Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Congleton
Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
My name is Miss Owen and I am your class teacher. Our classroom is a happy and positive place where we have lots of fun learning new things.
If you have any queries or concerns, please feel free to email the office at admin@saintmaryscongleton.co.uk and they will pass on the message.
Additionally, weekly updates and any information will be posted on the Class Dojo stories.
Phonics
We use the 'Monster Phonics' programme for teaching Phonics and early reading. Parents are able to access this at home, and reinforce their learning between school and home.
In June, Year 1 children have a Phonics Screening check. To prepare them for this, we practise phonics daily and read lots of real/nonsense ('alien') words. Children are expected to read at home daily, in order to support their progress.
Below are some really useful resources to help support your child's learning!
Online resources:
Phonics Webinar for Parents
Find out how we teach phonics in school and easy ways to support at home.
English
Our class book for Autumn 1 is 'Meesha makes friends'. The children will learn how to combine words to make a sentence and where capital letters and full stops go to write a small diary entry.
Our class book for Summer 2 is 'Katie in London'. The children will be learning how to use and in a sentence and how to use pronouns to write a non-chronological report.
Maths
This term we will be learning:
Place value within 10
Addition and subtraction within 10
Place value to 20
Addition and subtraction within 20
Useful links:
RE
Our units this term are 'Creation and Covenant' where we will be looking at how God created the world and 'Prophecy and Promise' where we will learn about the story of Jesus' birth.