Welcome to Year 1 Dolphins
Miss Fox - Class Teacher
Mrs Murphy - Teaching Assistant
Welcome to our class webpage for Year 1 Dolphins. During the course of the year we will support the children and deliver a creative curriculum which is interesting, engaging and most of all fun! Through our webpage you can find out more about our learning over the course of the year and have access to our half termly newsletter. You can always find out more about what we have been doing by checking our Facebook feed or our class story on dojo.
Our Weekly Timetable
Monday |
Homework setPE |
Tuesday |
PE |
Wednesday |
Reading books changed |
Thursday |
Library books changed |
Friday |
Spelling TestHomework due in |
Reading
Pupils are expected to read at home daily and parents should date and sign reading planners. Reading books will be changed weekly and daily reading will help pupils to apply the skills they are learning through their phonics lessons. Our reading scheme is Rising Stars Rocket Phonics and all books sent home are appropriately matched to your child's reading ability.
Pupils are required to read and then re-read their books to help them to get faster with their reading (fluency). Pupils should answer questions about what they are reading throughout the story to demonstrate their understanding (comprehension).
Homework
Every Monday, spelling homework will be set via the online apps. The spellings are taken from the Year 1 curriculum and corresponds with what pupils have been learning in their phonics lessons. It is essential that pupils practise their spellings daily, via spelling shed, for the spelling test which takes place on a Friday.
Maths homework will follow Numbots, which is an online game. You child will be set challenges to complete each week. Year 1 is an important year with the Phonics screening. Reading daily and encouraging the children to write a sentence when completing their spelling homework will support them in their phonic knowledge.
Reading and Phonics
Reading forms an essential part of the Year 1 curriculum and phonics is a strategy used to help pupils develop their reading skills. All pupils in Year 1 will take part in a daily phonics lesson following the Rocket Phonics scheme. Below is some information about phonics for parents and some links to phonics games. Further information can be found on the school's phonics page.
What is phonics?
Phonics guide for parents
Phonics games
Phonics Screening
Each child in year 1 will take part in the phonics screening test in June. The children will read 40 words with a familiar adult. Some of the word will be real words and some of them will be non-sense words. More information can be found by following the link below:
Parents Guide to the Phonics Screening
Year 1 Curriculum
Please take time to look at our curriculum content for this year:
Geography Key Content and Knowledge
History Key Content and Knowledge
Science Key Content and Knowledge
Long Term Plan 2025-2026
Autumn 1 Medium Term Plan
Autumn 1 Science Knowledge Organiser
Autumn 1 Geography Knowledge Organiser