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Welcome to Year 1 | |
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In Year 1, we have three classes with a mixture of ages in each. These are Ladybird class, Magpie class and Woodpecker class. Find out more about us below! | |
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This is Mrs. Palmer, Ladybird Class Teacher. |
Mrs. Pope is a Senior Teaching Assistant, working both in Ladybird Class and throughout the school. |
 Mrs. Kitchenbrand is Ladybird Class’s Teaching Assistant. | |
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This is Mrs. Cawte, Magpie Class Teacher. |
Mrs. Johns is Magpie Class’s Teaching Assistant |
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| This is Mrs. Benham, Woodpecker Class Teacher. | Mrs. Nichol is Woodpecker Class’s Teaching Assistant |
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Each class has a tray which contains sand, water and other interesting hands-on exploration activities, which change each half term. |
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Here are some of the other exciting learning areas we have in our classrooms. | |
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| An art area. |
A role play area. |
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| A book corner. |
An ICT area. Each class has an interactive whiteboard too. |
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| A writing corner. | A science investigation area. |
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We enjoy learning outside and sometimes we have our Maths and Literacy lessons on the playground or field and stories and Music in the Breeze House.
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Here we are in the playground experimenting with levers and pivots!
Our Learning
In Year One we learn from the National Curriculum. We like to link all of our learning to our termly topics, click here to see our topic webs. In the Autumn our topics is Ourselves, looking at where we live and our environment. In the Spring we learn about Toys and Homes in the Past and in the Summer we have fun at The Seaside!
You can see some of our classroom displays below. You will also find photos of other Year One events. Your children might come home saying they have had a hard day on the building site. Relax - they have been extending their learning and language through role play areas such as a construction site, a factory and a garage! | |
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We believe that children need hands on experiences so during the year we will be taking them to the North West Surrey Synagogue in Weybridge, The Lookout Discovery Centre in Bracknell and finding out about the work of the RNLI at the seaside. Below our some photos of our favourite experiences. | |
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| Some Year One children learning how to dress the Torah scrolls at the Synagogue. |
We looked for shells on the beach during a trip to the seaside. |
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| This man from the RNLI taught us about his job and how to be safe in the water. | We sketched the equipment in our local park then we used our drawings and investigations to make our own. |
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| We went on a walk near school to learn about our local geography. | We learnt about different materials on a trip to the Lookout Discovery centre. |
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| We enjoy raising money for our favourite charities with events like this cake sale. | Our grandparents might have played with these objects, which we learned about in our topic on toys. |
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| We used a pulley to lift Mrs. Palmer off the ground during Science Week! |
We made Challah bread during a day of learning about Shabbat. |
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| We enjoy playing in our role play areas! | |
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Ways to Help your Child in Year 1
v Teach your child to dress/undress independently v Encourage your child to try as many fruits and vegetables as possible in preparation for snack time in the classroom v Please can you ensure that your child’s name is on every piece of clothing, including shoes and socks v Encourage a love of books by reading regularly to your child and visiting the library. v Your child will be bringing home homework including daily reading, weekly spellings and regular handwriting practice. Please give your child as much help and encouragement as possible with this! v Read the weekly Newsletter to keep up to date with what we’ve been learning each week.
We look forward to you visiting our friendly, happy school | |
