The Owls

Welcome to Year 1 ~ The Owls! My name is Miss Burgess and I will be teaching alongside Mrs Simpson and Mrs Gutteridge, who are our fantastic Learning Support Assistants. 

Through exploring our webpage, you can keep up-to-date with our learning journey, check out our wonderful curriculum and explore subject specific websites to support your children’s learning.

Staff in Year 1

Class Teacher:    Miss M Burgess

Support Staff:     Mrs Simpson (Class LSA) & Mrs Gutteridge (1to1 Support)

Class Dojo 

We communicate with parents regularly through the Class Story on Class Dojo as we think it is an invaluable way of helping parents to stay informed of what is happening with their children on a day to day basis in school. Parents and children can also upload things that they have done at home to share with me.  I use the Class Dojo messaging service and am happy to answer simple queries through this, during office hours.

Reading In Year 1

The most important homework any child can do, is read! It is crucial for a child's development that they learn to read as quickly as possible. 

Every child at Wolvey School is encouraged to read books / magazines from a wide range of genres. We also highly recommend that parents and carers read bedtime stories to their children,  as listening to stories helps to develop language recognition and an understanding of the world around them.

Children in Year 1 should be reading for at least 15 minutes a day so that they can improve their reading fluency and be introduced to a wide range of ambitious vocabulary. 

From September, every week, each child will come home with a Read Write Inc book bag book, matched to their stage of phonic learning. This will reinforce what the children are learning in phonics that week. Also, to encourage a love of reading, they will come home with a reading for pleasure book. This is usually a picture book, which can be enjoyed with family at bedtimes. 

The children are required to read at home at least 3 times a week. I cannot stress enough the importance of reading, for developing as a writer and a successful learner!

We have a wide range of fantastic age-appropriate books in school that have been written by award winning authors. 

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/genre/top/Lovereading4kids-Top-10-Books.html ~ Children can download extracts from a wide range of fiction & non-fiction books to see if they like them before buying or borrowing them.