all helps.
And remember don't feel you have to read the entire book in one go. You could read alternate pages if that helps- it keeps the pace of the book going and you are modelling as you read.
If you know your child needs work on number and letter formation this can also be reinforced at home. We find different pens and writing materials can be a way in with this. They could practise writing their key words each week too. Little and often is the key.
In Maths you could reinforce what we are doing each week as well as bringing number into everyday life such as counting, telling the time, measuring, recognising numbers out and about etc
Important Dates
Please visit the school calendar here and subscribe to 'Year 1' and 'Whole School' events.
Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch Immersion Day- Wednesday 16th September
Year 1 Assembly 9.30 Wednesday 7th October
Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 Staff
