Welcome to the Year 1 page

We hope you have all had a fantastic Easter break and are ready for some more learning! 

Year 1 team

Miss Smyth is the Year 1 class teacher and Mrs Cook teaches the children on Wednesday afternoon.

Summer Term learning

English:

Our focus this term is Water. We will be exploring a range of seaside and pirate stories and poems. In writing, we will continue to encourage the children to use their phonics to spell words, and to use a word mat to learn the spellings of tricky words. We will focus on correct punctuation (capital letters, finger spaces, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks) when joining sentences to form longer pieces of writing. We always encourage the children to reread and edit their writing. 

Maths:

The areas of maths we will be covering this term are multiplication and division, fractions, position and direction, place value and measurement (money and time). 

Science:

The children will continue learning about plants. Our other topic this term is everyday materials.

Topic:

Our first topic is seaside holidays in the past. This is a history based topic where the children will use photographs as historical sources, to discover what seaside holidays were like during the Victorian era. They will also develop understanding as to why seaside holidays became so popular. Our second topic is Grace Darling. The children will learn about Grace Darling’s life and compare it to their own. They will also learn about Grace’s famous rescue and think about why she is a famous person in history. We will also have a Grace Darling Day, where the children will travel back to the time to experience what her life was like and how she became famous.

If you would like some more information about our learning in the Summer term, please look at the Curriculum News document.

Learning at home

Reading

Please record any reading at home in your child's reading record. We encourage the children to read at least four times a week, if they do, they will get a sticker put in their reading record. Once they have ten stickers, we congratulate them with a reading certificate.

Home learning

Your child will have one piece of home learning a week. This may be Phonics, English, Maths or a topic based task.

Words for Writing

‘Words for Writing’ will be sent home on a Friday on a look, cover, write and check sheet for the children to complete. Please take a few minutes each day to complete a column rather than completing the whole sheet in one sitting. Little and often is considered a more effective approach for learning new words. The words will either be common exception words or based on a phonic pattern. The children will be asked to spell these words on a Thursday morning. 

Our week

Wednesday: 

Home learning, reading records and books, ‘Words for Writing’ will all be collected. The children will be asked to spell these words on Thursday morning and their results will be recorded on their sheet for you to see. A tick means they got the spelling correct and a dot means an incorrect spelling.

Children will have an outdoor PE lesson.

Thursday:

 Children will have a swimming lesson on Thursday morning. For swimming the children need a named swimming costume, hat, goggles and towel. 

Friday:

Home learning, reading records and new books and ‘Words for Writing’ will be sent home, which will be returned to school the following Wednesday.

Children will be asked to spell the words, in a random order, that they have learnt at home that week.

Other information

Please send in a named water bottle for classroom use, this is additional to the lunchtime drink. If you wish, you may also send in a named healthy snack for morning break. A piece of fruit or vegetable is provided for afternoon break.

If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to make an appointment through the office, or send an email to office@cedarpark.bucks.sch.uk and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Miss Smyth

Update on words for writing

Words for writing is completed in class on a Thursday morning. For the autumn term the words are read in the order of the sheet that is sent home, but from spring term onwards the words are read in a random order from the sheet for the children to spell. 

Spring Term in Year 1

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas break and we wish you all a Happy New Year. The Year 1 staff would like to say thank you to all who contributed to the gifts and vouchers we were all given at the end of the Autumn term.

Year 1 team

Miss Smyth will be the Year 1 class teacher and Mr Smith will teach the children on a Wednesday afternoon. Ms Thompson will support the children in the classroom throughout the day, also supported by Mrs Van in the mornings and Mrs Gregory some afternoons.

During these COVID times we are having to be flexible in our approach to things. On this webpage, there is a Remote Learning section. This has learning that can be done at home if the children are awaiting test results or having to self-isolate. The Maths links directly to the learning we will be doing in class and we are also using the Oak Academy and BBC sites to support learning. Thank you for your continued support during these times. 

Spring Term Learning

Our Topic:

Our main topic throughout this term is Bears. The children will learn about different types of bears, their habitats and where in the world they live. We will also follow the journey of Paddington Bear. In the first half term, we will also study the history of Louis Braille, focusing on his contributions and achievements. Our Geography this term will be comparing the UK to Peru, studying the similarities and differences in human and physical features, animals and recognising landmarks in both countries.

During science we will be studying animals and plants. To accompany the plant topic, we aim to visit Kew Gardens, in the second half of the term.

If you would like some more information about our learning in the Spring term, please look at the Curriculum News document.

Learning at home

Reading

Reading books and reading record will come home on a Friday and must be returned to school on the following Wednesday. We encourage the children to read at least four times a week, if they do, they will get a sticker put in their reading record. Once they have ten stickers, we congratulate them with a reading certificate. The children will often have already read the books they come home with at school that week, but it is important to reread books to develop fluency and understanding.

Library books will come home fortnightly on a Friday and need to be returned on the Wednesday, a fortnight later.  

Home learning

Your child will have one piece of home learning a week. It will be sent home on a Friday to be returned on the following Wednesday. This may be phonics, English, Maths, Science or a topic-based task.

