There will of course be no homework over the Christmas holidays. The children deserve a well earned rest after a very long term! Their learning attitudes and behaviours have been exceptional and we hope you and your families have a lovely Christmas.
Please note we will hand out Numbots certificates as normal on Wednesday 10th January.
The first Big Write back on Wednesday 10th January will be a recount of their Christmas holidays. Please could you discuss with your child before the Wednesday anything they have done in the holidays. This could be what they did on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Eve. If they saw any family, went to any places etc.
Thank you :)
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Personalised Sheet - Please work on this sheet at home. Even if you think your child has grasped a word/sound etc please continue to revisit as it will help for it to be transferred to their long term memory. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
This week we have focussed on making sure our sun letters are tall. Our sun letters are: b, d, h, k, l and t. Please can you ask your child to practice these letters in cursive. We have been practicing joining these letters by writing the words: bed, kit, let, hat, dad, tab. If you have time please can you practice the joins on these words.
Our tricky words this work are: once, they, were. We are finding the word they is being spelt thay when children are doing their independent writing. We have spoke about it at school but any support at home would be appreciated. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
There will be no Big Write next week due to other activities. Please note we will be doing writing in our topic sessions. We know how important it is that children are writing weekly to keep building their stamina. COMPLETION DATE: n/a
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we will be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 20th December for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 20.12.23.
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Nativity - Thank you for all your help with practicing lines, it has made a real difference. We look forward to seeing you next week for the performances. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Personalised Sheet - You should have received your child's personalised sheet, if you haven't please come and see a member of the Y1 team. The sheet provides you with specific targets for your child to work on at home. We have started to introduce the set 3 sounds this week and have also started the spellings of the set 3 tricky words. Please work on this sheet at home. Even if you think your child has grasped a word/sound etc please continue to revisit as it will help for it to be transferred to their long term memory. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Phonics - This week we have introduced split digraphs for the first time and the class have taken on board the information incredibly well. We also call them chatty friends so you might hear your child calling them that. We call them chatty friends because we need to put a letter in the middle of them to split them up. Please can you use your child's yellow phonics books to practice reading words with the a-e and i-e sound. If you have time please could you also practice writing words with the sound. Thank you. NO COMPLETION DATE.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
Using your homework packs just to check letter formation, please can you recap the following letters in cursive: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, w, x and introduce y and z. Remember that each letter starts with a lead up from the line. The capital letters to recap are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z.
After this week we will have introduced all the cursive letters. We will be hopefully moving some children onto joining letters if they are forming their letters correctly.
Our tricky words this work are: house, out, because. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
There will be no Big Write next week due to the performance. Please note we will be doing writing in our topic sessions. We know how important it is that children are writing weekly to keep building their stamina. COMPLETION DATE: n/a
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we will be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 13th December for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 13.12.23.
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Nativity - Your child should have now received their part in the Nativity and their line(s). Any practice of this at home would be greatly appreciated. It would help if children know when to say their line as well so they know what to listen out for before they say theirs. In reading folders this week there should be the words to away in a manger. Again, any practice of this at home would be appreciated. Thank you! NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Personalised Sheet - You should have received your child's personalised sheet, if you haven't please come and see a member of the Y1 team. The sheet provides you with specific targets for your child to work on at home. We have started to introduce the set 3 sounds this week and have also started the spellings of the set 3 tricky words. Please work on this sheet at home. Even if you think your child has grasped a word/sound etc please continue to revisit as it will help for it to be transferred to their long term memory. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
Using your homework packs just to check letter formation, please can you recap the following letters in cursive: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r and introduce w and x. Remember that each letter starts with a lead up from the line. The capital letters to recap are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X. Please can you make sure each capital letter starts from the top. Some children are now writing in cursive during lessons and we are amazed how well they have taken to it. Keep it up Year 1! Our tricky words this work are: your, school, come. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
For the Big Write on Wednesday 6th December, children will be sequencing the Christmas story. We are going to encourage children to use sentence starters such as: first, then, next, after, later, finally etc. Children will have the sentence starters and pictures available to them during their write. I have attached the Christmas story in the documents section below. COMPLETION DATE: 06.12.23
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we will be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 6th December for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 06.12.23.
