Year 1

WELCOME TO YEAR 1

Welcome to Year 1!
At Stafford Leys we have two Year 1 classes:
Class 5 - Miss Parmar
Class 6 - Mrs Rowley

We have super topics and exciting cross curricular lessons to engage the children in their learning. Please find below some general information about Year 1.

Homework will be set every week on Friday. This can be downloaded in the Homework section below. Please spend some time with your child completing this at home. Homework books must remain at home and if you would like to send us photo's of your child's completed homework please do so by the following Friday using our email: year1@staffordleys.com.
Please make sure reading books are in school every day with reading records. Your child's books will be changed once a week. These books must be returned every Monday.
Please ensure all your child's items are clearly named including all their clothing items.
Your child should only bring in a water bottle and their school book bag into school.

Our P.E. Days are every Wednesday and Thursday.

Due to only being able to use outdoor spaces these days may vary. Your child's P.E. kit should be in school everyday and each item of clothing should be labelled with their name. Please ensure your child's earrings are not worn on P.E. Days.

This week's Homework...
Click on the image to open this week's homework.

Other AreasYear 1 - phonics screening practice homework sheet
Week 1 - t-c-254643-phonics-screening-practice-homework-list_ver_2.pdf
Week 2 - t-l-526427-phonics-screening-practice-homework-list-2-checklist-english_ver_4.pdf
Week 3 -t-l-526446-phonics-screening-practice-homework-list-3-english-english_ver_3.pdf
week_4_-_car_park_phonics.pdf

Phase 5 caption action cards - phase_5.docx

year_1_common_exception_words.png

Year 1 Welcome Meeting

Click the link to view the slides from the Year 1 welcome meeting.
year1_parents_meeting_powerpoint_2021.ppt

Year 1 Common exception words

These are our Year 1 Common Exception Words - you may like to practise spelling these and thereafter writing them into sentences.

Our new Maths Target is:
I know my number bonds to 20.

Target Challenge -

Writing at Home

Please download the phonics mat to help support your child with writing at home.
phase_3_and_5_sound_mat.docx

If your child needs the phase 2 sounds then please download this one. phonics_mat_phase_2_and_3.docx

Strategies we use in school to support writing include the following:

Discussing what sentence you are going to write first.
Counting the words in the sentence.
Stretching the word out to hear all the sounds.
Using a phonics mat and common exception word mat.
Modelling the first sentence before they complete it.
Checking for capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
Encouraging cursive handwriting and writing on the line.

How to challenge writing:

Include 'and' to extend sentences.
Include adjectives.
Use different sentence starters.
Handwriting - form all letters correctly, present work neatly.
Use ? and ! where appropriate.
Begin to spell words correctly.

Cursive Letters

Cursive Letters

Please click on the phoneme to download the attached booklet to work on.

READING
Reading is an important part of your child's learning.
Click the link for 'Parent prompts for reading with children'.
For more reading content click on the owl to access the free Ebook library.