Welcome to Year 1
The Year 1 class team includes Miss Fitzgerald, the class teacher; and Mrs Woodward, the teaching assistant.
During PPA (planning, preparation and assessment) time on a Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Budd teaches the class Computing and Music, and Danny teaches PE.
Here you will find links to our year ahead and useful websites linked to our learning.
Year 1 is always a very busy year where children grow in confidence with their learning. I would ask that you support your child in their learning by encouraging them to write short sentences using a capital letter and a full stop and rehearse their phonics to aid their writing and reading. In maths, it would be helpful for you to practise number bonds to ten and simple addition and subtraction.
I look forward to working with your child over this forthcoming year.
Our four school rules are: be ready, be respectful, be safe and be the best you can be.
We aim to ensure that excellent behaviour is a minimum expectation for all. Being ready to learn at all times and allowing others to be ready as well.
With the growing awareness of love for all, we will help children towards true respect for the beliefs and cultures of others. We will also adopt a respect for the environment. We aim to ensure that children feel safe at all times.
We will ensure that each child will have experiences of forgiving and being forgiven. We will encourage children to accept responsibility for their actions and to apologise when necessary.
To be ready to learn in school please support the children with:
P.E. – Our P.E. days are Monday and Tuesday. All children are expected to take part in a full P.E. kit and trainers.
Reading at Home - Children should read for 15 minutes each night - this could be their school rhino readers book, a library book or a book of their own choice from home.
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English: This week, Year 1 will be learning about performance poetry. The children will listen to different poems and talk about how poets use their voices, actions, and expressions to make poems exciting. They will practise saying poems out loud with clear voices, using actions and different tones to show the meaning. Everyone will have a chance to perform in front of the class, and the children will be encouraged to show confidence and creativity.
Maths: This week in Maths, Year 1 will be learning how to split numbers into tens and ones up to 50. The children will practise recognising how many tens and ones are in different numbers. They will use practical resources and drawings to help them understand place value and how numbers are made.
RE: This week in RE, Year 1 will be learning about Lent in the Catholic Church. The children will learn that Lent is a special time when Christians prepare for Easter by praying, helping others, and sometimes giving things up. They will talk about ways people can show kindness and think about how they can make good choices during this season.
Other: This week in Science, Year 1 will be celebrating Science Week. The children will take part in exciting hands-on activities to explore the world around them. They will plant seeds and learn about what plants need to grow and stay healthy. The children will also design and make their own kites, exploring how wind helps objects move through the air.
At Saint Augustine’s Primary School, our school rules are simple yet powerful: Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe, and Be the Best You Can Be.
These school rules guide us in everything we do, helping us create a positive, caring, and inspiring learning environment.
Being ready means coming prepared to learn and try our best every day.
Being respectful reminds us to treat others with kindness and value everyone's contributions.
Being safe ensures that we look after ourselves and others, both inside and outside the classroom.
And striving to be the best we can be encourages us to aim high, work hard, and take pride in our achievements.
Together, these rules help us to grow into confident, compassionate, and capable individuals.