We have really enjoyed welcoming all the children into Year 1. Over these first two weeks, we will be spending lots of time getting to know the children and settling them into their new classrooms.

Please send book bags in everyday.

Information from the 'Back to School' meeting is downloadable at the bottom of this page. 

Key Information

We start at 8:45am We finish at 3:20pm

Don’t forget book bags, coats, water bottle, and named PE kits. These will stay in school and will get sent home to be washed at the end of term.

Class Teachers

Willow class: Miss Eskell

Cherry class: Miss Evans and Mrs Walshe

Our class emails are below. Please note that we are unable to check our emails during the day when we are with the children so any urgent messages should go via the school office. We are always happy to take messages on the door too.

Willow@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk
Cherry@henleaze-inf.bristol.sch.uk

Diary dates

Friday 9th Oct - INSET

Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1

Monday 2nd Nov - First day of Term 2

Monday 30th Nov - INSET

Friday 18th Dec - Last day of Term 2

*Please check the calendar for more dates. These are just key dates that are important to Year 1 at time of posting. Thank you.

English

Phonics
This week we will be continuing revision of Phase 4. In year 1 we start with a revision of sounds taught in Reception to ensure that children are secure in their decoding and blending skills before moving onto learning new sounds. This week we will be focusing on:

Handwriting focus: 

Our whole school follows the Unlocking Letters and Sounds Handwriting scheme. This term we are looking at number formation mastery. This week we will be writing 2 and 3. As part of our revision of common exception words, we will also be practicing writing these words informally throughout the week: me, we, be, he

Writing
This week we will be writing simple sentences. We will be focusing on capital letters and full stops.

Reading
All children have now received a book based on their end of Reception assessments. We will continue reading with children throughout the week and changing books. Please ensure books are brought in daily.

Maths   

Number fluency
Counting forwards and backwards from any number within 20.
Number recognition within 10 (and 20).
Number formation
Physical counting out so many claps/jumps/stamps

Main learning
This week we will be starting our Place Value within 10 unit.
To represent numbers to 10 in different ways, using objects and pictorial representations.
To read numbers as words

Find 1 more within 10

Find 1 less within 10

Wider Curriculum

PE- SHINE - Team Games

Class PE - Fundamental Movement Skills: To explore how the body moves differently when running at different speeds.

Music - We will be learning to move, play and sing in time to the pulse

History: Learning question: What is it like in our community? 

PSHE: What emotions can I recognise?

Art: To know names of colours, to use adjectives to describe colour and colour mixing.

Science - What are the four seasons?