Yewtree Primary School
Year One - Willow and Chestnut
Meet Our Staff
1 Willow
Teacher: Miss S Clayden (KS1 Phase Leader)
Teaching Assistant: Mrs S Ali
1 Chestnut
Teacher: Miss L Maley
Teaching Assistant: Mrs K Bishop
Key Information
PE
1 Willow - Tuesday and Friday
1 Chestnut - Tuesday and Friday
Your child is to come in to school in their PE kit on these days.
Homework
Home work is sent home on a Wednesday and due in on a Monday
• Read every day (and discuss their reading)
• Practice spelling patterns/phonics and apply these to known and new spellings
Termly Update
Autumn 2
This half term we have enjoyed learning about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot and learnt why we celebrate bonfire night. We have read lots of books and particularly enjoyed reading ‘Stop, That’s not my story’. In maths we have explored different methods of addition and subtraction and can use lots of different resources to show our working out. In DT we have learnt how to cut and prepare a variety of fruits to make our own fruit kebabs and used our computing skills to record ourselves like TV chefs. In RE we have learnt all about Christmas and how Christians celebrate it. In science we have been learning about seasonal changes in Autumn and Winter.
Near the end of the term we turned our attention to our Christmas play ‘Bethlehem Bake Off’ and learnt lots of songs.
Autumn 1
The children in Year 1 have settled amazingly into their new routine. We have enjoyed learning about our local area in geography. We looked at maps and aerial photos of the school grounds. In English we enjoyed reading Jasper’s beanstalk and Puffin Peter. In maths we have been learning about position and direction before moving on to exploring numbers to 10. In RE we have been learning about ‘Who do Christians say made the world’. We took part in celebrating harvest festival and enjoyed singing with the rest of our key stage.
Phonics
Please find below the slides from our parent phonic meeting.
How to help your child learn the Read Write Inc. phonics sounds
Understand how to teach the Read Write Inc. phonics sounds with your child, including a demonstration from five year-old Sylvie across set 1, set 2 and set 3 sounds.