Contact Details
- 01623 842250
- office@churchvale.notts.sch.uk
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit, Laurel Avenue, Church Warsop, Mansfield, Notts, NG20 0TE
Church Vale Primary School
and Foundation Unit
Reach for the Stars
Welcome to Year 1
Information for Spring 2023
Note
Online learning for 10th March 2023 is accessible via the Seesaw app. Please find your childs login details on the inside cover of their reading diary. If you have any issues logging in email vicky.goncalves@churchvale.notts.sch.uk
Your teachers are Mrs Leadbeater (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and Mrs Goncalves (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays).
Your class teaching assistant is Mrs West.
Other teaching assistants supporting Year 1 are;
Miss Bull, Mrs Boden, Miss May & Miss Landay.
Timings for the School Day:
Start- 8:45
Lunch- 12:00-12:45
Hometime- 3:00
PE
PE will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please remember to send your child to school with their PE kit at the beginning of term. Please ensure to remove any jewelry, such as earrings, for this day.
As a reminder, PE kit needs to be:
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.
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.
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 :)
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
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit, Laurel Avenue, Church Warsop, Mansfield, Notts, NG20 0TE