Year 1 - Wagtail | Bridgewater School

1. Key Information for Wagtail Class

In this section you will find a quick reference guide to your class including your Forest School rotation, letters and uniform requirements. There is also a copy of the welcome booklet for your class - please do refer to it throughout the year because it contains lots of useful information about what to expect in this class, how long homework should take each week, samples of age-appropriate handwriting and more.

Your teachers in Wagtail class are:

Miss Gabbie Wesley

Mrs Emma Stollar (Teaching Assistant)

Gabriella Wesley, Teacher - Year 1 (Wagtail)

The Welcome Booklet for Wagtail class is here:

Year 1 Parents' booklet 2019/20

Letters for Wagtail class can be found here: https://www.bridgewater.herts.sch.uk/year-1-letters/

You can find your child's Forest School Timetable here.

Home Learning

Year 1

Reading
Spelling task
Family Learning to include Maths, Literacy and Creative Learning Tasks

Daily 10 - minutes
Daily practise
Weekly

Year 1 Spelling List

Year 1 Spelling List

SRE Curriculum

This year we will continue to teach the children using materials from our new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme. This new edition of ‘Teaching SRE with Confidence in Primary Schools’ reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum. This resource encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.

All the lessons have a clear structure and are age appropriate. The lesson plans have clear aims and learning outcomes with suggested additional activities and accompanying resources:

Year 1: Growing and Caring for Ourselves-

Keeping Clean

Growing and Changing

Families and Care

Uniform requirements

A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here. In Year 1, points to note are:

Core school uniform

No special notes for this class

Bags

1. Book bag with shoulder strap

2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional)

PE / games