Year 1 - St Mary 2024 - 2025
Miss McAlavey
Mrs Christensen
Welcome to Year 1
2024-25
Teacher: Miss McAlavey (Monday - Wednesday)
Teacher: Mrs Christensen (Thursday and Friday)
Class Teaching Assistants: Miss Dempsey, Mr Miles & Mrs Ferns
Key Information
PE Days Summer Term: outdoor Monday (pm) and indoor Friday (pm)
Reading books sent home: Wednesday
To be returned: Monday
Homework sent home: Wednesday
This page will give you lots of information about Year 1 as an overview. Our curriculum and the different topics we will be covering each term in each subject are found on the website class pages. We will post a weekly blog and photos on Dojo and use it's messaging service.
The team are always happy to help and answer any questions face to face, via Dojo or a message in the school office.
READING
Reading is a HUGE part of our journey!
Reading books will come home on a Wednesday and need to be returned to school on a Monday.
This will be at the correct phonic stage for your child. They should be able to read this fluently and independently.
This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading.
Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
MATHS
We follow Maths No Problem. This term we will be learning about numbers to 40, adding and subtracting and using our maths skills to solve word problems.
https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos
NumBots is an online game and playing little and often will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. These are critical foundations in maths so we are excited by the impact NumBots will have.
Term Topics
RE: From Galilee to Jerusalem, From Desert to Garden
Science: Animals including Humans and Seasonal Change
PE: gymnastics and games
Geography: Hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles
Computing: Everyday Technology
Art: 3D sculpture
Homework
The children will bring home a weekly literacy sheet and maths homework