Welcome to Our Year 1 Class at St. James’

Welcome to Year 1, my name is Mrs Gofton and I am the Class Teacher. We have various Teaching Assistants in Year 1 who the children will already know from their time in St James. In Year 1, we aim to have fun whilst learning. Our main rule within class is that we always try our best.

Year 1 Noticeboard

  • Children will read with an adult in school throughout the week. Reading books and reading journals should be in school daily.
  • Spellings are handed out on a Friday and will be tested the following Friday. Should the children misplace their spellings, spares are readily available.
  • Homework will be given out every Friday and it is expected that they return their homework no later than the following Wednesday.  Homework will consist of either Maths, English, Topic or Phonics work.  It is encouraged that you sit and work with your child to complete their homework and should you have any issues please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
  • PE in Year 1 is on Wednesdays. Please make sure you have your full St James PE kit.
  • Please bring fresh water daily.
  • Please ensure your child brings their book in every day as we may read with them but we will especially read with them on a Wednesday.
  • We pray every day in school. Please help your child to become familiar with our prayers here Little Book of Prayers EYFS and KS1.

Autumn Term in Year 1

We have been very busy so far this term settling in to our new classroom and our new routines.  The children have been truly amazing and a credit to their families and our St James family.

In RE we will be concentrating on our topics at Families and Baptism.

In Science the children have been looking at seasons how weather changes and how plants and animals adapt to this.  We hope to go on an Autumn walk in the park  this term which is always lovely. The season changes into Autumn  and the leaves look beautiful.

The children will be looking at some wonderful texts in English including SuperWorm, Funny Bones, Winnie the Witch and Halloween Poetry.

Later this term we will be reading The Gruffalo and making some tasty Gruffalo Crumble.

In Art, we will research the artist Vincent Van Gogh and use his Landscape work to create our own using his mark making techniques and looking at his work to understand how he created his masterpieces for us to recreate one of his famous paintings.

We also had our class Stay and Pray, where many parents and carers joined us to listen to God’s Word and Year 1 led us in prayer.

Tips on how to help your child’s learning during the Autumn Term:

  • Read with your child as often as possible ideally their school book or a book of their choice and talk about the book they are reading. Eg what they llike/dislike about the text how the characters is feeling, their opinion of the character, phonics being used within the text etc
  • In preparation for our Gruffalo topic read through recipes talking about how they need to be in the correct order and the words that are used (imperative verbs/bossy verbs eg Mix together, Stir the mixture, Get a spoon, Put it in the oven etc)
  • Read rhyming stories or poems identifying the rhyming words asking your child to think of another word that rhymes with the word Eg Cat – Bat – Flat
  • Count everyday objects using the words addition and subtraction (also plus, take away, one more, one less) as this is our topic in Maths this term as well as identifying numbers such as the number of a bus, numbers in a supermarket etc.

Spring Term in Year 1

Watch this space! This page will be populated in the Spring Term!

Summer Term in Year 1

Watch this Space! This page will be populated int he Summer Term!