Contact Details
- 01623 842250
- office@churchvale.notts.sch.uk
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit, Laurel Avenue, Church Warsop, Mansfield, Notts, NG20 0TE
Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Information for Autumn 2021
Your teachers are Mrs Leadbeater (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and Mrs Goncalves (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays).
Your teaching assistants are Mrs West and Mrs Berney.
Timings for the School Day:
Start- 8:45
Lunch- 12:00-12:45
Hometime- 3:00
PE
PE will be on Mondays and Thursdays. Please remember to send your child to school wearing their P.E. kit and also remove any jewelry, such as earrings, for this day.
As a reminder, PE kit needs to be:
- Black or navy jogging bottoms / tracksuit bottoms
- Black or navy shorts
- A plain white t shirt
- They can wear a black or navy tracksuit top or sports top too
- Appropriate footwear for sport
Reading Folders
Please ensure your child brings their reading folder to school everyday along with their reading books and reading record.
Homework
It is expected that your child reads their reading book as often as possible, at least 3 times a week. Please record reads in your child's reading record.
We have a ‘Be a RockStar’ Maths target which changes each half term. This can be found in the back of reading diaries and there is a box to sign each time they complete a practice. This term we are focusing on counting from 0-50 and addition and subtraction skills.
A homework menu will also be sent home at the beginning of each term. Please complete the tasks throughout the term and send us photographs of things you have made. You can email these to us at tanyal3@churchvale.notts.sch.uk or vicky.goncalves@churchvale.notts.sch.uk. You can also upload photos to the class SeeSaw page. We will look forward to seeing what you get up to.
Below is a copy of our Welcome to Year 1 letter with further information.
Year 1 Welcome Letter
Y1 Homework Menu Autumn Term 2021
We will use SeeSaw as our platform to support home learning in the event of bubble/school closures or isolation.
The expectation is that all activities set by teachers will be completed. Please contact us if you need help or support.
Here is a useful video explaining how it works.
Autumn 2021 - IF YOUR CHILD HAS TO SELF ISOLATE:
Please keep them busy and productive by:
1) Reading, either real books or using Oxford Owl or Big Cat Library:
Click on class login at the top
username – cvy1
password – CVY1 (make note of the capital letters)
Username and password are in your child's Reading Diary.
2) The Government have set up a website for Home Learning :
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-1
3) White Rose Maths has fabulous weekly activities :
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/
4) Watch the 'Dear Dinosaur: T.Rex on Tour' by Chae Strathie video below. This is the book we are studying this half term. (See below)
5) Play some phonics games on the Phonics Tracker or Phonics Play websites. Follow the link and scroll down the page to find the games.
https://www.phonicstracker.com/games/index
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
6) Complete some of or all of the tasks on the Autumn Homework sheet.
If your child s struggling to understand the current situation this is a nice book explaining all about the Coronavirus in child friendly language by the illustrator of the Gruffalo.
Useful Learning Resources
Oak National Academy
https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom
BBC Bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Fun Science Experiments to try at home
Mental Maths Train Game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
Shape Patterns game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
Go Noodle are offering free videos to support physical and emotional well-being. Lots of fun activities the children love to join in with at school.
https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/
Phonics Tracker Free Games:
Oxford Owl Reading Books
The Oxford Owl website has an excellent selection of reading books to read at home. There are also accompanying activities too. You can access them from most devices. Our class log in to access these brilliant resources is:
Username- cvy1
Password- CVY1
Collins Big Cat Books
Inside your child's reading diary, there will be a sticker with a username and password to access a fantastic e-library.
For more information, please read the parents information letter.
Collins Big Cat Parent Guide
Fab Phonics in Year 1!
In year 1, we love phonics! We are working hard to learn our letter sounds in our reading and in our writing. We have fun reading 'alien' and 'nonsense' words using our fab phonics to decode the word.
Here are some useful links to support learning phonics at home. Have fun :)
For ways to support Early Reading and Writing at home, please watch the video below:
Phases 2 to 5 Sound mats- we are trying hard to know all of these sounds by sight and use these in our writing too!
Phase 2 Time to Read Sheets
Phase 3 Time to Read Sheets
Phase 4 Time to Read sheets
Phase 5 Time to Read Sheets
Fast Words and Common Exception Words
Have a go at reading these real and alien words- what a lot of strange alien names!
Here are some handy letters and sounds links ...
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zt27y4j
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/the-alphablocks-guide-to-phonics
Letter Formation Guides
