Year 1

Welcome back Year 1 - we hope you are well

Please see below for your online learning timetable for this week and also a list of other activities you might like to complete.  If you are having any problems with online TEAMS lessons please email: remote_learning@ryvers.slough.sch.uk

TEAMS logins can be found in the font of your child's blue home reading diary.

Please Note: Look below under the heading 'RESOURCES' - for the week's spellings to learn for a TEST on Monday and any other useful documents.

Remember, you should also spend some time everyday on;

Numbots 

Read a book out loud to an adult 

Nessy (if you have a login) for 20 minutes

You can contact your class teacher at homework_y1@ryvers.slough.sch.uk  if you have a question or would like to share one or two of your learning activities with us or just to say hello!  Please include your name and class in the subject line.

  STORY TIME

Slough Healthy Smiles have sent us some lovely resources for you to share with your children - keep our teeth and gums healthy is so important! See the SLOUGH HEATHLY SMILES folder below.

PE Dance Video - Week 2 (Wednesday 13th January 2021)

Year 1 your teachers are:

Mrs Dwane - 1 Tiger, Mrs Gill-Janjua - 1 Peacock,

Mrs Smith and Ms Symes - 1 Monkey

           Mrs Dwane     Mrs Gill-Janjua           Mrs Smith            Ms Symes

SPRING TERM in Year 1

Welcome back Year 1, we hope you had a fun and relaxing Christmas holiday.

Our theme for this term is 'TOYS - old and new' many of our lessons will link to this theme for example in Science we will be learning all about the materials our toys are made of. In Geography we will be learning where we live in the world.

Our Knowledge Organisers for this term can be found below please read them and complete the quiz.

Isolation Work

Please see 'Isolation Work' below for a timetable of online tasks to complete if your child or child's class has to self isolate.  Click on the links in the timetable to view the  lessons.  You can contact your child's teacher(s) on the year 1 email:- homework_y1@ryvers.slough.sch.uk if you wish to ask a question, get help or upload your child's work for feedback.  Please include your child's name in the subject line.

Please also remember to log on to Numbots, Phonics Play (and Nessy if you have a log in), daily if possible.  Also, below is the number bonds to 10 song for you to keep practising your number bonds at home.

As always if your child is unwell there is no expectation for them to complete the work. 

Book Changing

This term reading books will be changed once a week on a Monday and should be returned to be quarantined on a Thursday.  Please note, we will be checking the children's book band levels throughout September before home reading books are sent home.

Please ensure the reading book and planner are in every day so that KS1 staff may read with your child and record it in their planner.

PE 

PE will be on Wednesday for all classes.  Children should come in to school wearing their PE kit please.  All earrings to be removed on Wednesday for PE and long hair must be tied back.

Homework

Homework is set each Friday and is due back on the following Wednesday.  In line with school policy each activity should take the following amount of time:-

Reading 10-15 minutes daily

Spelling 10 minutes weekly

English 20 minutes weekly

Maths 20 minutes weekly (including Cracking Number Facts)

If your child is struggling to complete their homework in this time, please speak to your class teacher.  Over school holidays your child may be asked to complete a project linked to work which they have been doing in class.

Homework questions can be emailed to the following email address: homework_y1@ryvers.slough.sch.uk

Cracking Number Facts

Cracking Number Facts are tested on a Friday with a two-minute test.  Results are given to the children and if a level is passed a certificate will be sent home.  Please note we do not send home completed sheets - see the note below for more information about Cracking Number Facts. 

Important Reminders

• Children must bring their planners in daily and try to read at home every evening
• All dinner money and school trips should now be paid through Parent Pay
• Year 1 have the option for a hot meal on a Monday
• We do ask that on Mufti days children still wear school shoes. No boots or strappy sandals
• Hair longer than shoulder length must be tied up

Computing: This is a very useful link with advice about screen time for young children (highlight and right click to open link): - 

https://www.internetmatters.org/issues/screen-time/

*Nursery and Reception parents please look out for a separate letter, from Mrs Porter (Early Years Phase Leader), to explain the settling in period in more detail.

Supporting reading at home