Hedgehogs

Welcome to Year 1 Hedgehogs!

Class Teachers: Mrs Halsall and Mrs Hunt

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Kennedy

Weekly Updates

Parent/Carer Information Morning

General Information

Reading

Each week, your child will come home with a book that matches their phonic knowledge, along with a library book. These books will be changed on a Monday. Please listen to, or read to, your child daily and record any reading you do at home in your child's Reading Record. We ask that the children read their reading books three times to boost their fluency.

Phonics/Spellings

Phonics is taught daily as a whole class and activities are provided to support new learning as well as deepen children's understanding. From January we will be sending list of Common Exception Words home for you to practise spelling at home. We will then complete a quiz in school each term to check the children’s knowledge of reading and spellings these words.

P.E.

Mrs Halsall will be taking the PE sessions this half term, on a Wednesday morning. Please make sure your child has named PE kit in school, including outdoor shoes.

Show and Tell

Our weekly 'Show and Tell' session is a great way to boost confidence and improve clarity and coherence when speaking in front of a group. There is no pressure at all to speak, but as they are ready, we find that the children really enjoy the opportunity to tell the class about what they have brought in.

Children are welcome to bring in something interesting for 'Show and Tell' on the following Fridays. Alternatively, you could use the Year One email address to send in a photo for your child to talk about when it is their turn. Please avoid sending in anything very precious, fragile or expensive!

Friday 10.1.25 - Green Tables

Friday 17.1.25 - Grey Tables

Friday 24.1.25 - Yellow Tables

Friday 31.1.25 - Green

Friday 7.2.25 - Grey

Friday 14.2.25 - Yellow

Handwriting

Handwriting and correct letter formation are an important part of children's literacy skills, however, there are various ways in which certain letters can be formed. To help with consistency and in order for you to be able to support your children at home with their handwriting, below is a PowerPoint modelling how we form letters at Oatlands Infants.