St Thomas' Church Of England Primary School

YEAR 1

Teacher: Mrs Eaves
Teaching Assistants:

Miss Carey mornings.

Mrs Colley Tue-Thurs afternoons.

Our Gospel Value is: Friendship

Pupil Leaders:

Our School Councillors:

Our Eco Councillors:

Our SHINE Councillors:

Our link Governor is: Mrs Carol Stones

Please ensure if your child needs an inhaler that you send an indate/named one into school as soon as possibe please.

Helpful Information:

Reading books will be changed on Friday
Reading records are needed in school every day
Library book changing day is Thursday
PE days are Monday and Tuesday - come in PE kits ready for these. Please note that jewellery and accessories (e.g. watches, hair bows) must not be worn on a PE day due to safety reasons.
Healthy snacks - if your child does not have morning toast, they may bring in a healthy snack
Water bottles - children will need a water bottle in school each day. This must contain water - no juice or flavoured water. Please return these daily after washing
Spelling test every Friday
Homework will be sent home every Friday to be completed and returned by the following Thursday.

Looking ahead:

- We are very excited to welcome you back in school on Wednesday 4th September. The school gates open at 8:45am - please be in school before 8:55am. The school day finishes at 3:25pm.
- There will be a 'Meet the Teacher' session on Monday 9th September from 9:00-9:25am. This will be all about Year 1 routines, learning and will give you the chance to ask any questions you may have. I look forward to meeting you all.
- Monday 16th September is class election day for the roles of School and Shine Council and Eco Warrior. If your child would like to put themselves forward for a role please help them to create either a speech, a video or a poster to share with their class how/what they would do if chosen to be the Year One representative.
- In History we are learning about families, could you please send into school a family photograph of a family celebration event, for example, birthday, wedding, christenening (by September 16th).
- During Autumn Term all children in Year One will take part in Forest School and our Come Outside outdoor curriculum. Please send into school, a warm waterproof coat, a pair of wellies and a hat and gloves.
Autumn Term message from Mrs Eaves:

Welcome to Year 1 after the summer holidays! I hope you all had a lovely summer, spending time with your family and friends after working so hard in Reception Class. We are really looking forward to welcoming you in your new class - we will be very busy doing lots of new learning during our first term in Year 1. Our main learning theme will be 'Childhood' with a focus on History learning. We will be learning all about life in the 1950's.

Our focuses in Maths for this term will be Number and Place Value. We will be working on practising counting in 1's to 100, forwards and backwards from any given number. As a school, we now also have access to Numbots, which can be accessed on any device. Your log in for this is in your reading record. I would love it if you could have a go on this at home.

I have put a link to the Year 1 Common Exception Words below. These are words that all children are expected to be able to spell by the end of Year 1. It is important that we practise spelling these words, as they are commonly spelt incorrectly meaning that we may find them a little bit trickier to remember. How many can you already spell?

Our Autumn Term Learning Letter and knowledge organisers are also linked below. These detail everything we are going to be learning about this term. Please take a look so you know exactly what we will be exploring.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask - I am always happy to help! I can't wait to start our year together.
Mrs Eaves and the Year One Team