Welcome to Cedar Class (Year 1)
Meet Cedar class team….
Mrs Read
Class Teacher
Mrs Clegg
Teaching assistant – Monday and Tuesday
Mrs Hughes
Teaching Assistant Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
English
Maths
Maths
The children will be counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and will begin to understand the concept of multiplication and division by grouping and sharing. We will also explore fractions, position, money and time, before moving onto working with numbers to 100. Recalling small number facts in our daily ‘4-a-day’ arithmetic lessons and working on personalised maths targets will continue to be a priority
Science
History
Cedar History Knowledge Organiser Summer 2025
In our history lessons we are asking the question…
‘What was the rocket?’
We will be learning about transport in the past and finding out about a very important event that happened not so far from where we live, and why is is so important in world history.
Geography
Further curriculum areas
Here is all of the other areas of the curriculum that we will be exploring this term…
Art – Paper sculpture and the work of Samantha Stephenson
Music – Musical patterns
DT – Wheels and axels
Computing – Digital media and online safety
RE – Hinduism
PSHE – My Happy Mind, relationships and changing me
PE -sending and receiving, athletics
Homework
Children are given weekly Maths and English tasks to complete in a homework book. Please return on a Thursday ready to be marked.
Reading at home
It is incredibly important that children have the opportunity to read as regularly as possible. Not only does being able to read fluently help children in every subject, and therefore find learning easier, but more importantly, we are committed to fostering a love of reading. Thank you for all of your support with reading regularly with your child at home.
Reminder…
Your child will bring home a book that is matched to all of the sounds that they know. The book should be easy for them to read and create a feeling of success when reading at home. Please aim for your child to read with you at least three times a week. Reading the book several times helps children to hear themselves ‘be readers’ and they should be encouraged to use a ‘story teller voice’ once they have read the book once. Children need to keep their reading book in their book bag every day, as sometimes they may be asked to read it to an adult. Books will be changed on a Thursday, ready to go home on Friday.
Children also bring home a sharing book that they choose from our book box every week. This is for you to read with your child and further foster a love of reading.
Phonics play.
There are some free games in the resources section which are really good for supporting the learning of phonics.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Maths at home
In their homework books, children will be given a task from last week’s learning and this week’s learning to complete at home. They are also given a weekly Infinity quiz, and are asked to spend some time on Numbots.
Infinity –
Numbots – every child has a numbots account. They all know their login details, so children can access their accounts at home to improve their number fluency. Click the link below to take you to Numbots.
Important Reminders
For PE your child needs:
Black Shorts
Blue Dallam Polo Shirt
Trainers
Warm layers such as black/dark tracksuit bottoms for outdoor PE. Children are expected to wear their school jumper in the colder months.
Being prepared
Children are expected to bring their book bags, reading records and maths passport everyday to school. The staff will be checking their reading and maths daily where possible. It is really important that children have a water bottle in school so that they can stay hydrated.
Snack
We have a piece of fruit available for children in school everyday. Children may also like to bring in their own healthy snack. If your child would like toast for snack please send £1 in a named envelope on Friday ready for the following week. Your child is to hand it to a member of staff in the class.
