Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 Learning Wall
We also have our own Learning Wall - see link below. We use the resources on the Wall to research our topics and curriculum work in school. Please use these resources at home to further develop your child's learning.
Communication via Dojo
Please ensure if your child is a member of Year 1 you have joined us on Class Dojo where we will keep you up to date with our latest adventures, send reminders and share key information throughout the year.
If you need to contact us for anything, please contact the school office on 01204 333 642 or message Mrs Wall on Dojo. Dojo is not monitored throughout the day by teachers.
Our Chosen Phonics Scheme
Essential Letters and Sounds teaches children how to read, quickly! It does this through consistent lesson structure, resources and language.
Minimising cognitive load and increasing the children's success.
Click on the links below to ensure pure and accurate sound pronunciation:
ELS: Phase 2 pronunciation
ELS: Phase 3 pronunciation
ELS: Phase 5 pronunciation
Please see attached flipbook based on the graphemes taught whilst in Year 1.
For further information see the phonics and early reading section of the website.
Phonics Screening Information
The National Statutory Phonic Screen assessment will take place in the Summer Term.
Parents/Carers will be advised on the specific date.
Please see guidance below and past papers for practise:
Phonics Screening Assessments
Our Class Novel
Throughout this term we will be reading a mixture of lots of new and familiar books to encourage our love of reading.
Later in the year we will read a collection of books based around a fictitious school called Wigglesbottom Primary.
The Wigglesbottom Primary series is a collection of children's books written by Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Becka Moor. The books follow the humorous misadventures of the students and teachers at Wigglesbottom Primary School.
Each book contains several short stories that are easy to read and full of silly situations and playful language that is sure to entertain young readers. Join class 2F as they go on multiple adventures across their school. On their adventures, they meet numerous new friends and foes, with each story providing a unique, hilarious situation for the class to face.
This quintessentially British primary school setting is great for children just beginning their reading journey as they will start to link moments of the book back to their school experiences and also make connections to the book while they are in school.
This is a fantastic way to encourage their creativity and help them develop their imagination, and even unleash some hidden storytelling talent.
Each book contains three short stories to keep confident readers engaged; while lively two-colour illustrations bring these hilarious early readers to the life, and perfectly bridge the gap between picture books and chapter books.
Reading VIPERS
VIPERS is an acronym to aid the recall of the 6 reading domains as part of our reading curriculum.
They are the key areas which we feel children need to know and understand in order to improve their comprehension of texts.
Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explain, Retrieval, Sequence.
Our Chosen Reading Scheme
For our earliest readers starting their reading journey, we use fully decodable readers from Oxford University Press. We have over 100 fiction and non‑fiction books, with beautiful artwork, humour and characters that children love, and books and topics that the children really want to read. The books are carefully matched to the phonics being taught within school and complement the reading stage your child is at providing challenge and reinforcement that works in partnership with the learning taking place within school.
Autumn Maths Work
Spring Maths Work
Summer Maths Work
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