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Nativity - Your child should have now received their part in the Nativity and their line(s). Any practice of this at home would be greatly appreciated. It would help if children know when to say their line as well so know what to listen out for before they say theirs. In reading folders this week there should be the words to away in a manger. Again, any practice of this at home would be appreciated. Thank you! NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Personalised Sheet - You should have received your child's personalised sheet, if you haven't please come and see a member of the Y1 team. The sheet provides you with specific targets for your child to work on at home. We have started to introduce the set 3 sounds this week and have also started the spellings of the set 3 tricky words. Please work on this sheet at home. Even if you think your child has grasped a word/sound etc please continue to revisit as it will help for it to be transferred to their long term memory. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
Using your homework packs just to check letter formation, please can you recap the following letters in cursive: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r and introduce u and v. Remember that each letter starts with a lead up from the line. The capital letters to recap are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V. Please can you make sure each capital letter starts from the top. Some children are now writing in cursive during lessons and we are amazed how well they have taken to it. Keep it up Year 1! Our tricky words this work are: where, friend, there. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
For the Big Write on Wednesday 29th November, children will be sequencing a day in Year 1. We are going to encourage children to use sentence starters such as: first, then, next, after, later, in the morning, in the afternoon, after play, before lunch etc. Children will have the sentence starters available to them during their write. Please can you see if your child can sequence a day in Year 1 (does not matter which day they choose!) and encourage them to use their sequence words. For example: First I change my shoes then I get my whiteboard and pen. After that we do maths. I like maths because I like numbers. COMPLETION DATE: 29.11.23
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we will be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 29th November for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 29.11.23.
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Personalised Sheet - You should have received your child's personalised sheet, if you haven't please come and see a member of the Y1 team. The sheet provides you with specific targets for your child to work on at home. We will be starting to introduce the set 3 sounds in school in 2 weeks time and we are also starting the spellings of the set 3 tricky words. Please work on this sheet at home. Even if you think your child has grasped a word/sound etc please continue to revisit as it will help for it to be transferred to their long term memory. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
Using your homework packs just to check letter formation, please can you recap the following letters in cursive: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r and introduce s and t. Remember that each letter starts with a lead up from the line. The capital letters to recap are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T. Please can you make sure each capital letter starts from the top. Some children are now writing in cursive during lessons and we are amazed how well they have taken to it. Keep it up Year 1! Our tricky words this work are: once, they, were. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
For the Big Write on Wednesday 22nd November, children will be writing a letter to Santa. I have attached in the document section below a possible structure your child could use. Please could you discuss these sentences with them and see what ideas they have. Children will have the sentence starters available to them during their write. COMPLETION DATE: 22.11.23
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we will be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 22nd November for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 22.11.23.
Please remember we do not expect anything handed in for any of the homework activities.
Personalised Sheet - You should have received your child's personalised sheet in their reading folder on Tuesday, if you haven't please come and see a member of the Y1 team. The sheet provides you with specific targets for your child to work on at home. We will be starting to introduce the set 3 sounds in school in 2 weeks time and we are also starting the spellings of the set 3 tricky words.
Cursive, tricky words, capital letter and number formation.
Using your homework packs just to check letter formation, please can you recap the following letters in cursive: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p and introduce q and r. Remember that each letter starts with a lead up from the line. The capital letters to recap are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R. Please can you make sure each capital letter starts from the top. Some children are now writing in cursive during lessons and we are amazed how well they have taken to it. Keep it up Year 1! Our tricky words this work are: house, out, because. NO COMPLETION DATE - ONGOING ACTIVITY.
Big Write
For the Big Write on Wednesday 15th November, children will be describing the pictures (please see below) using their senses. Year 1 have done a similar task earlier in the year so hopefully should be familiar with the structure. In class, we will be discussing adjectives and different sentence starters. Children will have the pictures available to them during the write. COMPLETION DATE: 15.11.23
Maths
Maths homework this year will be focussed on our basic skills and NumBots. By the end of year 1 children need to be able to:
In Autumn 2, we wll be concentrating on Number Bonds to 20 and one more/less to 100 with a particular focus on bridging 10 e.g. one more than 49 or one less than 80.
We have found these skills are best covered little but often. If you could find 5 minutes 3x a week to practise the above it would be greatly appreciated. If your child needs a number line, number square or manipulatives to help with this to begin with then that is absolutely fine. This is best done verbally as the aim is for rapid recall.
NUMBOTS - NumBots will continue this year and I will set challenges as well where appropriate. Please can you carry on completing your story record this week. Certificates will be handed out on Wednesday 15th November for anyone who has completed a level. Any questions about maths, please ask a member of the Year 1 team. COMPLETION DATE: 15.11.23.