Welcome to Year 1

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Mrs Stutters, Mrs Moore, Miss Britten, Miss Bate, Miss Spencer and Miss Brooks welcome you to Year 1.

 

KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) are designed to support the development of the mental skills that underpin much of the maths work in school.  Instant recall facts help enormously with mental agility within maths lessons. When children move onto written calculations, knowing these facts can be very beneficial.  Each child will have a termly handout which sets out their KIRF and other facts which can be practiced at home.  This means that the work at school can be supported at home.  

Useful Reminders

• Every child needs to have a named PE kit in school. Year 1 have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays.

• Year 1 visit the school library on Mondays so please ensure your child has their library book in their book bag on that day.

• Year 1 change storytelling books on Wednesdays.

• If you read three times a week and practise your Maths on DoodleMaths you can collect carrot points to trade in for a reward!

• Homework is issued every Friday and carrot rewards offered for completion.

• Spellings are issued fortnightly on Mondays.

Doodlemaths

Doodlemaths is an online website that allows your child to practise maths skills they have learnt in school and improve their recall of number facts. Your child has been given a password and username so that they can access the site. Please encourage your children to use the site and earn certificates for doing so. If your child has forgotten their password, please speak to the class teacher.