Words for Writing

‘Words for Writing’ will be sent home on a Friday on a look, cover, write and check sheet for the children to complete. Please take a few minutes each day to complete a column rather than completing the whole sheet in one sitting. Little and often is considered a more effective approach for learning new words. The words will either be common exception words or based on a phonic pattern. The children will have a spelling check on Thursday where they will sit with a teacher and go through the words. The words for writing sheet will then be returned home with a tick (correct) or dot (incorrect) next to each word so you are able to help them again at home.

Our week

Wednesday: Home learning, words for writing, reading books and reading record are due in. Children have indoor PE.

Thursday: Children have outdoor PE on a Thursday.

Friday:

‘Words for Writing’, home learning and reading records, with two new books will be sent home, and will need to be returned to school the following Wednesday.

Children will visit the school library and will be able to choose a book to take home. These books will be changed fortnightly if they are returned on the Wednesday of the week they are being changed.

Other information

Please send in a named water bottle for classroom use, this is additional to the lunchtime drink. If you wish, you may also send in a named healthy snack for morning break. We will provide an afternoon snack of fruit or vegetable once this programme has restarted.

Please insure that lunchboxes are named and your child is able to open any contents of their lunchbox.

We would really appreciate it if your child could have a school book bag to bring all their home learning, words for writing and books to and from school. We like the book bags to go in drawers in the classroom so that the children do not need to go to the cloakroom to collect things. 

If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to make an appointment through the office, or send an email to office@cedarpark.bucks.sch.uk and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Miss Smyth

Welcome to the Year 1 page

Welcome to Autumn term in Year 1. The children have started to settle in well to a new environment and a new way of learning. We look forward to getting to know your children and progressing their learning through creative, fun and supportive learning.

Year 1 team

Miss Smyth is the Year 1 class teacher and Mrs Feltwell teaches the children on a Wednesday afternoon. Ms Thompson supports the children all day.

Autumn Term learning

During the mornings in year 1, we follow a carousel system which means that the children will have access to a variety of activities each day, sometimes working with an adult and sometimes working independently.  As we begin the year, the carousel will include a child centred activity in order to help the children transition to the new environment.

English:

We will be exploring a range of traditional tales like Hansel and Gretel and The Snow Queen. In writing, we will continue to encourage the children to use their phonics to spell words, and to use a word mat to learn the spellings of tricky words. We will also focus on the formation of their letters.

Maths:

We will be covering being able to read, write and count numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words. Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line. In addition and subtraction, children will represent number bonds to 20 and subtraction facts to 20. Recognise, name and identify properties of common 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Science:

The children will learn about their bodies, being able to name and identify parts of the body and children will observe changes that happen across the seasons.

Topic:

Our first topic is All About Me. The children will learn about their local area by being able to locate the school and other local features on a map.

If you would like some more information about our learning in the Autumn term, please look at the Curriculum News document.

Our week

Wednesday:

The children will have indoor PE doing Gymnastics.  

Home learning and reading records and ‘Words for Writing’ will be collected. 

Thursday:

The children will have outdoor PE doing Games.

Words for writing spelling test - The children will be asked to spell these words and their results will be recorded on their sheet for you to see.

Friday:

‘Words for Writing’ and home learning will be sent home, which will be returned to school the following Wednesday. Reading records will be sent home with two new books.

Children will visit the school library and will be able to choose a book to take home. These books will be changed fortnightly if they are returned on the Wednesday of the week they are being changed.

 Learning at home

Reading

Reading books and reading records will come home on a Friday and must be returned to school on the following Wednesday. We encourage the children to read at least four times a week, if they do, they will get a sticker put in their reading record. Once they have ten stickers, we congratulate them with a reading certificate. The children will often have already read the books they come home with at school that week, but it is important to reread books to develop fluency and understanding.

Library books will come home fortnightly on a Friday and need to be returned on the Wednesday, a fortnight later.  

Home learning

Your child will have one piece of home learning a week. It will be sent home on a Friday to be returned on the following Wednesday. This may be phonics, English, Maths, Science or a topic-based task.

Words for Writing

‘Words for Writing’ will be sent home on a Friday on a look, cover, write and check sheet for the children to complete. Please take a few minutes each day to complete a column rather than completing the whole sheet in one sitting. Little and often is considered a more effective approach for learning new words. The words will either be common exception words or based on a phonic pattern. Words for writing will be returned on Wednesday and the children will have a spelling check on Thursday, where they will sit with a teacher and go through the words. The words for writing sheet will then be returned home with a tick (correct) or dot (incorrect) next to each word so you are able to help them again at home.

Other information

Please send in a named water bottle for classroom use, this is additional to the lunchtime drink. If you wish, you may also send in a named healthy snack for morning break. We will provide an afternoon snack of fruit or vegetable.

Please insure that lunchboxes are named and your child is able to open any contents of their lunchbox.

We would really appreciate it if your child could have a school book bag to bring all their home learning, words for writing and books to and from school. We like the book bags to go in drawers in the classroom so that the children do not need to go to the cloakroom to collect things. 

The children will be wearing PE clothes into school on PE days rather than uniform. They must be in clothes suitable for PE and trainers.

If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to make an appointment through the office, or send an email to office@cedarpark.bucks.sch.uk and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Miss Smyth