Year 1
Assalamu’alaikum and welcome to all Year 1 children and parents for this academic year!
WELCOME BACK YEAR 1 !
Welcome back to school! We can finally resume face to face teaching and enjoy being in school. Lets get ready to work hard and produce amazing work!
- English – We are focusing on the book called ‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon and ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram. This book is about a friendly little alien who is not supposed to be on Earth. We will be exploring feelings, adjectives and doing tasks such as ‘hot seating’.
- Maths – We will be focusing on numbers to 40. We will be looking at different methods to add/ subtract for example counting backwards, crossing out or using a number line. In addition to this we will be looking at 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.
- Science – Comparing Materials: This unit will introduce children to different materials(metal, plastic, rubber, glass,wood etc). Year 1 will be exploring different occupations that link with materials such as Material Scientist and Geologists.
- Computing – Year 1 will continue to learn about the importance of online safety and logging in safely to the chromebook using simple online learning games. Children are required to complete the tasks set on Purple Mash.
- Music
- PE – Children will continue their physical activities online on Wednesday. Please ensure your child has a water bottle near them.
- History- This term we will be looking at George Stephenson.
1-1 Reading sessions: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Guided reading sessions: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
Expectations
Please ensure your child is on time and contributing to all of the live lessons.
Please make sure your chrome books are charged.
Please remind the children to have cameras and headphones on.
Please make sure they are in their school uniform.
Please ensure they have had breakfast before the live lesson and a snack ready for their breaktime.
Routine
It is important to keep a routine for the children to ensure they can learn and participate to the best of their ability in the lessons.
Please maintain a regular bedtime.
Please ensure they complete the tasks given.
Learrn and practice the Surahs.
Year 1 Staff
Assalamualikum, my name is Ustadah Inniss. I am looking forward to working with Year One this year inshaAllah. If you have any concerns please feel free to contact me.
Ustadha Hassan worked as a teaching assistant in year two last year and is now currently in year one. She helps out everyday with all aspects of the children’s learning and welfare.
Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions.
Ustadha Mughal is our LSA and is helping our children achieve the best.
Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions.
Ustadha Rabia has worked across both KS1 and KS2 supporting children with SEN needs over the years at Iqra. This has enabled her to bring so much experience to the classroom and help so many children make progress.
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What can you do to Help?
- Encourage the children to become more independent.
- Please label all items of clothing and book bags.
- Make sure that you check that the children have taken their homework and that they return it.
- Involve your child in real world maths by talking about how much something costs or how many you have. The children will benefit from it in class.
- Please provide your child with a water bottle.
- Please ensure the children start the day with a healthy breakfast.
Reminders
Homework will consist of literacy, numeracy and spelling. It will be sent out on Friday and collected on Tuesday. Your child will also be sent home a reading book each week. Do encourage the children to read the book more than once. As they are beginning readers they may need to read the same book more than once to understand what the text is about. Do ask them about what they are reading, as it will help them in their reading comprehension.
- English – The Jolly Postman
- Maths – Subtraction and positions
- Science – Changing Seasons
- Computing – E Safety
- Geography – UK map and locating cities on the map.
- PSHE – Bullying
- PE – Basic Movement skills
If there is anything else you would like to see on our class page feel free to let us know.
Enjoy! – The Year One Team
