Children are encouraged to read their reading scheme or phonics book at home on a daily basis. There are plenty of house points available for those who do!
Year 1 'Star Readers' so far: Kay'leece, Mia, Ellis, Luke, India, Emily, Gracie, Flora, Charlie, Jasmine and Evie.
Practising individual words listed in word books at home is an important way of supporting your child's progression through the school's reading scheme.
Children will be set maths homework on Active Learn each Friday. Please let Mr Blake if you are unable to access these games at home.
There are 166 Year 1 games available for allocation on the Active Learn website.
Y1 Active Learn Games Completed: Andrei, Milani, Charlie, Evie-Mae, Mia, Emily, William, Gracie, Georgia, Ellis, Flora, India, Freya, Luke and Emma.
Children are taught to practise their spellings using the method: Read > Write > Cover > Check.
The usual homework pattern will be as follows:
Monday: High frequency or grammar spellings (spelling quiz to be completed on Friday of that week).
Friday: Phonics spelling homework (spelling quiz to be completed on the following Monday).
Click on your phonics group below to see a record of set spellings.
Completing these homework activities is a great way of reinforcing knowledge of taught sounds and different spelling patterns.
Click on the link below to view set spellings.
Children will work towards achieving certificates at the following levels:
This section will have copies of any topic spellings set throughout the year.
This section has a list of spellings that children need to work on throughout their time in Year 1. It would be really helpful if the children could practise writing colours, numbers, days of the week and months of the year on an ongoing basis.
I can spell numbers to 10: India, Ellis, Mia, Lily, Emily, Evie-Mae, Andrei, Charlie, Georgia, Kay'leece, William, Flora and Milani.
I can spell numbers to 20: Emily and Andrei