Hello Pear, Pineapple and Plum Families!

Members of Staff:

Pear Class  Miss Hays-Wheeler 

Pineapple Class  Miss Selby 

Plum Class  Miss Schulz (Year Group Lead) 

Teaching Assistants: Ms Hall, Ms Bickersteth and Ms Dutta

Welcome to the Year One page

Below you will find some important information. Please do take the time to read it carefully and speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions.

Year 1: Key Information

Please read on for some reminders about our school day and updates about our topics this half term.

Children continue to be welcomed at their doors from 8:50 am each morning. Once in the classroom, children have some settling in time before we take the register at 9:00 am.  We then begin our lessons straight away. If your child’s door is closed, please take them to the office to be signed in. 

Children are provided with fresh fruit as a morning snack. Please send your child in with a water bottle (no fizzy drinks) and drink bottles will be topped up as needed. Milk can be ordered at www.coolmilk.com. You can also send in a healthy snack (no nuts as we have severe allergies in the year group or chocolate please!) for afternoon play.

Just a reminder that if you need to speak to your class teacher, please be mindful that the mornings and straight after school are always busy as we greet/dismiss the children. Feel free to wait around  or you can email your questions or concerns to our Year 1 email address including your child’s name and class in the subject line and main body of the email so it can be directed to the appropriate teacher. Thank you so much for your co-operation and we aim to respond to all emails within 48 hours.

Email: year1@lionel.hounslow.sch.uk

Curriculum Information: Spring Term 1

In Phonics the children will continue the Read Write Inc. program. This is where they will learn to use sounds to improve their reading and writing. Most children have now been taught all set 2 sounds and are learning set 3. Children should be reading words containing 4-5 sounds. Our confident readers will be reading compound words containing 5-7 sounds. 

In English, the children will be reading The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon written by Richard Adams. Children will be writing letters, character descriptions,  and much more! Children should be using consistent finger spaces, writing on the line, using capital letters and full stops in their writing. Children will be taught how to use conjunctions "and, so, but, because," and how to add adjectives. Children will be learning the school handwriting style (not joined) and you can find tutorial videos on Google Classroom to support the children's writing at home. 

In Maths children will be looking at place value (within 20), addition and subtraction (within 20). There are games on Google Classroom you can play to practise these skills at home.

In Geography we will be learning all about London! We will look at London as a capital city and what makes it special and different than other capital cities within the United Kingdom.

In History the children will learn about The Great Fire of London. This topic is always a hit! Families that want to make the topic a bit more special could visit the monument to the fire in London or see the exhibition at the Museum of London. 

In Science the children will learn about Materials. Children will learn to identify objects made of plastic, wood, metal, and fabric. Children will also learn to identify the difference between a natural and man-made material.

Other Key Information:

Please remember to bring PE kits back into school. Just a reminder that if your child does not have a full kit then they will be unable to participate. 

PE Days:

Pear- Thursday & Friday

Pineapple- Monday & Friday

Plum- Tuesday & Wednesday

Homework will be posted every Friday evening on Google Classroom. You can find your child's log in details on the inside of their reading record book. It is important that your child completes the homework each week and "hands in" so teachers can see it has been completed. 

Reading books are required to be in school daily. It is expected that the children practice reading daily for a minimum of 10 minutes.  Please note that we encourage reading in many different formats including independent reading done by the child, shared reading between the child and another person (sibling, parent, carer, family friend, etc.), and listening to reading by adults! Reading a variety of other books to your children is also important so they can hear how words flow together to form sentences, and develop a greater range of vocabulary. Please ensure you are recording in the school reading record books. We will be checking reading records throughout the week to monitor reading. 

At home, please encourage the children to sound out (not guess) the words and ask your child questions to make sure they have understood what they have read. It is very important that you assist your child’s learning at home by allowing them to use their new sounds, increase confidence over time and develop a love of reading!

Thank you and we look forward to a fantastic Spring Term!

The Year One Team