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drinks and glass bottles are not allowed on any
Start and End of the School Day
day.
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School Assembly 7.40am
End of School Day1.30pm
Important Dates
After-School Clubs 2pm-3pm
Charity Day – 30th April
Ramadan – tbc
Term 3 Assessments – Mid June
Last day of Term – 2nd July
Reports issued – 2nd July (only if fees paid)
Office hours 7.15am-3pm
Students should arrive at school at 7.30am, 10
minutes before the bell rings and be collected
from their classroom at 1.30pm. Please be
prompt at both the beginning and end of the
day.
School Uniform
Students must wear the correct uniform to
school. Please ensure that only Al Rabeeh
jackets are worn in school. Other jackets and
jumpers can be worn to and from school, but
must be removed once within the building.The
only jewellery to be worn can be small stud
earrings and a watch.
Healthy Lunches
We encourage healthy lunches in Grade 1, so
Home Study Resources
Homework diaries and reading record books
should be signed everyday. Students are
expected to complete all homework that is
assigned to them.
Weather
As it is approaching summer we would like to
remind you to take some precautions to help
your child stay safe in the sunshine. Please send
your child to school with a cap as they can wear
it during the break times outside to keep their
heads cool. There is water in the classrooms
but please ensure your child comes to school
with a water bottle so they can stay hydrated
during playtimes.
chocolate, biscuits and chips are not to be
Al Rabeeh School
Grade 1
included in lunch boxes. Sandwiches, fruit and
juices are ideal lunch snacks. We would like to
see at least one piece of fruit or vegetable
each day.
Students may bring one treat on a Thursday,
e.g. a packet of chips, cake, biscuits, etc. Fizzy
Useful websites to use at home include:
www.free-phonics-worksheets.com
www.crickweb.co.uk/games.html
www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
www.ictgames.com
2014- 2015
Term 3
football and magic e as well as reinforcing
capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
Grade 1 2014-2015
In independent writing we willcontinue to
Our team this year:
develop story writing and script related to our
Topics. The weekly spelling tests will continue
We will be revising number stories to 6, 7, 8
and 9;number bonds to 10 and 20;adding to and
1ST
Mrs.Taylor (Grade Leader)
1CR
Ms. Roberts
1HM
Ms McColl
with your children at home.
evennumbers; number patterns and number
1JT
Ms. Taylor
1GL
Ms. Chavda
Handwriting practise will continue and it would
practise counting in these sequences at home
Grade Asst: Louise Webster
Grade Asst: Ruby Fernandes
to be on Thursdays.
Please practise spelling
be greatly appreciated if you could emphasis
correct handwriting at home with your children.
subtracting;
using
a
100
square;odd
and
sequences – counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Please
with your children.
Maths
Arabic:
1ST
Ms. Sanaa
The children will be learning about heavier and
1CR/1JT
Ms. Mageda
lighter, and capacity, using non-standard units
1HM/1GL
Ms. Allaa
to measurehalves and doubles, ½ and ¼ of
1ST
Ms. Thamar
ordering 2 digit numbers and finding numbers
1CR/1GL
Ms. Reem
1HM/1JT
Ms. May
UAE:
Ms.Randa
Islam:
Grade 1 Curriculum
English
We will continue to develop phonics and medial
vowel sounds in cvc and cvcc words. We are
learning to combine vowel blends such asee, oo,
ai, ie, oa, ou, oi, or and ar. We will also be
learning about magic e/silent e.
In Grammar, we will be looking at adding es for
plurals, question marks, nouns and the prefix
un, e.g. unhappy. Also compound words e.g.
shapes; UK money - adding amounts of money;
between; multiplying by 2, 5 and 10. We will be
revising o’clock, half past and introducing
quarter past and quarter to, 1 more, 1 less, 10
Topic
This term our topics are Materials, Recycling,
Location
and
Buildings.
These
topics
will
incorporate Science, History and Geography.
more, 10 lesspatterns.
ICT
As well as continuing with the Abacus Online
Program, we will be developing keyboard skills
incorporating ICT across the curriculum.
PE
This term, PE will be back inside due to the hot
weather. Please can children wear the correct
PE kit i.e. school PE top and black trousers or
leggings. Please see below for your new PE day:
Sunday – 1HM
Monday – 1GL
Tuesday – 1CR, 1ST
Thursday – 1JT