Welcome to Year 1
Foxes Rabbits Miss Williams, Mrs Johnson and Mrs Walker Miss Ross and Mrs Khan
How do we teach your children to read?
At Birchills, we aim for all of our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading.
Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners. We can achieve this together through:
- Read Write Inc – a program to help to your child read at school
- Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
- Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home
At Birchills, we use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start with their literacy. We have put together a guide to how the RWI programme works together with some useful links.
What is Read Write Inc?
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling.
Please click the following link for more information about how we teach phonics. How we teach your child to read.
Our Autumn 2 Learning
Please visit the following links for ways that you can support your child at home.
LITERACY
Phonics:
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
http://ictgames.com/literacy.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
Letter formation printables:
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/literacy/writing-and-letter-formation/letter-formation
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/literacy/writing-and-letter-formation/fine-motor-skills
Alphabet activity:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-alphabet-song
MATHS
Shape:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/shapes/fs.shtml
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/longshape3d.html
OTHER
On-line Safety information
Ourselves games and activities:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/ourselves.shtml
Light and Dark games and activities:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/light_dark.shtml
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/lightdark.html
Animals:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/amazinganimals/