Caterpillars

Caterpillars class is one of our two Year 1 classes, where our children are in their first year of Key Stage 1. During Year one, we aim to support the development of independence both academically and personally.  Children work hard during their transition into year one and they will become much more fluent in their reading, writing and known facts related to number.  These are the building blocks for future learning and we value the support of parents to help develop fluency in reading and number bonds. We have high expectations of our children but we also have large amounts of fun along the way!

On this page you will find lots of useful information about what we are up to in class, as well as how children's learning can be supported at home, both from a parent's perspective, as well as how children can learn independently at home in their spare time.  We hope you find it useful.

  • Miss Emma Stevenson

    Teacher

  • Mrs Cheryl Gough

    Teaching Assistant
 Termly  topic:  PE this half term:  Important dates:
Our Local Area
During this Autumn term we are looking at our local area of Bayston Hill. We will take a trip around the village and pay particular attention to our natural areas such as Parrs Pool and the sensory gardens. We will look at the different businesses and facilities which make up our village. We will use this topic to create wonderful, natural art pieces and learn about some important people who used to live in Bayston Hill. In Geography we will look at different maps and begin to understand how we use different symbols and images to navigate.
Please can children come to school in their PE kits on the following
days:
 
Wednesday
Outdoor PE - Fundamental skills (Feet 1)
 
Friday
Outdoor PE - Fundamental skills (Running 1)
 
 
 
 
Important notices:
  • Children will receive new spellings on a Friday, to practise every day at home.
  • Phoneme mats have been sent home to support the 'Bug Club' phonetic learning the children will receive at school.
  • Children should aim to read 10 minutes every evening at home and this should be recorded in their individual reading diaries.
  • By the end of year 1, children should be fluent with number bond facts to 10, and beginning to make connections with bonds to 20 using this knowledge. It would greatly improve the children's recall if they can practice these at home also. Numbots log ins are provided for children as a tool to practise these facts.
  • Children's work and important class announcements will be uploaded onto the seesaw platform. All children have received individual invitations for family members to join.
  • Just like reception, reading books will be changed when the children are reading fluently.
Below you can download supporting documents which will help with home-learning:
You will have already received a Seesaw code. Please log on to this as soon as possible as we use it as a communication tool with our homes to help share important information.
We also use core interactive and exciting programmes to support our learning, which can be logged into at home using the children's provided usernames and passwords. All passwords will be inside your child's reading record.