Year 1

Year 1 is a busy but fun year! It marks your child’s transition from the continuous provision environment of reception, where children learn mostly through play, to a more academic environment. Children will be expected to sustain concentration for longer periods of time and to take part in formal lessons.

Please Click HERE for more information on what will be taught throughout the year.

SATS & End of Year Assessments

There are SATS tests in English and Maths. The statutory SATS take place in Year 2 and Year 6 and these results are reported to the government. In Year 3 – 5 the children complete the optional SATS and these results, along with teacher assessments throughout the year inform the final judgement. In Year 1, the children complete a statutory phonics screening test in June and are assessed in Reading, Writing and Maths through teacher assessment.

Homework

As you can see, we have a packed curriculum. In order to meet all the requirements of the National Curriculum, homework plays a vital part in our year. The children will need a quiet place to complete their work, away from distractions. As a rule, they will have between 10-20 minutes of homework to be completed daily. In year 1 this is mainly English or Hebrew reading along with a weekly spelling test. As the year goes on the children will be introduced to weekly pieces of literacy or maths homework as well as their usual daily reading and weekly spellings.

If the children need support with their homework it is important that we all support them with it. The children should ALWAYS attempt homework by themselves but should they be struggling or becoming confused please do help them with it and leave a note in their home work diary so the teacher is aware of the problems encountered. Once again, if there are any problems, please let me know.

Usual Weekly Homework

Monday -Reading with an adult
Tuesday – Reading with an adult
Wednesday – Reading with an adult
Thursday – Reading with an adult
Friday – Reading with an adult
Spellings
Literacy/Numeracy (Term 2)

Reading

At BWJPS, reading for pleasure is extremely important. To encourage this, we have a reading for pleasure slot every day where we encourage children to read a variety of books. If you wish to help us provide these by generously donating a book to our Y1 classroom, you will find our Amazon Wishlist here.

Equipment

It is really important that children have all the required equipment in school all the time and that all uniform and PE kit is clearly labelled. It is also important that kit is checked each term to ensure that it still fits and is still suitable for PE lessons.

PE Kit

Outdoor – Navy blue tracksuit, white t-shirt and trainers

Indoor – Navy blue shorts, white t-shirt and black pumps

Other Equipment – Once again please label all equipment and replace it when required.

Clear plastic water bottle
Homework folder
Pencil Case
H.B. Pencils (at least 2)
Rubber
Pencil sharpener
Set of coloured pencils
Set of felt tip pens
2 small glue sticks
Small roll of sellotape
30 cm ruler, which measures in both cm. and mm.

Please remember that if there is anything you need, do come and see me – lets work together to make your child’s year a very happy, rewarding and successful one!

Miss Shimmin

Latest from Year 1

BWJPS Flags

Date: 04/05/2020

Thank you to everyone who sent a flag to capture all your feelings about school. They are absolutely brilliant!!

The flags have now been put together (as you can see below) and we have also made them the banner for our Facebook page.

When we get back to school, we will print them out and display them around school. Thank you again, we LOVED seeing them!

World Maths day

Date: 13/03/2020

Year One loved world Maths day. We looked at some of the coins we use and sorted them in to shape and size. We then talked about their worth. Well done Year One!

26.02.2020 Great Explorers

Date: 09/03/2020

Year One loved their History topic so much that they requested to do this as their homework project over half term. We had a mixture of projects such as posters, booklets, pictures and PowerPoints. The children put so much effort in to this project. It was so lovely to see their enthusiasm and excitement. They didn’t just research further in to the explorers that we have covered in the topic but they also chose new explorers.

Well done Year One!

Black History Month

Date: 08/11/2019

On Monday, Year 1 and Year 2 worked together on the themes of tolerance, respect and freedom during a project about Black History Month. We worked in mixed class groups with half of us studying Nelson Mandela and the rest of us learning about Siya Kolisi.

Both of these men are from South Africa, a country where people with white skin and those with black skin were segregated until 1994.

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Nelson Mandela was a tireless campaigner for equality and justice who spent 27 years in prison for his beliefs.

In 1994 he became the first president of South Africa to be elected by all the people, black as well as white. He worked to take apart the old racist system of government and to make South Africa a fair society for all its citizens.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and 250 other awards for his bravery and courage.

Siya Kolisi (born 16th June 1991)

Siya Kolisi was appointed to lead the South African Rugby team becoming the first black man to captain the Springboks. On 2^nd November 2019 he captained the South African team to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup against England. The South African Team won by 32 – 12.

When he was a little boy, Kolisi was extremely poor and he lived in a township. Often the only meal that he ate in a day was at school, where he got a slice of bread with peanut butter and jam and a cup of milk. Kolisi practised really hard and he became an excellent sportsman.

The rainbow nation

South Africa was named the Rainbow Nation by Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the handover of power in 1994 as a way of uniting the many different people of different colours, races and tribes that live there. The rainbow is a sign of peace, respect and tolerance.

Phonics Screening Check

Date: 22/05/2019

Phonics Screening Check

Sports Day

Date: 03/07/2018

Thank you to all who came to support our children during this year’s Sports Day. It was a wonderful day with gorgeous weather and a true camaraderie amongst the children. We also thank all family members that joined in the fun and competed in our adult races. For pictures from the day, click here.