Guidance videos for homework

Reading real and fake words

Useful website to practise reading real and fake words -

www.phonicsplay.co.uk 

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Choose from Buried Treasure, Dragons Den and Picnic on Pluto. You are able to choose particular sounds to practise, otherwise click on phase 5, revise all phase 5, to read real and fake words with the sounds we have learned. 

Regular reading has a huge, noticeable impact on your child's progress in a range of areas e.g. spelling, vocabulary and imagination. Please help to support your child's learning by reading at home with them. Remember to sign their reading record to show how many times in the week you have listened to them read. Children that have read at least three times will help earn points towards a class reward. 

Welcome back!

Class teachers

Miss Skinner (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday)

Mrs Ravenhill (Wednesday) 

Mrs Burt and Mrs Felton will also be supporting in the class daily. 

Books will be changed on Tuesday this week. Please ensure your child has their reading book in school. 

The new sounds we have learned...

se and ze (making the 'z' sound)    cheese      freeze      

eer  and  ere  (making the 'ear' sound)   deer    here

ti  (making the sound 'sh') station 

In phonics this week we have learned...

ce     fence 

se     mouse 

kn    knee

gn   sign 

wr   write 

mb   crumb 

This week we have learned the 'j' sound can be written with 'g', 'ge' and 'dge'

Ask me to read these words: 

huge

charge

hedge 

fudge

We have also learned the 's' sound can be written with a 'st':

listen

Monday 27th February - Today we learned the letter g can also make the 'j' sound. Ask me to read: 

cage      gem      huge

We have learned 'tch' can make the 'ch' sound e.g. stitch

We have learned different ways the 'air' sound can be written - 

air      fair

are      care

ere     there

ear     bear

Due to staffing changes our library day has now changed to a Thursday. Please bring library books back to school on a Thursday and we will remind children to take them out of their bags for changing. 

For this week only (w/c 6.2.23) we will keep reading books and change them on Tuesday instead of Monday.

We have been busy learning different pronunciations for the graphemes (ways of writing a sound) already learned...

ea

Usually makes (ee) sound like in meat. 

It can also make: 

(e) like in weather 

(ai) like in great

or

Usually makes (or) sound like in fork. 

It can also make: 

(ur) like in worm 

ear

Usually makes (ear) sound like in beard. 

It can also make: 

(ur) like in pearl

ou

Usually makes (ow) sound like in proud. 

It can also make: 

(oo) like in youth

ch

Usually makes (ch) sound like in chick. 

It can also make: 

(k) like in chemistry

(sh) like in chef

u

Usually makes (u) sound like in up. 

It can also make: 

(oo) like in put

(you) like in unicorn

a

Usually makes (a) sound like in ant. 

It can also make: 

(ar) like in father

(ai) like in acorn

(o) like in want 

i

Usually makes (i) sound like in ink. 

It can also make: 

(igh) like in wild

y

Usually makes (y) sound like in yes. 

It can also make: 

(ee) like in happy

(igh) like in fly

(i) like in cygnet

e

Usually makes (e) sound like in egg. 

It can also make: 

(ee) like in be

ie

Usually makes (igh) sound like in tie. 

It can also make: 

(ee) like in thief 

o

Usually makes (o) sound like in hot. 

It can also make: 

(oa) like in so

ey

Usually makes (ee) sound like in donkey. 

It can also make: 

(ai) like in grey

More new sounds learned: 

eigh     eight   eighteen 

oul     shoulder    boulder

ve      have    starve 

Spellings and homework will be changed on a Friday this term. 

1 Minute Maths White Rose App - Please focus on addition - bonds to 10. It is important that your child becomes confident in knowing their number bonds to 10 with quick recall. 

We have been learning that we need to use capital letters when we write names. We have also been introduced to the suffixes - er and -est e.g. cold   colder   coldest 

Below are new words that we have seen whilst learning about polar bears, ask me what they mean: 

carnivore         mammal       prey

Happy New Year!

We are excited to welcome the children back to school and start a new term of learning. This term our topic is 'Incredible Creatures'. We will be learning all about different animals and doing some exciting learning linking to this theme in Literacy, Art, Science, Music and History.

Before Christmas the children were sent home with an information pack of key learning e.g. the sounds we have learned, words they need to be able to read and spell and number facts they need to know. Please keep this pack at home and use it to support your child's learning, we do not need it returning to school. Thank you

In phonics this week we will be practising reading words and sentences with the sounds we have learned. Between now and Christmas we will not be introducing new sounds but instead practising all of the sounds we have been introduced to so far and making sure we are confident at spotting them in words. 

Help me to practise reading these words and sentences:

dive, bake, quote, tiptoe, trolley, rice, airport, queen, break, elephant, parsley, right, order, laptop, throat.

She is growing parsley and mint in her garden.

The brake on my bike has been fixed.

In maths we have been learning about addition. We have been introduced to number bonds. Please help you child to learn their number bonds so they can quickly recall numbers that make ten. The 'White Rose 1 Minute Maths App' gives opportunity to practise quickly recalling number bonds (click on addition). 

