Year 1
Welcome to Year 1 class page.
Hello everyone,
P.E days are Tuesday and Wednesdays. Any changes, you will be informed with as much time as possible.
If you need any additional information please do not hesitate to contact me on the gate at drop off or collection, or on the email below:
year1@hollinsgrungy.com
Please allow two working days for your child’s teacher to respond.
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Who works in the class? |
Mr Richardson – Class Teacher
Mrs Sajjid – Teaching Assistant Mrs Coombes – Teaching Assistant Mrs Rhodes – PPA Cover Teacher (Monday Afternoon : Art and DT) |
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Important Information |
Year 1 begin the school day at 8.45am and finish at 3.30pm.
Drop off/collection is at the Key Stage 1 playground gate. Late arrivals should contact the school office. If another relative or someone other than a parent is collecting, please inform a member of staff at the gate or contact the school office. |
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When are spelling tests? |
Regular spellings are apart of the ‘Read, Write Inc’ Phonics scheme. The children complete these when they are on yellow, blue or grey books. These will be part of their Read, Write, Inc sessions. Once a term, we will test your children on the “Year 1 Common Exception Words”. The list can be found further down this page, however, these are also practiced throughout daily sessions. |
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Contact |
Class email
year1@hollinsgrundy.com |
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Homework |
Grid homework is set once a half term. This half-term (Autumn 1), the due date of the grid homework will be on Friday 23rd October, where we will celebrate the whole school’s amazing homework they completed. You can find a copy of the homework grid below. |
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What are procedures for reading books? |
We kindly ask that books are returned to school on Fridays. New reading books will be given on this days. We encourage daily reading at home and for children to re-read books to develop their familiarity with a text.
Please understand that we only change books on this day due to timetabling. please try to make sure all books are returned to school in the plastic wallets provided. If you are unsure where your child’s reading book, journal or share read is, please just let us know as we can help to sort that out. |
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When are PE days? |
Our PE days will be Tuesday and Wednesday.
Children should bring their labelled PE kit into school at the beginning of each half term; They will be getting changed in their classroom and change back into their uniform once the lesson has ended. We recommend that the children leave their PE kit in school and they will be sent home at the end of each half term to be washed . |
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Rewards for hard work & good behaviour. |
All children can earn individual house-points for demonstrating a hard-working or thoughtful attitude, as well as being helpful, kind or otherwise a good citizen.
Children who show exceptional behaviour, manners and attitude to learning in the classroom and around school will be awarded a golden ticket. Exceptional work will be put on our class “Star Work Showcase” wall to get a star, which also awards the child 5 housepoints. There is a Golden Ticket draw every Friday during Smile Assembly. Every week, a child wins the Smile Award for their class which is presented in assembly. |
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Consequences for lack of effort and poor behaviour |
Behaviour will be scored as green – amber or red on a daily basis, which will be recorded privately by the class teacher.
Letters will be sent home for children with a three red times in a half term.
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Anything else relevant for your year group |
Phonics
Year 1 will have a phonics screening test in June. It is important that they keep up to date with all their sounds. We use the Read Write Inc scheme in school and it is recommended that you practice these sounds with your child at home. You will find a link to the official Read, Write Inc YouTube channel in our useful links section. This contains highly useful videos focus as word reading, blending, spelling and tutorials for parents on how to correctly read sounds with your child. Please find below a copy of the Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. Phonics Screening Check guide for parents Phonics Screening Check: Information for parents
Below is a copy of the Year 1 common exception words that the children will be tested on throughout the year. I would encourage you to practice these at home with your child frequently. |
