Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School
Let no one ever come to us without leaving feeling better and happier.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School
Let no one ever come to us without leaving feeling better and happier.
Class 1
Welcome to Class 1!
Hello and welcome to Year 1. My name is Mrs Dudding and I am the Year 1 class teacher. Miss Young also works in class and is our learning support assistant.
Our first topic this half term is All About Animals. In class we have a Zoo Vet role play corner, topic tables and a craft table with activities and resources linked to our learning.
Every day, we have a phonics session in class to practise saying, reading and writing letter sounds and words. On a Friday, children will come home with a few words to practise writing and an activity linked to the sounds that we will look at the following week. They will also bring home a maths activity. This homework is sent out on a Friday and collected in by the following Friday.
Home reading books will be changed on a Tuesday and a Friday if they have been read. Please listen to your child read at home as often as you can, and talk to them and ask questions about the story. Please can children bring their home reading diary and books into school every day.
We have 2 PE sessions a week - on Monday with me and on Thursday with a sports coach in school. Please ensure that your child brings their PE kit into school on the first day after each holiday and then leave your child's PE kit in school - we will send them home at the end of each half term.
At Our Lady's, we are always pleased to meet our parents. If you have any questions or would like to discuss something with me, I will be at the infant door at the start and end of the day where I can take a quick message. If you need longer, I am available most days after school – please ask me or at the school office.
Mrs Dudding, Year 1 teacher.
Here is the cast of Year 1 in the Christmas Nativity. We are very proud of the children for their amazing performance and the confidence that they have shown.
In Year 1 this week we have been making snowflakes and paper chains to make our classroom look like a winter wonderland.
In Year 1 we have been talking about Advent and we made a class Advent calendar. We will open a door for each day of December and follow the activity to help us show love and caring.
In year 1 we have been halving. We found half of a number by sharing cubes onto each half of a shape and counting how many cubes were in each half.
In year 1 we have been singing the song ‘London’s Burning’ in music. This week we played percussion instruments in time to the beat of the song.
This week in maths we have been sorting and sequencing shapes and objects. These photos show how we sorted shapes according to their properties, for example, how many corners and sides.
We will be making our own 3D pictures with levers, sliders and pop ups. This week we have been looking at a pop-up book and finding out how the different parts of the picture on each page move.
We have been exploring shape this week and made shape pictures.
In art we have had lots of fun experimenting and exploring using different media such as pencils, pens, pencil crayons, wax crayons, pastels and charcoal.
Year 1 class prayer service on the theme of family.
In class we have been learning about animals that like to live in hot and cold places.
We have been using number tracks and number lines in class.
We wrote a story based on our class story – Lost and Found. We read our story to the rest of the class.
We found a trail of fish from our cloakroom, down the corridor and into our class. In our classroom, we found a penguin!
We have been reading information books.
This week year 1 have been very busy measuring lots of things around the classroom with all sorts of objects, such as rulers, paper clips, glue sticks and straws. We also measured the length of our playground with our feet!
Curriculum Overview - Year 1
RE Yearly Overview ('Come and See' Scheme)
RE Yearly Overview ('Come and See' scheme) - Printable version
Maths yearly overview
Maths Overview - Printable version
Game - The Great Fire of London Help Tom and Jane through six dramatic days as they experience the fire! Follow the story of the fire and play games to battle and escape the flames. http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game/
Parents Guide to the National Curriculum