⭐ Weekly Homework – Year 1

Homework is set every Friday and due the following Thursday.

📅 Homework Set: Friday 11th September

👶 History – Baby/Toddler Photo

Please could children bring in a picture of themselves as a baby or toddler. This will support our History learning as we explore how we have grown and changed. (Thank you to those who have brought them in, they are gorgeous!)

✏️ Spelling – /ai/ Sound

This week’s spellings all contain the /ai/ sound, which can be spelt using ai, a, a‑e, ea or ay.

Please practise reading and spelling these words at home:

We have set six this week as they are trickier sounds :)

• came
• tray
• great
• game
• bake
• break

📚 Reading

(Well done to this week’s raffle prize winner – to be confirmed)

Reading is incredibly important for developing phonics, fluency and comprehension. Please aim to read with your child five times a week.

👉 It is not expected that both reading books are read all the way through every night. A short read counts — little and often makes the biggest difference.

When your child has read at home, please record it in their reading record and bring the record to school every day. We check reading records 3 x per week to monitor home reading and enter children into our reading raffle.

🔢 Maths (weekly) this should take no more than 15 minutes)

We have set a new place value task on MyMaths. Please follow the link below to log in and complete the activity:

https://login.mymaths.co.uk/login (Your child’s login details have been sent home and are also stuck inside their reading diary.)

Children also have access to Numbots to support arithmetic skills. Please log in and play for around 15 minutes per week:

https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

We have adjusted the Numbots settings so children now have maximum time to answer questions and earn more stars.

📖 Year 1 Common Exception Words

Common exception words are essential for early reading and writing because:

• They don’t follow phonics rules, so children must learn them by sight.

• They appear frequently in books and everyday writing.

• They help build reading fluency, allowing children to focus on meaning rather than decoding.

• They support accurate spelling and confident independent writing.

• They create a strong foundation for future vocabulary in Year 2 and beyond.

You can find the list here: Year‑1‑Common‑Exception‑Words.pdf

If you have any questions about homework, we do encourage you to ask your child's class teacher, thank you.