Year 1
Welcome to Year One!
Meet the Staff:
Y1H - Mrs Higgens
Y1L - Mrs Henry's and Mrs Fleming
We are also supported by Mrs Fahy, Mrs Southworth
Please click on the link for your child's class to look at the Parent Information leaflet.
Click on the links below to find out more about our curriculum in Year 1:
Religion- Lent/Easter
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"Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit." (John 12:24) |
It is the Liturgical season of Lent. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for forty days. The children will learn that Lent is a time to grow more like Jesus and look forward to Easter. They will learn about change and how Lent can be a time of change, to grow spiritually, in preparation for the celebration of Easter, through prayer and good deeds. The children will learn about the events that happened in the last week of the life of Jesus, Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, Good Friday and leading up to the Resurrection. In our Prayer and Liturgy the children will have the opportunity to celebrate Mass on Ash Wednesday as well as Stations of the Cross. They will also have the opportunity to bring home the class Lenten Prayer Pack.
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In Mathematics, the children will work on 'Place Value within 20'. They will develop their knowledge of the number system, focusing on teen numbers and beyond. They will begin to describe numbers using 'tens and ones'. The children will work on 'Addition and Subtraction within 20' They will build on their knowledge of number bonds and use known facts to help them add together two digits and one digit numbers. We will also begin a unit of work on 'Measurement', both 'Length and Height' and 'Mass and Volume'. The children will compare objects using appropriate vocabulary such as longer, shorter, taller and use non-standard units of measure before learning about centimetres. In Year 1 we will continue to work on the 'Mastering Number' programme to support the pupils in developing fluency. They will use a range of practical resources including numicon, rekenreks and tens frames . |
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In Year One, pupils will need to learn number bonds to make 10. They will need to recall them from memory. They will have lots of opportunities to practise using equipment like the Numicon shapes shown below.
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In our English lessons this half term we will be reading stories to inspire our own writing. We will be reading 'TheEverywhere Bear' by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, 'Magnificent Mums' by Simon Philip and Dawn Lo and 'The Teddy Bear Robber' by Ian Beck. The pupils will continue to attend daily Phonics lessons using the Read, Write, Inc programme to develop their phonic knowledge for reading and spelling. We would recommend that children read their home reading book daily to an adult to practise the skills they are learning at school. |
Watch the video clip from Ruth Miskin, as she explains how we use the phonics programme Read, Write Inc to teach the children in Year 1 to blend and read simple words.
Take a look at this video to help you and your child say the sounds correctly from set 1, set 2 and set 3 of the Read Write Inc Phonics Programme.
Here are the common exception words that pupils in Key Stage One learn to read and spell. Some of these are included on the weekly spelling tests. Here are the spelling lists for Spring 1, the spellings are also uploaded onto Ed Shed for the pupils to practise.
Useful Websites
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
https://www.thenational.academy/
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
https://play.edshed.com/en-gb/spelling
https://www.risingstars-uk.com/my-rising-stars/series/rising-stars-reading-planet
https://www.purplemash.com
Culcheth Lane, Manchester, Lancashire M40 1LU
0161 681 2779
For telephone enquiries please ask for Mrs Potter.
contact@christtheking.manchester.sch.uk
At point of contact, enquires and queries will be dealt with by Mrs. Potter.
For a paper copy of any information on this website, please contact the school office.
SEN enquiries will be passed on to the school SENDCo Mrs Holroyd.