Year 1

In year 1 our primary focus this year is phonics and reading. By the end of year 1 your child is expected to be reading at turquoise level (phase 5), therefore we encourage you to read as much as possible with your child at home. This makes up your child’s home-learning in addition to weekly spellings that will be posted on your child’s class dojo page every Monday. We read in small groups daily to develop decoding skills initially and then comprehension skills as the year progresses. 

In June, your child will take part in the government Phonic Screening test. This will test your child’s phonic ability, e.g. the ability to decode and read real and nonsense words. The pass mark for in previous years was 32 out of 40. We teach daily phonics lessons from 8.55-9.35. To support your child with phonics at home please read regularly using the Collins online phonically decodable books matched to your child’s phonics ability. Whilst reading at home please encourage your child to ‘sound-out’ decodable words, e.g. d-o-g, f-r-o-g, t-r-ai-n, p-ea–ch will help to support them. (Please see letter mats for the digraphs.) 

In mathematics, we use the 5 stages of learning and follow the White Rose Maths scheme of work. Here is a breakdown of the yearly over view.