Jade Class 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 1 and Year 2

Our Teachers

This year, the staff in KS1 are:

• Jade Class = Miss Voak
• Opal class = Miss Jackson
• Pearl Class = Mrs Woolham

Our KS1 teachers are supported in class by Mrs Tabenor

KS1 is a busy, bustling unit which is filled with learning, challenge and friendship. Children are supported to achieve to the very best of their ability.  

We love learning about our rights and think carefully about the Rights and Respect Charter.  

RESPECT – Self, Others, Learning, Environment 

Online Learning 

Children will be set regular learning on Purple Mash. Please help your child to access this at home. If you have any problems with accessing the remote learning, just pop in and speak to your child’s teacher – we can help you to navigate it. The half-termly rubrics will provide lots of activity ideas to explore at home too – don’t forget to share the learning!  

We very much encourage parents and carers to play an active role in supporting learning and we love to hear about the learning that is taking place at home. Miss Jordon has a special board in the KS1 entrance hall to celebrate home learning and special achievements. Don’t forget to send in photographs and pieces of work to share on the celebration board.  

All children have a login to Purple Mash.  Homework will often be set on these websites.  To keep children safe online they have been taught to keep their passwords and logins safe from others. 

Children can login to Purple Mash here.

Phonics Screening Check

At the end of Year 1 all children will take the national, statutory Phonics Screening Check.  Your child's teacher will keep you updated on your child's progress and how you can support them.  

Children can access lots of fun games to support their phonics learning at phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

Homework

Homework will be set on a Friday

Reading Champions 

Your child will be bringing their reading book home in their book bag every night.  Please read with them as often as you can.  If your child reads at least 3 times a week, they will earn a ‘Reading Champion’ sticker and will work towards a termly reward 

PE and Games

Children should come to school in their PE kit on Thursdays and Fridays

This year, our topics will be:

• Life on the farm
• The great Fire of London
• india
• Dinosaurs
• Great Britain Now
• Great Britain in the past

We will post updates of our work at the end of each topic, so please check back soon.