Welcome to Oak Class which is Year 1. I’m looking forward to an exciting year together! 

My name is Mr Martin-Bird and I actually began my teaching career with a Year 1 class! My favourite subjects are Maths and History, while my favourite classroom activity is reading a story to all of you. We’ll be learning lots over the course of the year but we’ll also be having lots of fun!

OAK CLASS (YEAR 1)

In Reading, we are going to be looking at some great books across a range of themes, including traditional tales, science, history and poetry. In Writing, there will be lots of opportunities to write your own ideas, including narratives, information reports and a secret diary entry. We’ll be focusing on making sure we write our sentences accurately (finger spaces between words, begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop). In Maths, we are going to be building on your knowledge from last year and also learn new strategies to help you answer different questions types and solve problems. We’ll also have various challenges to tackle independently in the classroom and they’ll change every ase look at our curriculum overview to find out what interesting topics we are covering this term. They include investigating materials in Science, exploring different parts of the world in Geography and getting creative with painting, drawing and craft in Art.

PE is on a Monday and Thursday; Forest School is on a Thursday.

Daily reading at home is expected.

Homework will be sent out on a Friday. Please return your homework in the book provided by the following Thursday. Each week there will be a spelling / phonics task and a Maths task for you to complete.

Regular practice on Numbots and TT Rockstars is also expected to develop your speed and accuracy for working out calculations.