Welcome to Belle Vue's Year 1 Page!
Hello and welcome to Year One. We are excited to begin a new chapter of your children's lives with you. The teachers in Year one are Mrs Prosser and Miss Vickers and the Teaching Assistant is Miss Walker. We are all happy for you to ask us if you have any worries and concerns about your child's learning journey here at Belle Vue Primary. We have got a really exciting year ahead of us and we will all strive to help your child reach their own full potential. We really do understand that every child has their own unique progression path and we aim to plan and deliver opportunities that challenge and interest all of our new cohort.
Mrs Prosser
Year One Teacher
Miss Vickers
Year One Teacher
Art Lead
Miss Walker
Year One Teaching Assistant
Another Teacher
Name and Role
During this half term, we will be helping your children to settle into Year One life. It is quite different from Reception and there will be new routines to learn. We will be doing this by ensuring the first two weeks of transition are full of opportunities for your children to practise listening, co- operating with each other and understanding where resources can be found within their own bases in a fun, relaxed approach.
Dates for your diary!
Year One meet the teacher afternoon will be held on the 20th September at 2.45- 3.00
Inset Day- school will be closed for staff training on the 13th October
Parents Evening Consultations will take place on Tuesday 17th October and Thursday 19th October You will be able to make your appointment time through the School Life App
We will be donating food and produce to the local Foodbank during our Harvest Assembly. All donations to be sent to the office by the 20th October Many thanks in advance.
Harvest Assembly Monday 13th October
Halloween Dates to be arranged... watch this spooooky space!
End of Half Term 27th October
During the Autumn term, we are focusing on settling the children back in to school and the new daily routines. WE will continue with our strong focus around the 3 rules that underpin the Belle Vue way which all of the children are already familiar with and show a good understanding of! Well done Year one!
Reading: Children should be taking their reading book home every night and reading at home every day Even 10 minutes before bedtime will help children increase their range of vocabulary! In Year 1 we are building their segmenting and blending skills. Once the children are familiar with the words in the story we will then focus on fluency and comprehension.
Writing: Children will begin by learning how to craft simple sentences which include the correct punctuation. They will be exploring verbs and nouns and how to modify these in sentences. Handwriting will be taught through Letterjoin- a handwriting scheme that is used throughout the school from Nursery. A parental log in can be used to access the site if you wish to support your child at home.
Maths: during the Autumn term children will spend time practising counting and sorting objects. They will solve problems using their place value knowledge and learn how to write, read and recognise numbers up to 10. They will be able to count forwards and backwards from any given number within these boundaries. Children will begin to understand the two operations of number- addition and subtraction and use symbols to create sums. They will learn how to use the greater and less symbols and compare numbers, amounts and objects to show their understanding.
Science:
Every year the children at Belle Vue study a biology unit. Year One begin by understanding The Human Body. This unit builds upon the learning children have previously done in EYFS 'All about me'. Children will revisit what functions the body parts enable us to do and then focus on the senses. They will understand how light travels into our eyes which help us see. Children will work scientifically through this unit to help them understand how the senses enable them to explore the world we live in.
Geography:
Year One will be introduced to the concept of maps starting with looking at aerial views. This will help the children to understand how cartographers represent physical and human features on a map. They will find out how symbols are used on a map and be introduced into the four compass points. The children will begin to use some positional language to describe locations. They will look at simple routes on a map based on familiar locations using first hand information to enable them to recognise what they see in the world around them.
Art:
This unit of work in year one allows the children to be introduced to the concept of colour. The children will be introduced to artist like Mondrian, Van Gogh and many others. The vocabulary learned will enable the children to talk about their artwork using words like primary and secondary colours, warm and cool shades and tints. The activities that children will do will teach them about brush techniques and colour mixing. Drawing skills will also be taught and the children will be introduced to the technique of wax resist.
This term Year One will be covering a wonderful variety of lessons and learning opportunities . Alongside this we are hoping to invite a special guest from the paramedic services to teach the children about basic first aid and link with the biology unit the children will be learning about this year.
Music This term the children will begin their music journey by learning a tune called- Hey You! It is written in an Old-School Hip Hop style for children to learn about the differences between pulse, rhythm and pitch and to learn how to rap and enjoy it in its original form.
As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose with this song, children will listen and appraise other Old-School Hip Hop tunes.
RE Year One will be finding out about Christianity and creation.
PSHE In these lessons, children will learn about different families and how each one is unique.
Computing children will be learning about e- safety whilst learning how to log on to the network and chromebooks safely.
PE Ball skills and target practice
Homework
In Year One, children should be reading daily to an adult. We will be sending home a Monster phonics book home and a book to share.
We will be learning the Year 1 High Frequency Words so learning these at home as well will be a huge advantage.
Practising number formation, counting forwards and backwards and sorting objects into groups will help your child in maths. Good websites like top marks and hit the button will engage and interest the children making learning maths a fun thing to do.
Accessing the Letter-join parental log in will help your child with handwriting formation- Codes below
Some lovely printing work by children in Year 1
