Year 1 2023 - 2024

Reading Books

Children will be given a new decodable reading book every Friday.  They will bring this book home and we ask that they read their book aloud, to an adult at least twice. Children will also be allocated books online from Oxford Owl.  Log in details can be found inside your child's blue reading record.  We would encourage you to add a brief comment (including date, title, pages read) in your child's blue reading record.  

In addition children will be able to choose a 'Reading for Pleasure' book from the school library to take home on a Friday. 

Please encourage them to look after these books and return all books to school the following Thursday. 

Homework

Year 1 children will be set homework every Friday via Seesaw. As we are aiming to reduce the paper we use as a school, we will try and set homework that can be completed in homework books as well as on Seesaw. Paper copies will be provided for any homework that cannot be completed straight into homework books. The focus of the homework will alternate each week between Math and Phonics/ English. 

Mathletics tasks will be set each week in addition to the weekly homework. These tasks are optional and we will provide children with as many opportunities to access Mathletics in school as well. Your child can access further tasks in Mathletics but we ask that you do not go past the Autumn section as they have not yet had the learning to help them be successful in some of these areas. 

PE

Children should come into school in their PE kits on their allocated PE days.  The allocated PE days for each class are:

Year 1SH - Tuesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor)

Year 1DK - Tuesday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor)

Useful websites

Phonics screening check example

Phonicsplay

Oxford Owls

Mathletics

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