At Manadon Vale, our Year 1 children continue to build on the skills and knowledge they gained in Foundation. Children develop their literacy skills and we nurture the excitement of stories, as well as taking a closer, curious look into the marvellous world of maths and beyond!
PE Days:

Indoor (Friday)

Outdoor (Thursday)

PE KIT – In Year 1, our PE sessions are on Thursdays and Fridays. The children will need to come into school in their PE kit on these days and wear it for the whole day.

The days can change and we will of course update if necessary.

 

It is therefore very important that the children have the correct PE uniform of:

·       a white or navy blue t-shirt

·       black shorts

·       a plain (no logos) black tracksuit (trousers AND hoodie/sweatshirt)

·       trainers or plimsolls

 

For PE, we will go outside in cold weather and in between rain showers, please ensure your child will be warm enough and their feet will be dry.

 

PLEASE LABEL ALL UNIFORM INCLUDING PE KIT and check the labels frequently, names do wash off

Reading & Phonics:

Each week your child will bring home 2 reading books for them to read (with your support) and 1 library book (for you to read and share with them). Please leave a note or signature in your child’s reading record whenever they read at home.

Please give your child the opportunity to re-read their school books, ideally 4 times,to build fluency and expression. There is a school reading reward raffle into which children are entered if there is evidence that they have read 3 times at home.

When hearing your child read, and when reading to them, please continue to engage your child in some discussion of the story or text. When a child is trying hard to decode the words, or when able to read fluently and just going as fast as they can, they can lose sight of the meaning and therefore the enjoyment ofwhat they are reading. A few open ended questions keep them thinking!

Reading TO your child is still vitally important for their language and own love of reading development.

Spellings:

Spellings will be given on a Thursday and will be tested the following Thursday. Spellings correspond to the sounds that children have been learning in their Phonics lessons.

Please see your child's reading record for their weekly spellings; some children may be given additional/alternative spellings to practice.


Meet the team

Mrs Dawn Cowin

Mrs Dawn Cowin

Whole School PPA & Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Mrs Joanne Mitchell

Mrs Joanne Mitchell

Whole School PPA & Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Mrs Anna Paige

Mrs Anna Paige

Assistant Head & KS1 Lead
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Mrs Heather Bettison

Mrs Heather Bettison

Year 1 Teacher
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Mrs Leonie Waldron

Mrs Leonie Waldron

Year 1 Teaching Assistant
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Mrs Laura Blagdon

Mrs Laura Blagdon

KS1 Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Manta Rays, Octopuses, Jellyfish & Dolphins
Mrs Julie Richards

Mrs Julie Richards

Year 1 Teaching Assistant
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Mrs Kate Scoles

Mrs Kate Scoles

Year 1 Teacher & Maths Lead
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Mrs Ruth Coupland

Mrs Ruth Coupland

Year 1 Teacher
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Curriculum/Termly overview:

Autumn Term Curriculum               

 

This term our topic will be Our Brilliant Bodies.

In English we will focus on writing and punctuating simple sentences, using phonic knowledge to sound out words.  

In Maths we will be focussing on number and place value, addition and subtraction and shape, both 2D and 3D. 

In Science, we will learn about our body parts and our senses.

Year Notices:



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To all Foundation Stage parents and carers-please could you ensure your consent forms are returned to the office ASAP! Many thanks
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Year 2 have been busy with their place value topic. Today they have been looking at odd and even numbers!
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🎼 Music Club 🎼 Please could you remind your children that if they play as part of our Orchestra, they'll need their instruments tomorrow! Many thanks, Miss Eastgate and Mrs Taylor 🧡
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In Year 4 we have been having fun learning about Roman numerals and completing puzzles with tangrams.
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Please could all children in Foundation Stage bring in a named potato for Monday 30th September! All will be revealed soon!!
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Date clarification-phonics meeting for EYFS and Year One is Friday 11th October at 2pm and the EYFS curriculum meeting is at 9.30am on Friday 18th October.
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As part of our DT unit, Year 1 have been experimenting with a variety of materials to build a piece of free standing play equipment. We used megablocks, lego, stickle bricks k-nex and some junk modelling to experiment and find out what would create a stable structure.
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Year 5 afterschool reading club 😊🤓📚 Next week, it’s year 4’s opportunity to enjoy our school library with parents/carers and grandparents. ☕️ 🍪 💙
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Year 1 are keen to get making their own playgrounds as part of their DT unit - if you have any recycling at home please drop it to a member of the Year 1 team on the playground. Cereal boxes, snack bars, yoghurt pots, toilet roll tubes would all be fantastic! Thank you so much!
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Year 5 Reading Club tonight in the school library 3:20-4:00pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This is a chance for our parents and carers to see our school library, choose a book with their child, sit down and enjoy reading it together and ask any questions that it you may have related to reading at home or in school. Tea and coffee provided for adults and juice biscuits for children. Thank you, Miss Harris.
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Marlins class have enjoyed completing their surrealist art - inspired by Picasso - outside in this lovely weather.
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Orcas have been busy today. In computing, we looked at designing our own device thinking about inputs and outputs. Also, we are well underway with our violin lessons.
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🎶 Miss Eastgate and Mrs Taylor are SO excited for Music Club to begin tomorrow! We've had an overwhelming response to the invitations that were sent to Year 5/6 and we can't wait to start making music with you all! 🎶
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Come and join our amazing team to work at our fantastic school! 🤩 We are looking for Cleaners 🧼 and Meal Time Assistants 🍽️ Click on the link below to find all the relevant information. 👀
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Please can we remind you to label ALL items, including PE kits. It also helps to add the initial of your surname as we have a number of children with the same name in the school. Many thanks
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It was wonderful to have a few Year 6 parents/grandparents in to enjoy 'Reading Club' this week. ☕📚 🤓 Year 5 parents/carers can enjoy this opportunity next Thursday 19th September 3:20-4pm. Details of this club were sent out to all parents/carers via email. Thank you, Miss Harris.
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❤️💙💛NEW DATES ADDED!! ❤️💙💛 Is your child due to start school in September 2025? Come and see what our amazing school has to offer. 🏫 Telephone the office on 01752 705345 to book a place on one of our tours. ☎️
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