Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

Your teachers are Mrs Leadbeater (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and Mrs Goncalves (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays).

Your teaching assistants are Mrs Berney and Miss Forbes. 

PE

PE will be on a Tuesdays and Thursdays this term (Spring 2020). We aim to change into our PE kits as independently as possible, naming items of clothing really helps us. Thank you! 

Homework

Mathematics homework will be given on a Friday to be returned the following Friday.  A new Homework Menu is given at the start of each term.  

Home Learning

Summer Term 2 2020 Updates

29.06.20

We hope you enjoyed last week's Virtual Sports Week and had lots of fun, thank you to everyone that took part and for all the fab photos and video clips. This week, we are continuing with our Home Learning Pack from the week before (15th June), so please continue the activities from that pack. Maths, English, Reading and Phonics are the main priorities, therefore, if you find that time is limited it is a good idea to focus on those areas of learning and try to keep reading daily. Mr Mc has released some brand new videos that we weren't expecting, which we are very excited about! He has released 9 lessons which focus on revising Phase 5 sounds, tricky words and sentence composition, so if you would like additional Phonics work, have a look at those. 

Mr Mc Link- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcZnvuTeovlznioLRo0GOA

On BBC Bitesize this week, it is Science week. Here is their programme of lessons for the week...

There are also some more Science websites that you might like to explore...

Primary Science Teaching Trust – Science Fun at Home

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-Fun-at-Home

Primary Science Teaching Trust – Science for One

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-for-One

Primary Science Teaching Trust – Science at Work

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-at-Work

ASE Primary Remote Learning Resources

https://www.ase.org.uk/ase-coronavirus-hub-primary-remote-learning-resources

Explorify

https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/blog/explorify-during-school-closures

BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9q

Science Sparks

https://www.science-sparks.com/easy-ideas-for-science-at-home/

Cleapss Primary

http://primary.cleapss.org.uk/Resources/Teaching-Ideas/Science/

Our book of the week this week is  'I Want My Hat Back' by Jon Klassen. We have found a brilliant little live performance of this on YouTube that we think the children will love. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

I Want My Hat Back live performance link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBJmp1c3XIQ 

Last week, we welcomed back some of our Year 1s and it was really lovely to see them and be back in class together. We are looking forward to seeing them again this week and also welcoming some more of our children back the week after. Keep smiling everyone, keep up the good work and remember where we are if you need us, we are still here for our lovely class and are missing their smiling faces very much. If you need to contact us, we are more than happy to speak to you, so please call the school office and they will pass on a message to us and we will call you back. Alternatively, you can email us at tanyal3@churchvale.notts.sch.uk.

Take care,

Mrs Leadbeater, Mrs Goncalves and Mrs Berney.

22.06.20

'On your marks.....get set.....go!'. We are celebrating our 'Virtual Sports Week' as a whole school this week and Mrs Gibbison, Mr Toon and Mrs Harris have been very busy thinking of exciting sporting activities that you can do from home to celebrate what would have been our annual Sports Day on Thursday 25th June. Each day, there is a new sporting event to try and tasks to complete. Mrs Gibbison would love to see photos of your Sports Week. Please email her at hgibbison@churchvale.notts.sch.uk. This will be the home learning for the whole week and we will continue our classpack next week. We will be making a new home learning pack for week beginning 6th July. 

This week also sees the return of some of our Year 1s. We are really looking forward to seeing some of our class back in school and Mrs Goncalves, Mrs Leadbeater and Miss Giller have been busy getting the classroom ready and planning exciting lessons and activities. We can't wait to see you! For those at home, we have loved seeing what you have been getting up to- you are very busy bees! Look at these......Arthur created an amazing London Tower Bridge box model, we are so impressed with his excellent box modelling skills- well done, Arthur! And Abby also created Tower Bridge too- well done, Abby, it must have taken a long time to complete! We love seeing the work you create at home :)

Remember, you can email us photos of your work by contacting us using the form at the bottom of this page. 

Our 'Book of the Week' this week is 'Oi Puppies' by Kes Gray and Jim Field. We know how much you love the Oi series and this is the latest installment. Kes Gray has recorded a reading of it, we loved watching the author read his own book. He is very funny, just like his books. We hope you enjoy listening to him reading it as much as we did.

Take care, stay safe everyone and keep up the good work at home- we hear that lots of you are working really hard as well as having lots of fun!

We miss you all!

