Ruby Class - Year 1

Welcome to Ruby Class!

Your teacher is Mrs Cole and your Teaching Assistant is Miss Price.  

What is happening in Ruby Class this term?

Over the next few weeks we will be having lots of fun! We have some wonderful activities planned just for you! They will help you get used to being back in school and give you the opportunity to know more about your teachers and friends! Our very first topic is 'Home Sweet Home'. Do you know what houses are made from? Do you know how to build a castle? Lets find out!

Information for Parents

We are really looking forward to working with you all this year. Please keep checking the Class Page for more information about what we have been up to in Ruby Class!

If you have any queries, worries or concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

Our email address is ruby@st-johns-keele.staffs.sch.uk. 

PE

Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on these days (white t-shirt and shorts/joggers with trainers/pumps). 

Reading Diaries and Books

Your child's reading diary and book will be sent home on Monday and should then be returned to school on Friday. Children will be given one book to read at home during the week. Information on how to support your child's reading, vocabulary and comprehension at home will be sent out to you in due course. 

Over the weekend, please make use of our online reading programme 'Rising Stars'. Once again, children will be assigned one book over the weekend, along with a comprehension quiz. You can access 'Rising Stars' at www.my.risingstars-uk.com. Pupil's usernames and passwords are at the front of their Reading Diaries. The Centre ID is 168239. 

Homework

Homework will recommence gradually over the term and will focus on reading, spelling, phonics and maths. 

Phonics

We follow the Letters and Sounds Phonics scheme.

See the link below for more information.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/190599/Letters_and_Sounds_-_DFES-00281-2007.pdf

Useful Websites
 

• www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
• www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/index.shtml
• http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
• https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-site/fun-ideas/age-6-7--2
• http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Word-Ends-Cards-Teaching-Version-79

Phonics videos which we have used in school.

Phase 3 tricky words - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY&safe=active

Vowels song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqizfmO_D_A&safe=active

Mr Thorne's Phonics videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/breakthruchris/playlists