Your teachers are:
1-2S Mrs Burns
1-2V Mrs Golding
1-2P Mrs Smith / Mrs Nangle
Year Timetable
Please make sure your child is aware of what they need to bring into school each day.
Every day Remember
Book Bag /Water Bottle
Monday
1-2P -Your child needs to come to school in their full PE kit and will stay in this for the full day. (Waterproof jacket required) Velcro Trainers. Please do not send trainers with laces if your child cannot tie them.
Tuesday
1-2S – Your child needs to come to school in their full PE kit and will stay in this for the full day. (Waterproof jacket required) Velcro Trainers. Please do not send trainers with laces if your child cannot tie them.
Wednesday
1-2V – Your child needs to come to school in their full PE kit and will stay in this for the full day. (Waterproof jacket required) Velcro Trainers. Please do not send trainers with laces if your child cannot tie them.
Thursday
1-2S & 1-2V 1-2P – Your child needs to come to school in their full PE kit and will stay in this for the full day. (Waterproof jacket required) Velcro Trainers. Please do not send trainers with laces if your child cannot tie them.
Friday
Reminders
Book Bag
Please bring your book bag in every day.
Homework
Please return all completed homework on a Friday
Water Bottles
Your child is welcome to bring a water bottle to school each day to drink in class. It must however has a ‘sports lid’ that eliminates (reduces the risk of spills). We encourage the children to take them home each evening, rinse them and bring them in full each day.
Spellings to learn:
A weekly list of spellings for your child to learn will be added to their homework folder each half term.
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Please practise the spellings throughout the week on rough paper, chalkboards, whiteboards, in sand etc. Make it fun!
Spelling tests will be every Friday.
Year 1 Phonics Screen Check:
Monday 14th June 2027 to Friday 18th June 2027. Please do not book any holidays during this time.
Don’t for get to use the SeeSaw App to keep up to date with what the children are learning in class we post updates to the class page on a regular basis
Accelerated Reader motivates the children to read more through engaging quizzes, goal setting, and personalized recommendations. As the children increase their reading volume, they develop greater reading stamina, word recognition, and language comprehension skills.
Click here to access our Accelerated Reader Site
More information regarding accelerated reader will be sent home in the coming weeks.
Purple Mash is an award-winning website for primary school children. It enables the children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun and creative way. The children have been provided with an individual login to support topics that have been covered in class. Click on link below to access the site:-
Improve your maths skills while having fun by playing Number Bots online.
The following links provide key information and useful tips for keeping your child safe online. Please familiarise yourself with the content.
In your child’s homework folder you can find login details for the following websites which we will use throughout the year:
Purple Mash http://www.purplemash.com/sch/stvincentsol12
Numbots https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
Year 1
Book One
This is the same book that the children will have read three times in school – this is a ‘Big Cat Collins’ book. The rationale behind reading the book repeatedly is so that your child reads with confidence and their reading is fluent. This means that they should only be sounding out 1 word in every 10. The other 9 words should be read easily and with automaticity. This book is known as our Reading Practice Book.
Book two
This book is our Sharing Book and is a ‘Rising Stars’ book. This book is for you as parents/carers to share the reading with your child. Where your child can attempt familiar words that have been taught in phonics lessons and reading practice sessions, they should do so. You as parents/carers can read the other words your child is less familiar with. This will, in turn, aid your child’s fluency and through discussion about the text improve your child’s vocabulary.
There will be a difference in levels between the reading practice book and the sharing book. This is because the practice book is designed for fluency, speed and accuracy, while the sharing book is meant to stimulate conversation and through the practice of sharing with adults, it is hoped to foster a lifelong love of reading books for pleasure.
Your child will be allocated a day of the week in which book 2 will be changed. We ask that you bring your book bag into school every day.
Year 2
Your child will now start the Accelerated Reader scheme.
After the initial online comprehension assessment your chid will be assigned a number which links to a book level. They will then choose their reading book from the relevant box. Once your child has read this book and understand the story they will need to do the online comprehension quiz independently. This can be completed at home or at school. On completion of the quiz they can change their book. Therefore there is no set book changing day.
Comprehension is key to success so please read and discuss the book with your child 2-3 times before allowing them to take the quiz.
