Dear Children,
Each day, your teachers will be teaching you reading, writing, maths and a foundation subject live on Teams. In each session, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions to clarify your thinking and understanding. Tasks will be set on each subject for you to complete during the live teaching and your feedback will confirm your understanding of what you've learnt.
The tasks for each day will be displayed on the Year Group page for you to refer and consolidate daily.
All learning MUST be recorded in your Home Learning book and shared with your class teacher on Seesaw. Your teacher will respond to one Seesaw post, per subject each day.
Things we expect to see in your home learning books:
Class teachers will visit BUG Club regularly to view your activity report and allocate more books. Also, weekend maths home learning will be set on Mymaths for you to complete.
If you have any questions about home learning, kindly send a message to your class teacher on Seesaw.
This year, we are going to try and keep our home learning online as much as possible, to minimise the amount of resources that need to be taken to and from school. In the folders below, you will be able to find your weekly home learning activities which you can complete in your home learning books. This can then be shared with us via Seesaw (we will get this up and running soon).
To ensure that all children experience a smooth and seamless transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage One, thereby building on the foundations that the National Curriculum depends on.
Learning through play will continue to be part of the school day and the children will steadily move into formal learning as the year progresses so that they remain motivated, enthused and passionate about their learning.
Blue class
Mrs Coffie (Year Group Leader) Ms Jubril
Hello Blue class
We are excited about this year and looking forward to learning with you. We're counting down to the start of the new year so we get to meet all of you. This year is going to be a wonderful one as we have some fantastic topics to explore. We will sing, dance, laugh, read, write and investigate shapes and numbers and most of all play! Stay healthy and we'll see you all soon.
Lots of love
E Kalter class
Miss Hagger Mrs Begi
Hello E Kalter class
We are going to be teaching you this year and we're so thrilled about this opportunity.
E Kalter class is all about team work and looking after each other, so we can’t wait to get to know all of you.
Lots of love
Azul class
Mrs Vora Mrs Yesmin
Hello Azul class
We're going to be your class teachers this year.
We're so excited to welcome you all to our new class and hope that you'll have a fabulous year ahead. We cannot wait to start this new academic year with each one of you. So, enjoy each day and know that we are happy to support you. Try your best in everything you do, stay positive, have fun and most importantly keep smiling
Bulu class
Ms Aden Mrs Choudhury
Hello Bulu class
Welcome to Year 1.
We will be teaching you this year. We're passionate about learning life skills and curious to explore who we are and our surroundings. We hope to share our passion and inspire you as well. We look forward to seeing you and making sure you have an enjoyable and successful year!
Love
Nil class
Mrs Toncheva Mrs Kasu
Hello Nil class
We're so excited to have you in our class. You are going to have so much fun learning and making new friends. We're looking forward to seeing you all back to school in September and starting our exciting new learning journey.
Stay safe and healthy.
Lots of love
Buluug class
Mrs Fraikue Mrs Osmani
Hello Buluug class
We're thrilled to be teaching you this year because we are going to learn so many new exciting things together. We're looking forward to go on a fun learning journey where we'll help you all to succeed.
Best wishes
We have started RWInc Phonics lessons and all the children are excited about learning to read in a fun way. The children will complete reading and writing activities for 45 minutes to 1 hour each day. They have been grouped according to their reading needs, so classes will be mixed and taught by different "reading teachers."
How can I help my child at home?
Most importantly show the fun that can be gained by listening to stories!
Important - Use Seesaw to speak with your teacher!
Parents:
Download the Seesaw Class app via your app store. Use your 12-digit personal text code.
Your child can then share their learning with their teacher and receive feedback.
This opportunity is available for pupils in all year groups, from Nursery to Year 6.
School Closure Home Learning
Hello Year 1,
Even though you are not at school at the moment, we know you do not want to miss out on any learning! That is why we have made sure you will carry on with your learning, even though you are at home. You are required to complete all your learning into your homework books.
Each day you will have a Reading, PE, Maths, SPAG, Writing and a Foundation Subject activity to complete. The expectation is, you complete all activities daily.
Some worksheets may have answers attached or included to support parents when working with their children. We ask that if you have time, to check each day’s tasks before letting your children see them so they do not just copy any answers from the sheet.
Things we still expect to see from your home learning books;
-create an account and enter this code - CVDTWINKLHELPS
Please click on KS1 and there you can search through an abundance of resources. Please search for Maths Reasoning Papers, Arithmetic Papers, Reading Comprehension and Science Resources.
If children or parents have any questions about the home learning at all, please feel free to email
Mrs Coffie (Year Group Leader) and she will get back to you as soon as she possibly can to support you.
You can do this directly by clicking on the 'Children' tab on the Gascoigne website home page then click on 'Year 1'.
Please check the school website everyday at 9.00am to be welcomed and prepared for the day and then again at 3.00pm to reflect on the day.
Thank you for your hard work and continuous support in these uncertain times.
Year 1 Team.
Thank you Parent/Carers for attending the Phonics Screening Check meeting! It was great for us to come together to discuss how we can support our children to prepare for this checks and also develop good reading habits.
Please contact your child's class teacher if you need further information about how to support your child with reading at home.
Please see below the presentation materials for your reference.
This week, something very exciting happened at Gascoigne! When the children came back from their Easter break, the teachers were very worried and concerned.
Many members of staff found lots of interesting clues in the playground, and the Year 1 children helped us to investigate...
The children investigated the clues and discovered some spaceship debris, some oozy green slime and some mysterious yellow footprints. Who could it be? Why were they here? The children discussed their ideas and built their vocabulary ready to apply to their writing.
We returned back to class and things got even more mysterious when we received a video from a passer by, who spotted something over the Year 1 playground earlier that morning (https://youtu.be/giXhmXn-DMY).
The children were SO excited by the thought of a visitor - we decided to write to the alien, just to check if they were okay and if they needed any help. The day was a complete success! (Apart from Miss Blankson, Mrs Jean-Baptiste and Mr Fox who got quite 'the surprise' while they were tidying up the playground. (https://youtu.be/7hZt5NtsjyE)