Cressing Primary School

Dear parents and carers,  

Firstly, welcome to Year 1! The Year 1 curriculum builds upon and extends the experiences that children have had in Reception. Our aim is to ensure that your children experience a smooth transition from Reception into Key Stage One. 

Key adults 

Mrs Pavitt – Class Teacher 

Mrs Woodward and Mrs Babbs – Learning Support Assistants 

Reading in Year 1 

Just as in Reception, we continue to follow the Supersonic Phonic Friends scheme. Two phonically decodable reading books, matching the sounds that we are learning in school, will be sent home each Friday. Please make sure that every time your child reads their schoolbooks, it is recorded in their reading record.  Reading records and reading books should be kept in your child’s clear plastic folder. This folder should be brought to school every day.   

Housekeeping 

• P.E. days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings must be taken out at home as we are unable to help with this, and your child will not be able to take part if they are wearing them. 

• Home learning will consist of one phonics and one maths activity per week. Homework will be sent home every Friday to be completed in your child’s homework book. Please ensure that any home learning is returned to school by the following Thursday to be marked. 

• Please make sure that your child brings a water bottle and a snack each day for break times. 

• Please make sure that any items such as bottles, lunchboxes and clothes are clearly labelled to avoid things getting lost. 

• If you need to contact me urgently, please email the school office and they will forward your email to me. 

• No pencil cases are needed in year 1 as the children will be provided with all necessary stationary and colouring supplies. 

Autumn Term Learning 

Our theme this half-term is ‘Animals’. This is one of our Science units - 'Animals Including Humans.' In Art, we will be creating our own animal drawings inspired by animals around the world. Other exciting things we will be learning about this half term include looking at the features of our school and Cressing, developing our computing skills, and learning about our senses. In Maths, we will continue to practise arithmetic skills, place value of numbers within 10, addition and subtraction of numbers within 10, and shape. 

Show and tell will take place on Friday afternoons, so if your child has any exciting experiences or achievements that they would like to share with the class, we would love to see badges, certificates and photographs! Please keep in mind that we will only have time for a few children to share each week, so we will keep track of this to ensure fairness. 

We look forward to working with you. If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs Pavitt, Mrs Woodward and Mrs Babbs 😊