30/1/2026- Teddy Bear's picnic - Showcase of work 2.45pm
13/2/2026- Last day of term
Supporting your child at home.
Reading
The most important thing you can do with your child is listen to them read and find the time to share books together. Below you can find the video links to all of the sounds covered in the rocket phonics books. As a guide, your child should be on yellow books in the Autumn term and green or orange books by the end of the summer term. Please also find a document with the common exception words below.
An introduction to phonics and the alphabetic code -
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Red A
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Spring 1- A Toy Story
Welcome back to school after the holidays. We wish you all a Happy New Year! This half-term our topic is called A Toy Story, it is a history-based topic where we will look at toys in the present and the past. We will compare the materials toys are made from now and then and discuss why we think that. We are learning to programme Bee-bots in computing, engage in gymnastics and football in P.E and even make some toy parts during design and technology. We can't wait for the next chapter of our learning.
We explored with the beebots during our computing time, we programmed them to move forwards and backwards. We were really good at talking about ways you can communicate, we communicated with the,=m and gave them a set of commands, have a look at the pictures below!
Week beginning 12th January 2026
This week we have been learning to...
Maths- Learn, count and represent numbers up to 20.
Literacy- Write a lost poster for a new toy.
Art- Draw teddy bears and use different line work to add texture.
History- Explore and investigate toys from the past and then compare them to toys from today.
PE- Gymnastics- Jumping and landing safely.
RE- What Christians believe is The Creation Story.
Week beginning 5th January 2026
This week we thoroughly enjoyed our wow day! We played some old-fashioned favourite games, including hopscotch, What's the Time Mr Wolf, dobby scarecrow, an egg and spoon race and even played with the hoopla hoops. The children shared their favourite teddy and then did an observational drawing of them. We were given a basket of lost toys, which we had to investigate and guess what they did and who they might belong to. See some pictures of the day below.
Autumn 2- The Night Adventure
Welcome back to school for our second half-term together! In this term we will be having a visit from Owls and learning all about nocturnal animals, the seasons and important figures from our history (Guy Fawkes!). We can't wait for the next chapter of our learning.
Week beginning 15th December 2025
This week we have been learning to...
Maths- Recap Autumn learning (ordering number to 10, adding and subtracting within 10 and comparing 2D shapes).
Literacy- Writing the insert to a festive card.
Art- Festive art work with Mrs Maker.
We have also been feeling very festive in the countdown for Christmas and had lots of festive activities including our Christmas party and fantastic PROUD assembly.
The Year 1 team are so proud of the progress that the children have made this term and we would like to say a big thank you to all of the work that goes on at home to support what we are doing in class; reading, spelling, swimming, sports and maths games. THANK YOU!
Enjoy a well-earned Winter break and we will welcome you back into school on Monday 5th January 2026.
Week beginning the 8th December 2025
This week we have been learning to...
Maths- Subtract one number from another by using a number line.
Literacy- Write a fact file about Owls.
Art- Steven Brown inspired abstract animal art with Mrs Maker
Science- Recapping what we have learnt this half-term and answering our post-topic questions.
PE- Throwing, catching, tracking and bouncing.
RE- Thinking about what we are thankful for and what Christians may be thankful for at Christmas.
We have also started to feel VERY festive in school having our Christmas dinner and watching a short Pantomime put on by our local church on Thursday- what a treat!
Week beginning the 1st December 2025
This week we have been learning to...
Maths- Subtract one number from another within 10 by crossing out.
Literacy- Describe and label owls.
R.E- Retell the Christmas story and learn about advent and why waiting is important.
Art- Complete our owl art inspired by Vincent Van Gogh
Science- Find out about the different types of animals (reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals).
Week beginning the 24th November 2025
Carnivore, Herbivore and Omnivore
This week we have been learning to...
Maths- add two numbers within 10
Literacy- Write to Plop to convince him the night is super!
R.E- Retell the Christmas story and talk about our big question- Did we expect Jesus to be born in a stable?
Computing- Make digital pictures inspired by Henri Matisse.
Science- Find out about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Week beginning the 17th November 2025
The Seasons
We had a fabulous week learning about number bonds to 10 in maths, looking at the seasons and the activities we like to do in each season. We even made some season scenes. You will be able to see them when we do our showcase later this term! Other things we have been learning about are writing simple sentences in literacy, finding out about what Christians believe about Christmas and who Jesus is.
Week beginning the 10th November 2025
Immersion in night experiences
We had a brilliant week exploring the night. We are trying to find out about the night and how spectacular it can be so we can convince Plop the dark is super! We have engaged in a range of activities including making firework pictures, star gazing, singing songs and drinking hot chocolate around the classroom camp fire. We even found out who Guy Fawks is and why he is so famous.
Children in need day fun included eating cakes, taking on sporting challenges and enjoying spending time with our friends! Take a look at the pictures below!
Week beginning the 3rd November 2025
Visit from Owls!
We had a fantastic visit from Owl Adventures, who brought four birds in for the children to see. The children met Henrietta (the eagle owl), Crunchie (the barn owl), Gizmo (the little owl) and Maverick. Year 1 learnt lots of new information and were totally immersed in the experience; even getting to see them fly and hold them.
Autumn 1- Super Me!
Welcome to our first topic in year 1. We will fly into the world of super children and find out what their super powers are, we can't wait to see what makes them unique! Take a look each week to see what experiences we take part in...
This week we have enjoyed singing new songs, telling Jack how wonderful he is and how he helps us. We love learning about how to get along and show kindness to each other. But the highlight of our week was finding out about worms and making our very own class worm world. We can't wait to show you over the coming weeks what they do!
Ask your children what facts they have already found out about worms (pictures coming soon).
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We have been reading 'Clean Up' here was Lily's idea of how we spread the word of cleaning the beach, sing songs to remind people. A future hit!
Week 2- Starting our new lessons!
What a jam packed week we have had in our first full week of Year 1! The children started the week our 'Wow Day' where we went to Super hero training and made masks. We then began our formal lessons this week of phonics, maths, literacy and target practice readers.
In the afternoons we have been learning about science and thinking about the different parts of the human body and their job.
Well done class 3 and class 4!
Wow Day- Super Me!
Do you want to be a super hero? We can't wait to find out what makes you unique!
On our wow day we got creative, we made masks and cuffs. We engaged in super hero training to get fit and came up with our own wonder questions. We engaged in drama and learnt to project our voices, take a look at the videos and snaps below.
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Week 1- Getting to know each other
This week we have explored different books, had fun talking about what we want to be and even inventing our own worlds and classrooms! Take a look and see...
In year 1 we really embed the basics to become confident in all areas of maths. We are beginning to use Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) to ensure your child has speedy recall of essential maths facts. Your child should know them quickly as they will help them in all areas of maths. Please find the KIRFs for year 1 below with some helpful hints. In the Autumn term we are focussing on knowing our numbers to 10, their value and how to write them in numerals and words.
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