Year 1 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 1

You can find the links to our blogs below. They feature stories and photos from our exciting learning journey together.

Y1RL

General Information

PE days

Y1RL - Monday and Thursday

Y1JL - Monday and Wednesday

Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school for these days. PE kit is; black shorts, white t-shirt, pumps and jogging bottoms for outdoor PE. Please check that your child's name is in their kit.

Phonics

At Marlcliffe we believe that reading development needs to be central to our curriculum and the teaching of phonics forms the foundation of this. Phonics and reading are heavily intertwined, especially in the early stages of learning to read, and phonics is a vital tool in the understanding of text.

Our teaching and learning is based on a phonics and early reading scheme called ‘Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised’, which is used by over 5000 primary schools in the UK.

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised is the fastest growing Department for Education-validated phonics programme, built around the latest research into how children read most effectively. It is designed to ensure that learning stays in a child’s long-term memory and helps them to apply their learning to become a highly competent reader. The scheme supports all children to enjoy success in reading and has highly targeted interventions if anyone needs a little extra help. Plus there are lots of joyful characters for the children to meet along the way!

There is lots of advice for parents and carers on the Little Wandle website:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.

Useful websites.

Phonics:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/digital-flashcards

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/flash-cards?phase=3

https://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/mobile/

Maths:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PostSortingcalculationsv2

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html