St. Alban's

St. Alban's
Catholic Academy

Our Lady Fatima

Welcome to year one

Welcome to Year One

Hello, I hope you are all well, safe and had a lovely summer. I am so excited to start this new year and I look forward to getting to know you all over the next coming weeks. 

Please take a look at our class page where you will find class news updates, information for parents, information on our learning and our gallery of children's work that we are celebrating. Please feel free to come and see me with any questions or queries you may have. Attached is the parent presentation for any of those who missed it on 12th September; this includes information on home learning, PE days and Phonics.

Thank you,

Mrs Seers

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The Year One Team

 

LSAs:

Mrs Wood

Miss Keen

Miss Garcia

Trainee Teacher:

Miss Hunt

Class Teacher:

Mrs Seers

 

This terms Caritas Curriculum Learning

 

Caritas Topic -  Home is where the heart is:

Year 1 Home is where the heart is.

Starting with the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch story we travel the UK in this topic and find the difference between physical and human geography comparing how people live in their communities. We even use our food skills in DT to design and make our own sandwiches for the trip. During science we discover all the different seasons and begin to measure the changes, noticing how they are different across the UK.  In art we discover how our bodies can make spirals and explore the spiral shapes in the physical geography around us, especially shells by the coastline. Through our music we will learn to rap and create our own rap about our community. And of course, we will bring our community together at the end of term as we prepare a nativity performance remembering how important a community is in caring for everyone. 

 

Year 1 Caritas Learning Overview 

 

 

caritas curriculum year 1 all klos web 322315958.pdf

   

Homelearning

peace autumn 1 home learning activities.pdf

 

P.E. 

PE days are Wednesday and Friday. Children are expected to have thier PE kits kept in school and to change themselves in school for PE. Please ensure hair is tied up and earrings are out. Please provide a pair of black trainers for your child when they use the pitch.

 

Other Helpful Hints

 

 Home Learning:

Home Learning will go out on Wednesday and needs to be back/completed by the following Tuesday.

Maths:

-Once a week

- Online (https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk) OR please see me if you cannot access a device and need a paper copy.

- Games based on learning from that week

- Your child should have been given their logins already (in home learning book). Please let me know if you have any issues.

Reading:

 - dependent on your child's level they will either have a book sent home on Wednesday to be back for Monday or if they have extra everyday support they will have a book everyday. Any questions come and see me.

- please read at home with their book or even read a story to them

- encourage sounding out and blending words -Early reading is so important

 Library books:

- They will choose a book in school once a week. This will go home Friday and need to be back by the following Friday.

Topic:

- Please find a termly menu of activities. You need to choose one activity to complete each week (doesn't matter which one, it's your choice).

Spellings/Phonics

-Weekly spellings -Based on phonics sounds from week -A spelling quiz on Tuesday