Year 1 Blog - Puffin Class

Hello, I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend and are feeling ready for Monday. *Reading - books will be swapped on Mondays and Thursdays as usual. Please re-read those books a few times to help build fluency. We have noticed lots

The children really enjoyed seeing the new tree that appeared on our class display last week. We were asked a lot of questions about it and we tried not to say too much - which has been tricky! They are pleased that they now know the name of that tree - "Awongalema". This links to our new text that we are learning - a fantastic story which is set in Africa involving animals. We will send home a story map this week so that your child can tell you the story.

*Reading - books will be swapped on Mondays and Thursdays as usual. Please re-read those books a few times to help build fluency. We have noticed lots of the children need to really work on 'Fred in your head' instead of sounding out every word. If you notice this, just remind them to Fred in head! Thanks to all the families and children who completed the videos that were sent before the break.

*Spelling this week is Spring 1, Week 3: /er/ - better, under, summer, winter, sister, rubber, her, term, verb, person. Please login to Spelling Shed to play some games to help get to know these words really well.

*Doodle - We have moved up the leader board to second place - whoo! We are still just a few percent behind the children in Year 3. We are so proud of you, Puffins. Keep working hard on doodle! There are some new assignments set and we have noticed how speedy this is making your maths.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.

Mrs Jones

Hello, A really happy new year to each of you - we hope it has been a super break for our families and you are ready for 2025! Already into spring term - this year is whizzing! *We will begin our new half-term with spring spellings week 1. Tomo

Hello, We are busy getting organised for our new half term. Please find all of the key information on this blog post for the half term ahead. *Homework information (this will also come home in homework folders this week as a paper copy) *

Hello,

Hope you don't get blown away this weekend and have a great time!

*Don't forget your carol concert tickets for the 11th / 12th December - we look forward to singing to you then! Please ensure children have a Christmas accessory for Wednesday - a hair band or a Christmas hat will be perfect.

*We will collect homework from next week (Thursday 12th) and we will make a comment on the completed tasks and then give you a new pack for the next half-term. Please hand your folder into staff at the end of the week - thank you! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing at home.

*Reading - we have now completed our phonics assessments and at some point this weekend, you will receive an email with details of some of the gaps your child has. We like to send you these videos to enable you to know where your child is at and how you can support them at home. They are also a fantastic resource because they teach in the same way that we do in school so they support your child perfectly at home and allow you to see what a phonics lesson looks like. We get asked a lot if children are on track with their reading. This is always something we are happy to talk to you about so please chat to myself or Mrs Morgan for more information. At this point in Year 1, we expect children to know: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo (look), oo (zoo), ow, ar, or, ir, air, ou, oy plus: ea, oi, a-e, i-e, o-e. By the end of the half-term, the expectation for Year 1 is that they can read pink books (the order is: red, green, purple, pink). Some of our purple readers will be moving to pink next week.

As usual, books are always swapped on Mondays and Thursdays and as mentioned previously, please re-read those books a few times. Over the holidays, we will send you home with a few to keep you busy (ier!).

*Spelling this week is Autumn 2, Week 6: /ie/ making the /igh/ and /ee/ sounds - lie, tie, pie, cried, tried, dried, chief, field, thief, shield. Please use the week 6 spelling sheet in your homework packs to complete your paper task.

*Please login to Spelling Shed to play some games. You might have spotted that sometimes there are extra words on Spelling Shed. We like to try to remind chn of previous spellings to they return to them - this helps to embed the patterns. Particularly on weeks where the children have found words tricky. They are bonus words!

*Doodle - Another super week on doodle - we are top of the school for being on target (72%) and we have earned the most stars this week, also! Amazing work, Puffins and look out for the winter challenge!

*Just a reminder - your new homework topic linking to The Great Fire of London is in your new homework pack - there is still time to complete this, and you do only need to choose one task that really appeals to your child. 

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.

Mrs Jones

Hello,

Hope you are all having a super weekend so far. It looks like the snow is behind us and rain ahead! 

*With the recent weather, it seems fitting that we shared details of our carol concert yesterday. The children have been singing our Year 1 song in class - and sound amazing already! They have also been learning songs with the rest of the school so there will be some fabulous performances. We did some Christmas artwork for the hall display so you will be able to see that next week and you will notice more signs of the festive season, soon!

*Reading - lots more completed Reading Journals in Year 1 this week (as well as stamp charts!). Please ensure your child reads regularly at home. This makes a huge difference to your child. Books are always swapped on Mondays and Thursdays and as mentioned previously, please re-read those books a few times.

*Spelling this week is Autumn 2, Week 4 /ee/ and /e/: me, she, he, be, we, see, tree, green, meet, week. Please use the week 4 spelling sheet in your homework packs to complete your paper task. 

*Please login to Spelling Shed to play some games. You might have spotted that sometimes there are extra words on Spelling Shed. We like to try to remind chn of previous spellings to they return to them - this helps to embed the patterns. Particularly on weeks where the children have found words tricky. They are bonus words!

*Doodle - For the third week running, Puffins are the top users of doodle in school - absolutely wonderful! We are so proud of you all for being so consistent. Mrs Morgan and myself can tell becuase the children are super confident in lessons. Keep up the good work. Those few questions a day really do make a huge difference.

*Just a reminder - your new homework topic linking to The Great Fire of London is in your new homework pack - there is lots of time to complete this, and you do only need to choose one task that really appeals to your child. There was lots of wonderful science homework from our last topic so well done to everyone who completed that. Last week we enjoyed 2 amazing pieces of artwork representing the fire and a song played on piano to the tune of 'London's Burning'. Well done to those children and we look forward to sharing more homework soon.

See you on Monday.

Mrs Jones