Welcome to Year 1 Holly Class Page

Spring 2025

WELCOME TO YEAR 1

Year 1 staff would like to wish you a very warm welcome back to school. It has been wonderful to see all the pupils wearing their uniform with pride and greeting friends and staff with happy smiles, kind words and good manners. We had a wonderful previous term working together. We have already had an excellent start to our Spring Term and want to continue this with many more exciting moments and challenges for the children.

YEAR 1 STAFF

If you need any support or would like to discuss how we can best work in partnership to support your child in school, we are always here to help. Your class teacher is always the first point of contact, followed by Mr Gilroy as Key Stage 1 Lead. For any advice on special educational needs, it may be appropriate, after speaking with the class teacher, to also contact Mrs Whitehead, who is our school Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO).

Mr Gilroy, EYFS Lead/Year 1 Lead Assistant Headteacher

Mr Bulger: Y1 Teacher (Pine)

Mr Saad: Y1 Teacher (Holly)

Miss Hazlett and Miss Riley Teaching Assistants

PE: Mr Lee (Little Sports Coaches)

ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY

Good attendance and punctuality are vital, not only for learning, but also to help pupils settle into their new school routine, make friends and grow in confidence.

Each week, every class with 100% attendance is rewarded with a £10 voucher, which can be spent to celebrate the achievement in whatever way the class decides. We have our weekly extra play award for every class that hits 96% and certificates for best class and most improved. Being on time is vital to help your child settle in the morning and access lessons to the full. Our classroom door opens at 8.45 am for the start of the day, and closes at 8.55 am, ready to start lessons by 9 am. Collection time is at 3.10 pm.

If you have any queries with regards to attendance, please contact our Attendance Officer Miss North or Designated Attendance Lead Andy Murphy.

Spring Curriculum Coverage

English	Book 1: Hermelin Writing Outcomes: Detective Narrative and Letters. Book 2: Where The Wild Things Are Writing Outcomes: Portal Narrative and Non-Chronological Report.
Maths	Place value (within 20), addition and subtraction within 20, Place value (within 50), Length and Height, Mass and volume.
RE	Special People: People in the Parish Family; Meals: Jesus’ Special Meal; Change: Lent for change.
History	Study the Lives of Significant Individuals
Geography	Study Hot and Cold Locations
Science	Everyday Materials
Computing	Information Technology – Basic skills
PE	Fundamentals and Gymnastics Our PE lessons are on Mondays. Children are to come into school wearing their school PE kit.
Art	Printmaking – Pupils will explore the marks that can be made by printing with a range of objects.
Design & Technology	Food and nutrition – Pupils will learn about the nutritional value of vegetables and why colourful food can be better for you. They will use a range of culinary techniques to create and modify dishes that appeal to the senses.
Music	Untuned Percussion and Singing
PSHE	Dreams and Goals, Healthy Me

HOMEWORK

Building good learning habits at home and reinforcing learning that happens at school is important. To help with this, regular homework will be set and engagement with this greatly appreciated.

Daily reading of books sent home- these are changed weekly

(please write in the blue reading record each time you read with your child.

Children will bring a homework book home for them to complete homework in.

READING

Developing strong readers is our priority. All pupils read in school daily and have already this week had reading practise sent home, coinciding with their reading stage. Reading each day, with your child at home, will help to accelerate learning and help your child to grow in confidence. Please help us by writing in the blue home-school reading record when you read with your child, keeping the home school partnership strong.

Here are some Y1 book recommendations, which you can enjoy reading at home with your child in addition to the ones we send home weekly.

More information on reading, and the rest of the curriculum, can be found on our school website. https://stteresaoflisieux.co.uk/

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