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Year 1

Welcome to Year 1! 

We can not wait to begin our learning journey with you and see all the fantastic ways that you will blossom this year! 

Meet the Team 

2025-2026

Miss Marrow - Class 3 Teacher

Mrs Kelly- Class 4 Teacher

Mrs Ahmed- Year 1 Teaching Assistant

 

Key Information 

PE Uniform days Autumn 1:

Please send your child to school wearing the appropriate PE kit on PE days (please take into consideration the weather).

Monday -Outdoor

Thursday -Indoor

Key Dates- 
  • 04/11/2025- First day of term- All children return to school. 
  • 04/11/2025- Individual School Photos 
  • 07/11/2025- Owl Adventures
  • 10/11/2025- Odd socks day
  • 14/11/2025- Children in need/ Flu vaccinations 
  • 18/11/2025- 4.30-5.30 school disco
  • 3/12/2025- 3pm Parent Showcase of Autumn 2 work 
  • 11/12/2025- Christmas' dinner and Christmas jumper day
  • 17/12/2025- 9am PROUD assembly for parents 
  • 19/12/2025- 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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Pink B

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Red A

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Red B

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Yellow

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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 5- 

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 4- 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 3- 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 2- 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 1- 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...  

Week 3- All settled and having fun!

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).  

Clean up the beach!

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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... 

 

 
Maths

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.