Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
The Year 1 teaching team are Mrs. Corton, Mrs. Harbord and Mrs. Roberts.
The teaching assistants are Mrs. Angira, Mrs.Moutell and Miss King.
If you have anything to tell us or questions please email the year 1 teaching team during working hours at year1@highwoodsprimary.com
Our School Day
Classroom doors open at 8:40am.
Children need to be in class by 8:45am, ready for the morning register to be taken.
Our phonics lessons start promptly at 8:55am.
Children have a morning break at between 10:15am and 10:30am.
They then have a morning snack, fresh fruit or vegetables, which is provided for them.
Lunchtime is between 11:45am and 12:45pm.
School finishes at 3:00pm.
Additional Information
Please click on the link to find out about our Year 1 themes.
Our PE days are Mondays and Fridays and children should wear their PE kit to school on these days.
Written homework is given out on a Friday and should be returned on Wednesdays. This involves the learning of key word spellings as well as suggested maths activities.
Useful Information Regarding the Year 1 Curriculum.
- Handwriting and letter formation
- Year 1 Maths content
- Year 1 reading and spellingSet 2 and 3 with the phrase used in school and some examples of words that share the sound
- Year 1 and 2 words to read and spell
Useful Websites and resources.
BBC Bitesize has fun and engaging activities to support learning and can be found here.
Read Write Inc have made many resources available for parents to use at home with their children. There are videos which explain how it is taught as well as lots of resources to use with your child. They can be accessed here.
Phonics Play have many useful resources and games to support children in learning phonics.