Mrs Leadbeater, Mrs Goncalves and Mrs Berney. 

15.06.20

Hi everyone,

We hope you are all staying safe and have had a good week, despite the rainy weather. We have made a new workpack which is available in the school office from Monday 15th June if you would like a paper copy. This workpack will last until week beginning 6th July as we are having a whole school virtual Sports Week from 22nd June and this will be the home learning for that week.

Here is an outline:

Week beginning:

15th June- Workpack home learning.

22nd June- Whole School virtual Sports Week home learning.

29th June- continue Workpack home learning.

We have included many activities to keep everyone busy at home for the next few weeks. If you would like more activities, please access BBC Bitesize resources or Oak National Academy resources. As always, there is no pressure to complete all of the activities, just do what is best for you and your family and remember to keep doing fun things together too.

Book of the Week:

As part of our 'Reading for Pleasure' in Year 1, we will be recommending a book each week for you to listen to and watch via YouTube or even upload videos of us reading them. This week, our book of the week is 'The Day The Crayons Came Home' by Drew Daywalt which links with our English work. Below is a special reading by Mrs Goncalves, we hope you enjoy it. 

Oxford Owl:

We have made a class log in so that you can access new reading books via the Oxford Owl website. We will not be sending any new reading books home but there are plenty of resources to choose from on this website. Here are the details:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Username: cvy1

Password: CVY1

If you need to contact us, we are very much still here for our lovely class and you can use the contact us form at the bottom of this page.

Take care, stay safe, keep smiling,

Mrs Goncalves, Mrs Leadbeater and Mrs Berney :)

Purple Mash

In every child's reading record, there will be a username and password to enable access to the fabulous Purple Mash resources. There are lots of interactive games and programs for the children to use to continue practising many skills that we have learnt in class throughout the curriculum areas. You can access Purple Mash using most devices.

We will be setting '2Dos' for your child to have a go at and hand in, so that we can see the brilliant work being created. We would love to hear from our amazing class and see the fantastic things they can do and make. Keep looking out for new 'To Dos' being set, we will aim to update these regularly. Please remember all of the ideas we suggest are for guidance only, pick and choose what you would like to have a go at and remember there is no pressure with any of the homework. The most important thing is spending time with your children. Thank you :)

Week Beginning 15.06.20

We have added 3 'To Dos' this week:

1. All About Me- draw and write about your favourite things.
2. Number bonds game- race around space and be the fastest to complete the number bonds to 20.
3. North America facts- Amelia Earhart was born in Kansas, North America. What can you find out about this place?

Mrs Leadbeater and Mrs Goncalves :)

08.06.20

Hi to all our lovely year 1s and their families,

We hope you have had a lovely week, despite the change in the weather. We are missing you all lots! This week, please continue the work pack that we set last week. We would love to see the work you have been doing and see what else you have been up to, remember you can email us using the contact form at the bottom of the page. This week, Mr Mc will be releasing new phonics videos, so keep an eye out for those. There are also lots of free resources on the Phonics Play website (see link below) including some great interactive games to practice those phonics and early reading skills. Our focus in Y1 is Phase 5 but consolidation of sounds in Phases 3 and 4 is also useful. Our Purple Mash '2Dos' are still available to complete if you didn't get chance last week.

As always, we are still here if you need us, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Keep smiling and stay safe,

Mrs Leadbeater, Mrs Goncalves and Mrs Berney :)

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

01.06.20

Hi everyone.

We hope you have had a lovely half term break and have been enjoying the glorious weather we have had. What a scorcher of a week! This week we begin our second half of the Summer term and have produced a new home learning pack. We will make paper copies available at the office as soon as possible and let you know when it is available. As always, if you need anything, please do contact us and we will be more than happy to help- we are still very much here for our lovely class. 

Stay safe,

Mrs Goncalves, Mrs Leadbeater and Mrs Berney :)

18.05.20

Hello everyone, we hope you are all still staying safe and have been enjoying the lovely sunshine we have been having. This week, please continue activities from last week's home learning. There are lessons on BBC Bitesize everyday and Mr Mc is releasing more phonics videos on his YouTube channel. We have also set 3 new 'To Dos' on Purple Mash. If you would like more activities and haven't accessed resources on the 'Classroom Secrets' website, there are some lovely things on there and also 'Oak National Academy' has fantastic resources too. Daily phonics, Maths and reading are the priorities for Year 1 but please remember, everything we suggest is for guidance only and choose what is best for you and your child. Keep making memories and doing those lovely activities such as baking, playing, den building, painting, outdoor activities, walking and crafting- these are just as important during these times. 

