Year 1

The staff in 1S are Mrs Sian and Miss Hinds
The staff in 1M are Miss McKenna and Mrs Willis

Our email addresses are:

a.mckenna@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

g.sian@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

What the children say about Year 1...

"I love all my friends and teachers in school." - Kenzo

"I love learning about animals - reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and mammals. We are mammals." - Ben

"I really enjoyed our visit to Black Country Living Museum. My favourite part was going into the houses." - Talayah

"I loved making my animal home. I planned, designed and created it. It was fun." - Andre

Important Information

Important information

PE - Monday and Friday

Homework - Friday

Little Wandle decodable book - Monday

Reading for pleasure book - Friday

Any timetable changes will be communicated via text or letter.

Look at all the things we learn about in Year 1!

	Year 1 Curriculum Learning
Autumn 1	Transition
	Music – Hey you
	Science - Animals
	Geography – Where I live
	Art – Seasonal changes

Autumn 2	Computing - Photographs & Painting
	History – Local History
	DT – Animal homes (resistant materials)
	Art – Animal patterns
	Science – Senses

Spring 1	Music – Into the Groove
	Computing - Gathering Data & Creating Charts
	History – Great Fire of London
	D T – Vegetable Sticks (food technology)

Spring 2	Geography - Penguins
	Geography - Penguins
	Science – Materials
	DT – Easter cards (textiles)
	Art – Self-portraits

Summer 1	Computing - Simple Algorithms
	Art – Significant Artists, Pollock
	History - Pompeii
	Art – Volcanoes/Pompei
	Science– Seasons
	Computing
	Music – Your Imagination

Summer 2	DT – Playground Equipment (resistant materials)
	Geography – By the sea
	Computing - Digital Literacy
	Science – Plants
	Art – Significant Artists, Seurat

Year 1 Timetable

Homework

Every Friday your child will be sent home with two pieces of work.

The phonics sheet will outline the phonemes and tricky words learnt that week so these can be revisited and consolidated at home. The sheet itself will be self explanatory but if you need any support or guidance, please see a member of the Year 1 team. The phonics sheet does not need to be returned.

The maths sheet will include number activities and build on their learning objectives for that week. This sheet will need to be returned on the following Friday.

Children will be sent home with 2 books every week. One book is to build upon their decoding and fluency skills (changed on a Monday) and the other is a choice book for reading for pleasure (changed on a Friday). Please ensure they bring their book and diary in everyday as children will need their decodable book for their Early Reading sessions in school. Books that are lost/damaged will incur a charge of £5.

Children should be reading their book daily. Please remember to sign the reading record every time they have read so your child can be a Reading Ambassador.

P.E is on Monday and Friday.

On these days your child can wear their full PE kit into school.

A full PE kit is a red t-shirt, black shorts and black trainers. We do not allow children to wear pumps during PE so please ensure your child has trainers. If you do not have a full PE kit please come to school in your normal uniform and change into your PE kit before the lesson.

No jewellery is allowed in PE. This also includes studded earrings. If your child is unable to remove their earrings, then please send them in with plasters to cover them up.

For Dance and Gymnastics, children will have bare feet. If your child is unable to do PE in bare feet, please send in a letter. If the child does not have the correct PE kit, they will not be able to take part in the lesson for health and safety reasons.

Welcome to Year 1!

We've had a fantastic start to the year. The children have settled in extremely well and are responding positively to the new routines and structure. A great start to a great year!

We'll keep updating this page with new information, routines, lessons and photos. So please keep visiting this page.

September

New beginning!

Some highlights from September include settling in, learning through play, getting to know each other and drama club. Have a peek...