Year 1
Welcome to our Year One group Webpage!
The Year One Team:
Dickens Class taught by Miss Sutton & Miss Bragg
Sutton@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
Earhart Class taught by Miss Field & Mrs Phillips
Field@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
Churchill Class taught by Miss Magnus, Mrs McDonnell & Mrs Burke
Magnus@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk
Class DojoDates for your diary
22/04 –Term 5 Starts
25/04- Year 1 visit to Emerson Park
01/05 – Year 1 Sponsored bike/scooter
05/05- Bank Holiday- School Closed
21/05 -Year 1 School Trip
23/05 – Last Day of Term 5
02/06- First day of Term 6
09/06- Year 1 Phonics Screen Check Week
10/06 – Class Photos
12/06- Year 1 Thank You Assembly
14/06 – INSET
17/06 – INSET
General reminders
- Please drop your child off at their classroom gate between 8:40am and 8:50am. If you arrive after this time, please go to the School Office. At the end of the day the classroom doors open between 3.20pm and 3:30pm. If you are unable to collect your child, please telephone the School Office. If you have made regular arrangements for someone else to collect your child, please put this in writing.
- Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit. Please tie your child’s hair back on PE days, and ensure your child is not wearing any jewellery (this includes earrings). Dickens PE Days – Wednesday & Friday. Earhart PE Days- Tuesday & Thursday. Churchill PE Days – Wednesday & Friday.
- Please make sure your child’s water bottle is in school every day and that their name is written clearly on the bottle.
- Please make sure your child brings their school book bag to school every day containing their school reading book, library book and reading record.
If you have any queries for your child’s class teacher please don’t hesitate to contact us via email using the addresses provided on the school website, or arrange to speak to us at a mutually convenient time. We will always try our best to help and support you.
History/Geography
This term we are starting a new learning journey with our theme of:
'Same Sky, Different Day’
What was it like during The Great Storm of 1987?
We will be looking back at The Great Storm of 1987 and the impact it had here in Hextable.
Science
Can you name any trees?
During this learning experience, we will become nature detectives and identify and describe a variety of wild and garden plants including trees.
Maths
This term the children will be beginning to count in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s. They will also be exploring recognising a half of two equal parts and a quarter of an object, shape and quantity.
Numbots TT Rockstars https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
During our English lessons this term, we will be exploring our new book ‘That’s My Flower!’ by Alice Hemming. Squirrel so excited it is spring and the most perfect flower has started to blossom. Squirrel has decided the flower is HIS. Squirrel’s not taking any chances and he must keep the flower safe.
How can he keep the flower safe?
Don't forget to log in to Oxford Owl for extra reading and phonics activities each week.
These activities will really help your child improve their reading and phonic knowledge 📚
Stunning Start
Big Hextable Plant Off!!
The children will be helping squirrel to plant lots of different plants in the outside area.
What is your favourite flower?
Fabulous Finish
Lullingstone Country Park
We will be going on an our exciting school trip, where the children will explore different plants in the environment, take part in a bug hunt, and enjoy some pond dipping!
Newsletter
Term 5 NewsletterHome Learning
Term 5 Home LearningYear One Spellings
Curriculum Overview
Meet the Teacher
Phonics Screen Check
The phonics screening check is an informal test that children will need to complete at the end of year 1. During the test, which is designed to test their ability to decode words using their phonics knowledge, children will be required to read a mixture of 40 real and nonsense words.
Here is a useful guide for Parents:
Here you can access a range of mock phonic screening papers that were shared at the parent meeting held in school.
These will give examples of the type of real and alien words the children will encounter in the Year 1 Phonic Screening.