1 Cherry
Welcome to 1 Cherry
Welcome to the Class Page for 1 Cherry.
We hope that you find the information on this page useful. If you have any further questions please speak to a member of the Year 1 Team
Our Class name is:
'Cherry'
Staff
Miss Nugent (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday):
Miss Barker- Milner (Thursday, Friday):
We are also supported by:
Miss Wells (Maternity Leave)
Important Information
1 Cherry's PE days are: Wednesday and Thursday
On this day, children can come to school in their PE kits for the whole day.
Please ensure your children has the following PE kit -
- Plain white T- shirt or polo shirt
- Plain black shorts (on warm days)
- Plain black track-suit bottoms (on colder days)
- Trainers or pumps.
On PE day, children need to pack a spare jumper/ hoody for colder days or in case the weather becomes colder throughout the day.
White PE T-shirts with the Orchard Logo are available to order.
1 Cherry's Library day is every other Friday.
The children will be able to select a book to bring home and share. Please ensure that this book comes back into school on the following Wednesday, to swap for another.
The children in 1 Cherry class will also receive a new home reading book weekly. We suggest reading a few pages each night.
Click on the Boom Reader logo below to take you to the parents log in page
Key Dates
- Monday 21st April – Easter Monday - School Closed to all pupils
- Monday 5th May – May Bank Holiday – School Closed to all pupils
- Friday 23rd May – Last day of half term - happy holidays!
- Monday 2nd June - Children back in school
- Friday 18th July - Children break up for Summer holiday
This half term we will be learning...
Phonics
We use a teaching programme called Read Write Inc. (RWI) to teach our children to read and write. In RWI lessons, the children are taught new sounds and these progress from set 1 - 3. In Year 1, children continue to learn set 2 sounds, consolidate set 1 sounds and progress onto set 3 sounds.
Children learn to read words by sound-blending using a frog called Fred. Fred says the sounds and children help him blend the sounds to read each word. Children also learn to read red words (common exception words) on sight. Red words are words that cannot be segmented or blended.
English
Texts of the term:
This half term we will cover the texts which all focus on the world around us. We will be starting out looking at texts around tiny mini beasts and by the end of the term will be studying books about the huge, deep oceans! We will be using these texts to write sentences which we may use in post cards, instructions and stories.
Maths
In our Maths lessons we will be continuing with the unit 'Place value to 50' before starting our Multiplication unit.
Here are some ideas to support your child with Maths at home:
- Give children a large number of objects. Ask them to count by grouping into tens and ones. Draw attention to different ways the children have grouped the sets of 10 objects.
- Use chalk to draw number lines with different start and end point values on the pavement or in your garden. Children can practise starting on a given number and hopping to another number.
- Get children to collect some stones or pebbles. Ask children to put them in equal or unequal groups. How many different equal groups can they make?
Here are some BBC Bitesize pages you can use at home:
BBC Bitesize - Multiply and Divide
Science
This term we are going to be covering objectives from: animals including humans (looking at the structure of different animals, understanding which animals are carnivore, herbivore and omnivore); seasonal change (observing change within the weather and plant life) and plants (we will label trees and flowering plants, knowing names of different trees in our locality. Here is some key vocabulary you can discuss at home to support your child:
Foundation Curriculum
This term we will be focusing on our topic 'Our World'. As part of this, we will be looking at the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. Practise learning the names and capital cities of these with your children at home:
t g 115 our country the uk facts powerpoint ver 9.pdf
Links to try at home
Here are websites which you can use at home to support your child's learning.
Read Write Inc. Guide for Parents
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