Year 1

Our Team

Goldfinches - Mrs French

Woodpeckers- Miss Joyce

Teaching Assistants - Miss Kelly and Miss Peel

Your child's learning this half term

Homework Expectations

The children will be set their homework every Tuesday and it is to be completed by the following Monday.

Maths - A weekly Freckle activity will be set. This is personalised to your child's individual needs for practice.

Reading - Children are expected to read daily and record this in their reading journal. Journals will be checked by an adult every Friday.

Additional books and quizzes linked to your child's phonics level can be accessed on Oxford Reading Owl.

Children who have completed the phonics curriculum and are now on 'Accelerated Reader' will need to complete quizzes after every book read - please follow this link and log in using details in your child's reading diary:

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6705703

Spelling - Year 1 Common Exception Words will be put on Tapestry weekly for the children to practice at home.

Creative homework tasks - Tapestry Challenges will be linked to our topics across the curriculum. Please upload this as an observation on Tapestry.

Purple Mash- Your child also has access to Purple mash and if they wish, they can access this at home for extra practise.

Supporting your child's learning at home

There are a number of websites which can be accessed from home to help support your child with their learning these include:

Maths

https://student.freckle.com/#/login (Freckle)

Woodpeckers class code: 8kmcvt

Goldfinches class code:

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Other

Purple Mash by 2Simple

Any log ins that your child requires can be found in their planner.

Please contact your child's class teacher if these can not be found.