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15/01/21

Retweeted From Esther Brooks

absolutely- so proud of and the Covid testing so expertly navigated by , incredible remote lessons at MHS and . Grateful for all support from https://t.co/gaFN1oQixM

15/01/21

Great to read! https://t.co/h6YZtxKyup

15/01/21

Retweeted From Esther Brooks

What wonderful Kindness - I also received a call from a trustee to check in our wellbeing- very touching and thoughtful. https://t.co/4gTCi5SRX8

15/01/21

Retweeted From carlygear

Another positive week launching Google Meet at school. Seeing all the pupils’ smiling faces was a definite peak of the week

15/01/21

A brilliant team effort again this week from staff, volunteers, parents and our children and young people! 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏿

04/01/21

The Prime Minister’s announcement was the first we knew that schools are to close. We will communicate again with our school communities tomorrow. Lots to consider. Sorry for the inconvenience.

31/12/20

Thanks for everyone’s support throughout 2020 and we look forward to working with you in 2021. Happy new year! https://t.co/aQjPQ8FZgg

31/12/20

We have to open our sites which fall into like with the government’s published direction. We will endeavour to undertake risk assessments as we have done since March when the first lockdown began.

31/12/20

👏👏👏 https://t.co/hKhdWLFoJz

25/12/20

Merry Christmas! https://t.co/IdyDDHyUsB

17/12/20

As our families look forward to the forthcoming break, we wish all our school communities the very best and look forward to seeing you again in 2021. To our staff - thank you for your dedication this term. It has been a phenomenal effort. Stay safe. From the Team https://t.co/M6LtrInPOh

17/12/20

Retweeted From GLF Schools TT

"The team and all the staff at my host school are excellent. I have received a very warm welcome and have felt part of the team from day 1." - Daisy 👫 APPLY today 👉 https://t.co/S67Ti75vSJ to join our community!

17/12/20

Retweeted From Laura Roling

I sent an email saying the same to our Head, part of . Teachers and Heads have worked so hard in a difficult year and we are really grateful to them all.

14/11/20

Happy Diwali to all of you celebrating the event. Happy New Year! We hope you have a good day despite the restrictions. https://t.co/wjRt1B6onU

12/11/20

Retweeted From Jon Chaloner 💙

Discussing today how we are going to manage the appeals process...will it be a ‘normal’ pre-2020 appeals process? Students have had covid; some haven’t; self isolation for some, some more than once. This term. Same for staff too. https://t.co/FEEdocDbCW

12/11/20

Thanks for highlighting the brilliant work of estates teams in schools. We have over 150 buildings across our 41 schools and all need continuous care (including essential cleaning). https://t.co/X626n4PIWB

11/11/20

Retweeted From Hillcroft

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month https://t.co/6WyKeNxln5

11/11/20

Retweeted From Rosebery School

We will never forget. Armistice Day 2020. Head Girls and Senior Leadership gathered to plant poppies and observe the 2 minutes silence, whilst students listened to the poem 'The Day the War Came' by Nicola Davies. https://t.co/RebV0LDwcJ

11/11/20

Retweeted From de Stafford School

🌹At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, we will always remember 🌹 https://t.co/VsTYG8EZ8e

11/11/20

Retweeted From Merstham Primary School

The children have been working really hard and created poppy pebbles for Remembrance Day. https://t.co/xVbGsqyzTz

Learning from Home - Year 1

Learning from Home

  • Daily learning for everyone daily reading - this could be your reading book (which you can re-read), your own books, newspapers, comics, recipes, anything you have in the house!
  • Number bond practice - start with bonds to 5, then move onto 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 etc.
  • Times tables practice - this could be on Hit the Button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
  • Phonic sound practice or spelling practice looking at Year 1 common exception words.
  • Keep a daily diary - this could be in pictures or writing.  Why not create it as a comic book or try writing it in the style of another author.

Year 1 Specific Learning

Daily Phonics Practice

Handwriting Practice

Maths

Maths w/c 4th May 2020
Maths w/c 27th April 2020
Maths w/c 20th April 2020
Maths w/c 30th March 2020
Maths w/c 23rd March 2020

English 

  • Plan and write your own story based on any class books we have read or your favourite book, focusing on using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
  • Go on The Literacy Shed https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html, choose a picture or video and complete some of the suggested tasks from it.
  • Maths Consolidate your understanding of numbers to 40 - reading, recognising and writing them correctly, practising place value (splitting each number into tens and ones) and addition and subtraction within 40.
  • Skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s - first to 20, then to 50, then to 100.
  • Number bonds to 10 and 20.
  • Money - recognising coins, adding amounts together, giving change.
  • Time - knowing the time to the hour and half past.
  • One step number problems.

Geography

Use an atlas/globe/google maps to explore the World around us.  Can you find the United Kingdom?  Can you find each country that makes up the United Kingdom?  Can you find where you live?  What is your surrounding area like?  What are the key features?

Reading

Please follow the link to the Year 1 Guided Reading Grid.