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Orchard Primary Academy

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

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 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 4th November - INSET day, school closed to pupils

Tuesday 5th November - School opens for all pupils

Monday 11th November - Remembrance Day

W/C 18th November - Road Safety week

Friday 6th December - Christmas Tree Decoration Day

Friday 6th December - 9.00 - 10.00am Christmas decoration stay and learn parent session

Monday 16th December - 9.00am/2.30pm Reception and Year 1 Nativity

Tuesday 17th December - 9.00am Reception and Year 1 Nativity

Wednesday 18th December - Attendance celebration

Friday 20th December - Last day of term

Monday 23rd December - Sunday 5th January - Christmas break

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

 

This half term we will cover the stories: The Three Little Pigs, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and Last Stop on Market Street. We will be writing dictated sentences, setting descriptions and writing a story from a different point of view. We will be focusing on the following key writing skills: Using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces, writing red words, handwriting and using Phonics in our writing. Click on the book covers below to hear the stories we will be covering this half term.

 Maths
In our Maths lessons we will be continuing with the unit 'Addition and Subtraction within 10', before moving onto the units 'Shape and Pattern' and 'Place Value within 20'. 

Here are some ideas to support your child with Maths at home - 

- Counting anything! (Apples, cars, trees, etc). Encourage children to count things wherever they are. Give them counting tasks such as at the supermarket, putting 3 tins of beans in the trolley.

- Playing number names with cards, board games and dominos.

- Let children sort the washing, matching and counting pairs of socks is a great way to practice odd and even numbers. 

- Find different shapes around the house. Encourage your child to name and describe the shape.

- Sing Maths songs and nursery rhymes. Such as, Ten Green Bottles:

 

Foundation Curriculum

This term we will be focusing on our topic 'houses and homes'. We will look at how our homes are made; the features of our homes; how homes have changed over time; our local area; using basic map skills; constructing our own model home and much more!

 

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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

Phonics Games

Free Reading Books

Maths Games

Active Dance Break

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