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Year 1

Welcome to Year 1!

Hello and welcome to Year 1 where your child will have fun, work hard and try their best in everything that they do. It is going to be a great year full of new adventures, discoveries and learning. Miss Brown and all support staff are here to support you and your child. Within the classroom, we care about both students and parents, so please let us know if you have any concerns, ideally via Seesaw. Each day, your child is required to bring to school a coat, book bag, reading diary, water bottle, lunch and snack (unless they order a hot dinner or toast).

Messages between school and home

Seesaw will continue to be our primary method of communication this academic year. Please try, where possible, to send any message (no matter how small the worry or query!) through the inbox tool on Seesaw, and we will always get an answer for you as promptly as possible. Miss Brown will have a school iPad, which will be in class with her every day, and they will access your messages when time allows. Miss Brown is aware that messages can pop up at any time. Still, please be aware that if a message is sent in the evening or over the weekend, it may be seen, but depending on the content of the message, it may not be responded to until the following school day. Likewise, Miss Brown will be mindful and give advance notice of any messages/announcements she sends.

Learning Behaviours

We are developing children's ability to discuss their learning and helping them develop a language to talk about their own learning. The children in school today are going to be facing considerable challenges in the wider world, and we are working with them to develop skills and attitudes that will help them be successful in the wider world. Daresbury’s Learning Behaviours are Collaborating, Active Listening, Showing Curiosity, Being Independent and Reflecting. In the coming weeks, more will be shared with you and your child about our learning behaviours and how they will be used around the school and in each class.

House Points

Children can gain house points from following our learning behaviours to complete their homework. Their teacher and other staff members can award house points throughout the school day or on Seesaw. If a child has been awarded a certificate at the celebration assembly on a Friday, they will also receive house points:

Special Mention = 3 pom poms

Wall of Success = 1 pom pom

Mathematician of the week = 1 pom pom

Reader of the week = 1 pom pom

In addition to recognising achievements and positively reinforcing our school rules, we have systems for when our school rules, behaviour expectations and learning behaviours are not followed.

Step 1: a reminder of the rule that they have broken.

Step 2: children will receive a verbal warning (this will be done 1:1 and not in front of others).

Step 3: a 2-minute reflecion time with an adult.

Step 4: a 15-minute reflection with an adult. The parents will be informed, and the incident will be logged onto the school monitoring system.

Step 5: Follow-up repair and restore. Class teacher to discuss the behaviour with child/children and consider collaboratively how to best repair the problem/behaviour. For example, this could be completing work missed in their own time, like at break times.

Reading

Reading records need to be in school every day. You are expected to comment in their Reading Record on how your child has read at least three times a week (remember it doesn't just have to be about a school book); this allows the child a chance to discuss the book, author, illustrator, its themes, features and language, all of which are important for your child's comprehension and literacy skills. 

Please note that if a reading record is lost, as the first one is given for free, there will be a small charge to replace it. These details, if needed, can be found with Mrs Staveley.

P.E

Year 1 children will have two sessions of PE a week. This term, PE will take place on a Wednesday and a Thursday. We request that the children wear a school PE kit with a logo or a plain white t-shirt with basic black shorts/bottoms for PE.

Seesaw

As you all know, Seesaw is an interactive learning journal where your child can share their work. It will be used in all subjects, from problem-solving in Maths to Dance in PE. Spelling lists will additionally be added to Seesaw every Tuesday. You will be able to like and comment on your child's work, adding to the great sense of achievement that the children feel when using the app. If you have any questions about Seesaw and how it works, please ask Miss Brown. This is the best way to communicate with school staff. You can send a private message via the inbox. Staff will reply to these messages, but be aware that they may not be seen during the school day while staff teach. Please ring the school if you have an urgent message.

Birthdays and Treats

We will ensure all children whose birthday is being recognised and that the school celebrates their birthday; however, we would prefer not to distribute cakes and sweets or gifts in class as this can take up quite a bit of time at the end of the day and can put some parents under pressure to provide this treat for everyone. We are also a 'Healthy School' and should not be actively promoting sugary treats regularly. I appreciate your support for this.

How to help your child

Here are some websites that you may find useful to support your child's learning.

Maths

http://www.ictgames.com - Fun and exciting maths and literacy games available.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-collection/zbr4scw - The children LOVE this! Engaging maths, literacy, PSHE and MFL songs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml - A BBC website with all maths topics covered.

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ - Lots and lots of games and tools to help your child with maths at home.

http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/ - Fun games to support the learning of times tables.  Table Mountain is recommended and can be played in demo mode.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Great to practise number bonds, doubles, halves and times tables!

 

English

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm - Phonics.

www.topmarks.co.uk – for games and support materials in maths and literacy. 

 http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/magneticletters/ -  A fun different way to practise and test spellings.

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2-5 - Phonics games

https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

 

Please always ask in school if you need anything to support your child at home.