Year 1
Year 1:
Mrs Caparelli
Mrs Faulkner
Mrs Batchelor (Maternity leave)
Class Saint: St Melangell - the patron saint of Hares
RE and Catholic Life:
As a Catholic School, RE and Catholic living is part of our daily practice. We pray three times a day, once in the morning when the children come in, before our lunch and before we go home at the end of the day. Children are welcome to write and bring in their own prayers which are shared with the class and displayed on our RE table. On Mondays we take part in Gospel assembly with our Key Stage. During Gospel Assembly, we listen to the Gospel, answer questions about it and reflect on what we are going to do that coming week to show we have learnt from the Gospel. After our assembly, we then go through the wondering question and discuss what we will do this week. Our Wondering Questions is put on our RE board – along with our answers - so we are able to reflect on our actions each day.
- On a Wednesday morning, we have Prayer and Liturgy Celebration as a class worship. We observe the daily gospel, and we are invited to share our thoughts.
- On a Thursday morning we have hymn practice.
- RE is taught for 2 and a half hours each week. We have one lesson which is writing-based and one which is creative. In creative lessons, we will be encouraged to use crafts/ acting/ role play/ drawing.
Our Class Promise:
We want our class to be a fair and happy place. So, class rules have been created and agreed by the children and are displayed at the front of our classroom where we can always see them and be reminded of them daily.
Class Information
Our class motto is: If we do not make mistakes, we do not learn.
Our class rules are:
- Follow instructions first time every time
- Take care of each other
- Keep the classroom tidy and organised
- Be respectful to ourselves and others
- Never give up
- Love one another
- Do our best
- Be happy and have fun!
The spelling test takes place on: Friday (and will be the words from the previous week’s homework)
Curriculum Information - Termly Curriculum information is available under the 'Curriculum' tab on the School Website
Our Educational visit will be arranged in the Spring/Summer Term.
Our Class assembly will be on: 12th June 2024
Our School Council Representatives are: Lorenzo and Giorgia
Our Teaching and Learning Committee Representatives are: Alessio D and Kayana
Eco-Council Representatives are: Luisa and Eoin
Our class Ambassador is Liam
P.E:
- P.E. takes place twice a week, on Monday and Thursday afternoons.
- Children need to come to school on these days with long hair tied up.
Daily Timetable
- Children will be undertaking Maths and Literacy lessons in the morning as well as Handwriting practice.
- Phonics will take place twice every day.
- The children will carry out foundation subjects in the afternoon, such as Geography, PE, Science and History.
- RE takes place for two and a half hours every week. This includes half an hour of RSE.
- The children will alternate learning DT and Art.
- PSHE and Wellbeing lessons and assemblies will also take place each half-term.
Homework:
Homework is set on a Friday on Signposts and should be completed and returned to the teacher in class before the following Friday. Homework includes weekly spellings which should be written into sentences and a weekly maths sheet focusing on key skills. In addition, your child should read their reading book each night for at least 10 minutes. This should then be recorded in their reading record.
Books will be changed on a Monday and a Friday. Children will be given 1 phase and 1 reading for pleasure book for the week. Children should bring their reading books in every day, so that one-to-one reading with an adult can take place.
Snack
- Fresh fruit is provided each break time for the children.
- Please ensure your child brings in a drinking bottle filled with water each day. Ideally, this should have a sports cap.
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Meet the Teacher
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