Welcome to Year 1

We have lots of lovely things planned this term, and we are excited to share our learning journey with you.

Topic Overview

Our Autumn term theme is called "Encore." This is an Expressive Arts driven theme focusing on drama and a discipline of art. The purposeful passenger for this theme is Humanities. 

Autumn Term at Gwaunfarren has always been a hive of excitement as we prepare for Christmas productions.  Our concerts are an integral part of our ethos and community, so we wanted to develop a topic that would enhance this experience.

Below is a Knowledge Organiser which provides further information about what the children will be focusing on this term.

Class Information:

Snack time - School fruit is available daily for 30p a day or £1.50 for the week. If you prefer, the children can bring their own fruit.

Please make sure you join our Class Dojo to keep up to date with any photographs, messages and reminders. Mr. Lewis also posts important messages via the School Story.

Our Outdoor afternoon is a Tuesday - Please can you ensure that the children dress appropriately for the weather - For example, wellies and raincoats if it is wet or sun hats and sun cream if it is hot etc.

Our PE day is Friday. Please ensure pupils have appropriate kit for these sessions (trainers/ joggers/ leggings/ t-shirts). Please make sure that all jewellery is removed.

Our bike and scooter day is on a Wednesday - The children can bring their bike or scooter to school with them. Please remember to bring the children's helmets.

Celebration Assembly - Every Friday morning we celebrate any achievements or awards that the children have achieved outside school - We encourage the children to share their achievements with us, so we can celebrate with them.

Reading Books/Homework Information:

The children have 2 reading days per week - Either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday. We encourage our pupils to read for 5 minutes daily and we change their books on their allocated days.  Please can you sign your child’s reading record, so we can clearly see that a book has been read, otherwise it may not be changed.  Reading eggs is available for extra online reading support and pupils receive their login details at the start of the year. 

Homework is set when appropriate either on paper, SeeSaw or Class Dojo. Class Dojo messages are also sent to remind and support homework or online work.

Useful Links:

Click on the images below to follow the links to the relevant websites.