As always, if you need us, we are still here and please do contact us using the form at the bottom of the page, call the school number or message via Facebook.

Stay safe, take care and keep smiling, 

Mrs Leadbeater, Mrs Goncalves and Mrs Berney :)

11.05.20

We hope you are all keeping well and enjoyed the VE day celebrations. We thought we would update you with more ideas for home learning activities to keep you busy up until the half term break. Remember, these are to be used as a guide only and we are not expecting you to complete everything we suggest. Please ‘go with the flow’ and do what is best for you and your child and keep doing all those lovely activities such as baking, spending time in the garden, arts and crafts- these are all so important. You can contact us anytime using the contact us page at the bottom of this page if you need any help with anything or to send us pictures of what you have been up to. We love to see what you’ve all been doing. Below are all the links to the documents in our new home learning pack. There will be print outs of these available in the school office this week.

Stay safe, take care, we miss you!

Mrs Goncalves, Mrs Leadbeater and Mrs Berney :)

Useful Books to help children understand Coronavirus

Here are 3 useful books to help your child to understand the current situation which may also help to ease any anxieties they may have.

Coronavirus: A Book For Children

https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book-explaining-coronavirus-children-illustrated-gruffalo-illustrator-axel-scheffler

Dave the Dog is Worried About Coronavirus

https://nursedottybooks.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/dave-the-dog-coronavirus-1-1.pdf

The Coronavirus Rex

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-TO4u64_LJURPu3CZDyPrUeqevouScJL/view

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.  

https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book-explaining-coronavirus-children-illustrated-gruffalo-illustrator-axel-scheffler/

Learning Resources for School Closure

*NEW* Oak National Academy 

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom

*NEW* BBC Bitesize 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

*NEW* Twinkl Daily Lessons

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub

*NEW* English Mastery Units

https://www.englishmastery.org/our-response-to-coronavirus-covid-19/

*NEW* Fun Science Experiments to try at home

https://sciencebob.com/

Classroom Secrets free resources

https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/

Teachers Pet Classroom Resources

https://tpet.co.uk/

Carol Vorderman Maths lessons has lots of free resources

https://www.themathsfactor.com/

Spread the Happiness TV is streaming live 'Dough Discos' each day at 9:30 am

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0shfH3pzhrf3dOrSj_pRw

Oxford Owl has lots of free books to read

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Audible are offering free books during school closure

https://www.audible.co.uk/

Joe Wickes PE- Joe Wickes is live streaming PE each morning Mon-Fri at 9:00 am

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

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

Twinkl have lots of amazing resources

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents/extra-subjects-parents/school-closures-category-free-resources-parents

World Book Online have just made their fabulous collection of over 3,000 ebooks and audiobooks available for free for children to access at home. They have books suitable for all ages. Click on the following link to access them.

https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR21FI7P42jUnf8kzwhIrB4GqE2GLJfIH1-mlpW_zRJyrFmBlChmbQ7M5GU

White Rose Maths Hub have designed a series of lessons which they are releasing each week.  Every lesson comes with a short video showing you clearly and simply how to help your child to complete the activity successfully.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/?fbclid=IwAR17vXlInscL--HtB4cz2VuVIqTwc4WB0hb-ddhCxi7ExXKB3vUJoCSNe9g

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/

See our Fab Phonics section below for Letters and Sounds activities.   

Reading in Year 1

We love to read! We enjoy listening to books everyday in our Reading for Pleasure time and love to explore reading in our 'Readititation time on Friday afternoons.  Some of our favourite books include Supertato, Oi Frog, The Day the Crayons Quit and There's a Spider in my Book. We love books by the authors Kes Gray, Oliver Jeffers, Giles Andreae and Sue Hendra.

Early Bird Reading

Every Wednesday morning parents are welcome to come and read with their child from 8:30-8:45. Please come and join us when you can.

Lionel the Reading Dog

Every other Wednesday, Lionel the Reading Dog comes to visit us when we can enjoy reading to him.

Key Stage 1 Topic Knowledge Organisers

This year we have been busy learning about different people, places and events whilst exploring History, Geography, Design & Technology and Art. Here are links to our knowledge organisers. What can you remember about our topics so far?

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://phonicsplay.co.uk

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