Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 

The year 1 team for 2019/20 consists of Miss Cox (1C) and Miss Bland (1D), along with our teaching assistants Miss Warner (1C) and Mrs Jones (1D).  We are looking forward to lots of learning - and fun - over the coming months.  Please read our curriculum newsletters to find out what the children will be learning.

At Milby, some of the key areas of mathematics are revisited throughout the year to reinforce children's understanding.  This builds a solid foundation for future new learning in maths and ensures children revisit some of the key concepts throughout the school year.  If you feel your child demonstrates a good understanding of the mathematical concepts in this week's learning, we have included some additional tasks below for them to complete. 

In Year 1 we have been looking at firework poems as part of our English work. We have been listening to poems and sharing our opinions with each other. After talking about a range of poems, we have been practising performing them in front of the class. The children really enjoyed standing up in front of their friends and reading out loud. 

Phonics at Milby

At Milby, we use Letters and Sounds which is a phonics resource published by the Department for Education. It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right as well as to prepare children for learning to read by developing their phonic knowledge and skills. It sets out a detailed and systematic programme for teaching phonic skills for children starting by the age of five, with the aim of them becoming fluent readers by age seven. There are six overlapping phases in the programme; please ask your child's teacher which phase your child is on, so that you can support home learning. Enjoy exploring the suggested websites and have fun!