Durham

w/c Monday 7th October 

Now we have finished the whole story of Egg Box Dragon, the children have been learning about sequences and thinking about the order that things happened in the story.  They are then going to use this knowledge to create their own story maps.

In geography we have been working on directional language.  The children were given directional language word cards and a big space to work in. Together we looked at what each instruction meant then we gave each other directions to follow, for example, ‘Walk forwards, stop, walk backwards, stop, turn left, stop, walk forwards’. The children were encouraged to make longer sequences by using multiple cards together to form a route. We all really enjoyed following each other’s instructions and trying to remember our left and our right.  We have also been using this directional language in computing this term and finding out how important it is to be very clear when writing algorithms for a robot to follow.

Just a quick note, if you would like to send a message to your child’s teacher – the easiest way is to email the office.  They then make sure that the message gets to us promptly.

Read Write Inc Phonics Information Coffee Morning - Friday 27th September 2024

It was fantastic to see so many of you join us for our Read Write Inc Phonics information. 

Please click on the pdf below to see the presentation shared. This information aims to help you, as parents and carers, to support your child’s reading at home by understanding how the children have learnt their sounds, the different ways they can blend those sounds to form words and how some words are not easy to sound out.

Remember, if you have any questions or would like to discuss how to further support your child please do not hesitate to get in touch with your child's class teacher or our Reading Lead, Mrs Allison, by emailing the school office.

A typical week in Durham 1

Home Learning

Maths & Numbots

To use Numbots, for games to support number knowledge, confidence and fluency go to https://play.numbots.com/#/intro  If you need your child's log-in please ask your class teacher.

In Year 1 we practise our number bonds to 20 and counting up and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

We can practise spelling at home through many different activities. Use the links above to give you some more ideas. 

Reading

We recommend children in Year 1 read for at least 15 minutes a day.  Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week. You can record their school reading book or a book they are enjoying from home. 

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Your child will bring home a Read Write Inc. book every week with speed sounds to practise. Children are asked to bring these back in on Tuesday. 

Read Write Inc. Phonics

Please click on the link to view how to pronounce the Read Write Inc sounds.

Click here for Read Write Inc sound pronunciation