In literacy we have been learning that adding 'un' to words changes them to mean the opposite e.g.

happy  -   unhappy

zip -  unzip

safe -  unsafe

Phase 5 sounds we have been introduced to: 

y      (can make the 'ee' sound)      happy

al     (can make 'or' sound)    walk   

our   (can make 'or' sound)      pour

i - e      shine 

o - e      bone

u -  e    * (makes 2 sounds)        flute      tune

c     (We learned that this can make the 's' sound in some words)     mice

au      haunt     

ey     donkey 

a-e     cake

e-e    compete

We were very lucky to have Terry Price, a professional scooter rider, visit our school today. The children loved watching him do lots of tricks on his scooter and he taught us all about the importance of perseverance, self-confidence and learning from our mistakes. He explained how he worked towards becoming a world champion by never giving up, working hard and overcoming fear of failure.

The children have settled brilliantly into Year 1 and have had a great first half term. We hope you all have a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing everyone on Monday 31st October. Please remember it is non school uniform day when we return and the children are welcome to dress up for Halloween - Please see the school App for more information. 

How you can help your child with their learning: 

Reading- Please listen to your child read at least 3x a week. This will have a massive impact on their learning. We have sent home packs with the sounds your child needs to continue to practise. We will be helping your child to practise these sounds at school but extra practise at home would be very beneficial. There are words on the reverse of the flashcards so you can see what the sound is in a word and also listen to your child read the words. If your child was not sent home a pack of sounds today (Friday 21st October) then they already know all of the sounds taught so far. These packs will include sounds that were taught in year R. 

Maths – ‘White Rose 1 Minute Maths’ is a free app available to download from Apple App Store, Google Play or Amazon Kindle. Short, regular play on the app will help to build your child’s confidence and fluency with maths.

For this half term please focus on ‘Addition’.

Spellings - Please help your child to learn to spell the word sent home and practise using these in sentences when writing. 

Phase 5 sounds we have been introduced to: 

wh   whisk    whip

ph   elephant    

ew * (Makes two sounds oo & yoo)    flew , chew       nephew, new

oe       tiptoe     doe

oy      boy    oyster

ir       shirt      firm 

ue     blue      glue

aw     dawn    straw

ay      clay     stay

ie       pie       tie

ou       cloud     proud 

ea       seat       leaf

Tuesday 20th September 

This week your child will bring home sheets with some of the key vocabulary we will be using this term. 

September 2022

Welcome Back

All of the children have settled brilliantly into Giraffe Class and have been busy getting to know their new classroom.

Key information-

Please ensure your child has their reading book with them everyday in school. Reading books will be changed on a Monday and we will be checking who has read 3 times over the week. Please listen to your child read regularly to help them work towards a class reward. 

PE – We have PE on Mondays and Wednesdays. We will be outside for PE (weather dependent) so please provide your child with jogging bottoms, jumper and PE shoes to keep in school. We provide shorts and t-shirts.

Library – We visit the library on a Wednesday and this will be the day that children can change their library books. 

Homework:

Reading- Please listen to your child read at least 3x a week. This will have a massive impact on their learning.

Spellings- These will be sent out on a Monday and the children will be tested the following Monday. 

Maths – ‘White Rose 1 Minute Maths’ is a free app available to download from Apple App Store, Google Play or Amazon Kindle. Short, regular play on the app will help to build your child’s confidence and fluency with maths. For this half term please focus on ‘subitising’.

Next week we will be moving on to phase 5 phonics, we will update the website with the new sounds and tricky words your child has learned at the end of each week. 

Giraffe Class 2021 - 2022

We loved finding out more about plants on our school trip. Ask me... how can you tell if a tree is deciduous or evergreen?

What we are learning...

Half term homework:

Please help your child to learn the spellings: 

there     their     they're 

Please discuss what each word means and how we would use it in a sentence. 

After half term we will continue working with numbers to 50. We will be counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and using this to solve problems. Please help your child to practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to 50. 

We have been learning about the UK. 

Ask me: What is the capital of Scotland?

Ask me to find Wales on a map of the UK. 

Welcome back!

The children have had a brilliant first week of Year 1 and have settled very well.

A few key messages:

Morning – Please drop your child off at 8.40

Afternoon – Please collect your child from the gates at 2.45

Reading books – The children have been sent home a reading pack, this includes their reading book and record sheet. Please record on the record sheet when you listen to your child read. We will be checking these record sheets on a Monday, if you have initialled that you have heard your child read 3 times over the week they will receive a reading certificate. Children that have read 3 times every week this half term will earn special reward time at the end of the half term. Please ensure that your child brings their reading pack with them to school every day.

Please listen to your child read regularly at home, this has a massive impact on their progress!

PE – In Year 1 we will be doing PE on a Monday and Thursday. Please ensure your child has named jogging bottoms, jumper and PE shoes in school. We provide the PE top and shorts. We will get changed for PE in school so please ensure your child comes to school in school uniform every day.

Library Books – Your child will be sent home with a library book on a Tuesday. Please spend time enjoying sharing this book with your child. Your child will need to return their library book to school on a Tuesday so it can be changed.

Homework – This will be sent home and collected on a Monday.