Year 1

Welcome to Willow Class!

Welcome to the page for Willow Class! Keep checking back for helpful links to our newsletters, knowledge organisers, class stories, and maths songs!

Scroll down to access activities for Home Learning.

Don't forget PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday; please come to school on these days dressed in your PE kit.

Reading

Remember to bring in your reading books and reading records each day.

Books are changed every Friday and try to read 5 times in the week so you can be an Extreme Reader!

Join us on a Friday morning 8:50-9:10 to share stories together in the classroom.

Homework

Homework is set every Friday and must be in by the following Thursday. It will be a short Maths or English activity going over what we have been learning in class. There will also be 5 spellings to take home. Have a go at spelling and reading them out loud.

Snack

Snack money is £1 per week and can be paid to Miss Mills or Mrs Foster.

Newsletters and Knowledge Organisers

Below are some helpful links to songs or stories that we have been using in class.

We use them to practice many different skills including counting and to help remember letter names and sounds.

Scroll down to access activities for Home Learning.

Count to 100! Willow Class are great at couting to 100! See if you can sing along at home too.

Counting Backwards from 20 Practice your counting down and your dancing!

Counting in 10's We have just started to learn how to count in 10's. Use this song to help you practise.

Counting in 2's See how high you can count in 2's!

Counting in 5's Counting by 5, I know you can do it!

Who Let The Letters Out? Match the letter name to its sound. Can you remember all the actions?

How to Catch a Star -Oliver Jeffers Term 1's Class Story

The Enormous Turnip Term 2's Class Story

The Kiss That Missed -David Melling Term 3's Class Story

The Storm Whale -Benji Davies Term 4's Class Story

Home Learning

During the school closure, in addition to the work pack that has been sent home, you can select activities to complete from the links below.

There are Maths, English and Phonics activities as well as some Topic and ideas for ways to Stay Active.

These can be printed or completed in the workbooks that have been sent home.

We have also sent home Purple Mash logins so you can access these activities from home.

Don't forget to carry on reading at home too! We have sent out extra reading books and remember to record the books you read from home as well.

We recommend that you do 1 Maths and 1 English activity a day.

Remember to draw, read, paint, bake, sing songs or learn a new skill!

Don't forget you can send me pictures or just keep in touch using the email address missmills.willowclass@outlook.com

Term 5 Home Learning

BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons Daily Lessons for Year 1 covering all subjects.

Maths

White Rose Maths Lessons Short Videos and activities covering different Maths topics

Top Marks- Maths Lots of interactive Maths games to practice maths skills.

Numberblocks Activities and Videos to help with number sense and counting

Writing

Phonics and Reading

Phonics Play Interactive games to practice phonics sounds and reading. For free access; Username: march20 Password: home

Phonics- Pronunciation This video will help with the pronunciation of our Read Write Inc sounds.

Read Write Inc Live Lessons Live Phonics lessons each day at 9:30, 10:00 and 10:30 repeated at 12:30, 1:00 and 1:30. Find them on the YouTube channel below

Spelling Frame Use this website to practice spelling. It goes through phonics sounds and all spelling rules that apply to Year 1. The Spelling Tiles games and Spelling Tests are free to play.

Free E Books to read Oxford Owl gives ideas for simple reading and phonic activities for home and allows you to access free e books to read

Alphablocks Activities and videos to help with sounds and letter recognition

Additional Activity Ideas In this booklet you can find lots of ideas for other activities that can be done at home.

Twinkl This website is full of activities and ideas for things to do at home. (Currently Free)

Stay Active!

Use these videos and websites to help keep your mind and body active.

GoNoodle! A website full of fun videos to help keep your bodies moving

Cosmic Kids Yoga Easy to follow stories that use yoga for children

GLK PE Live streamed PE lessons for all children to access. Delivered by the wonderful GLK team.

Jump Start Jonny A fun way to exercise through dance

Music With Karen Live sessions on THURSDAY at 10AM where Karen will lead story telling, singing songs and playing games. Find her on Facebook using the link below.

Term 4 Home Learning

Maths

Writing

Phonics and Reading

Topic

Easter Holiday Activities

I hope you have been enjoying your time at home with your families.

Thank you for sending me lots of emails, I have loved hearing what you have been doing and looking at all your pictures. You have also been sent a link to SeeSaw where you can see all the learning we have been doing in Willow Class over the year.

I hope you get to have a break over the Easter Holidays as I know you have been working hard on the home learning that was set.

Remember you can visit the websites above to practice maths and reading skills as well as keeping active! If you want some ideas for something different to do you can have a go at Willow Class Easter Holiday BINGO!