What a fantastic first week in Year 1! Take a look at what we have been getting up to 😊

Maths

This week in maths we have been looking at number and place value! At the beginning of the week, we used number lines to help us find 1 less and 1 more than a given number. We even challenged ourselves and even had missing numbers on our number lines! Later in the week we learnt to compare quantities using words such as more than, less than and equal to. We have also been comparing numbers using the < > and = symbols.

Next week in maths the children will be continuing their skills of number and place value using number lines.

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. We have met our new RWI teachers. We have been reviewing our sounds and working so hard phonetically reading words. In particular, we have been looking for special friends in our words, saying the sounds and reading the word. Any practise at home reading a word by finding the special friends, saying the sounds and reading the word would be greatly appreciated! We have also been working hard on our handwriting and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops.

Reading

Today the children will bring home two books in their reading folders, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this.

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in an assembly. Children will also get a certificate for every 20 times they read so it is important that the reading record gets signed every time they read at home.

There will also be a sticker in your child’s reading record which will explain which skill they are working on with regards to their reading.

If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Home Learning

For this week’s learning we would like the children to decorate their own Love 2 Learn book anyway they wish.

Please can Love 2 Learn books be returned each Wednesday.

PSHE

On Tuesday we read the story ‘Rufus goes to school’ this made us think about our behaviours in school, our school rules and the Chilton Way. On Wednesday we went through our zones of regulation and talked about different tools we could use when we are feeling upset or angry. On Thursday we read the book What Does It Mean to Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio. We then linked these to our values. Today we looked at what makes a good friend and how we can work together as a team.

Next week we will be starting our thematic learning ‘My home my town’.

Additional Information

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon please can children wear a plain white t-shirt, or our new Chilton PE t-shirts, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Read at 3 will start next Friday at 3pm this is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for the full 15 minutes. This will happen every Friday thereafter this term.

Key dates 

16th September – Meet and greet for years 1 and 2 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead.

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

8th October –2.45pm Year 1 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

17th October – Final day of term

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to email, alternatively we are available to catch at the end of the day or the start of the day by the door.

Team Ocean eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sky poppy.winchcombe@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk ( On a Monday)

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Miss Hall, Mrs Winchcombe and Mrs Howard