St Thomas' Church Of England Primary School

YEAR 1

Teacher: Mrs Eaves
Teaching Assistants:

Miss Carey mornings.

Mrs Colley Tue-Thurs afternoons.

Our Gospel Value is: Friendship

Pupil Leaders:

Our School Councillors: Claris and Florence

Our Eco Councillors: William and Oliver

Our SHINE Councillors: Malachi and Carson

Our link Governor is: Mrs Carol Stones

Please ensure if your child needs an inhaler that you send an in date/named one into school as soon as possible.

Helpful Information:

Reading books will be changed on Friday
Reading records are needed in school every day
Library book changing day is Thursday
PE days are Monday and Tuesday - come in PE kits ready for these. Please note that jewellery and accessories (e.g. watches, hair bows) must not be worn on a PE day due to safety reasons. Please wear shorts under tracksuit bottoms on Tuesday for dance.
Healthy snacks - if your child does not have morning toast, they may bring in a healthy snack
Water bottles - children will need a water bottle in school each day. This must contain water - no juice or flavoured water. Please return these daily after washing
Spelling test every Friday
Homework will be sent home every Friday to be completed and returned by the following Thursday.

Looking ahead:

- The school gates open at 8:45am - please be in school before 8:55am. The school day finishes at 3:25pm.
- During Autumn Term all children in Year One will take part in Forest School and our Come Outside outdoor curriculum. Please send into school, a warm waterproof coat, a pair of wellies and a hat and gloves.
- Friday 1st November- non uniform day for Christmas fair donations.
- Wednesday 6th November Flu vaccinations
- Friday 8th November- non uniform day for Christmas fair donations.
- Friday 15th November- Children in Need- donations on Parent Pay.
- Friday 22nd November - - non uniform day for Christmas fair donations.
- Wonderful Wednesday 27th November2:15pm.
- Wedenesday 11th December- Christmas Jumper day and Christmas Dinner.
- Tuesday 10th December - Nativity in Church 6:15pm.
- Monday 16th December Infant party day.
- Thursday 19th December Christingle Service in church 2pm.
- Break up Friday 20th 2pm.
Autumn Term message from Mrs Eaves:

Welcome back after the half term holidays! I hope you all had a lovely break, spending time with your family and friends after working so hard in Year One in the first half of Autumn term. We are really looking forward to be doing lots of new learning in the lead up to Christmas.
We will study Geography in Our Wonderful World project. Your child will learn about physical and human features, maps, cardinal compass points, and positional and directional language. They learn about the equator, hemispheres and continents and are introduced to the countries, capital cities and settlements of the United Kingdom. The children carry out simple fieldwork to find out about local physical and human features.
Our focuses in Maths for this term will be addition and subtraction. We will be working on practising counting in 1's to 100, forwards and backwards from any given number. We will also begin counting in 2's, 5's and 10's. As a school, we now also have access to Numbots, which can be accessed on any device. Your log in for this is in your reading record. I would love it if you could have a go on this at home.
In Science we will be learning about materials and that objects are made from materials. They identify a range of everyday materials and their sources. Children will investigate the properties of materials and begin to recognise that a material's properties define its use.
I have put a link to the Year 1 Common Exception Words below. These are words that all children are expected to be able to spell by the end of Year 1. It is important that we practise spelling these words, as they are commonly spelt incorrectly meaning that we may find them a little bit trickier to remember. How many can you already spell?

Our Autumn Term Learning Letter and knowledge organisers are also linked below. These detail everything we are going to be learning about this term. Please take a look so you know exactly what we will be exploring.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask - I am always happy to help!
Mrs Eaves and the Year One Team