Year 1 2026 - 2027
Mrs Totterdale
Mrs Darlington
Welcome to Year 1!
We are excited to welcome all the children back for their first term in Year 1, we have missed you all! We loved watching you grow through your Reception year and now it is time to start our new adventure together! Year 1 is all about taking the next step in our school journey, developing independence, confidence and building on the skills we learnt in Reception.
We will be continuing to focus on living out our school values in all we do and developing 'the 3 Cs' across the curriculum to become, confident, creative and curious learners.
We can't wait to see all that you achieve this year, as we continue our journey in love and faith.
Weekly routine
PE days this half term will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Forest school will take place on a Wednesday.
Please come to school dressed for forest school on Wednesdays (old clothes, trainers for PE, puddlesuit and wellies)
Please come to school in PE kit on Thursdays.
In PE this half term we will we focussing on team building on Wednesdays and enjoying sessions led by our specialist dance teacher on Thursdays.
Drop off and Pick up
We now operate a 'drop and go' system each morning. Children can access our free breakfast club from 8.15am through the main entrance, or can enter through the green KS1 gate between 8.30 and 8.45am.
Children can be collected from the KS1 playground at 3.10pm. Please inform staff or leave a message with the office if there will be somebody new or different to usual collecting your child.
Our Learning this half term
RE
Our branch of learning this half term is called 'Creation and Covenant.' Children will explore the story of creation and how this shows God's love. We will think about our own role in looking after God's world. Children will develop their understanding of different ways to care for God's world and how this is a way to show love to others. We will hear the opening of the Nicene Creed and the Our Father and focus on what the meanings of these words may be. Alongside this we will develop our understanding of prayer and know that this is a way we can talk to God.
English
This half term our English work will be based around the text 'Old Bear'. We will explore characters' feelings in the text before planning and writing our own re-telling of the story. We will then move on to writing message sentences from the characters. We will be focussing on embedding basic skills in simple sentences, such as capital letters, full stops and word spaces. We will also be introcduing some new skills such as using 's' and 'es' for plurals and using 'and' to extend a sentence.
In our phonics sessions we will be continuing with phase 4 before moving on to phase 5, learning new ways to write some of the sounds we have already learnt.
Maths
In maths this half term we will be continuing our mastering number sessions, developing key skills and fluency when working with numbers to 10. We will be using practical equipment to show our understanding as well as practising our number formation. We will be moving on to our first units in 'Maths No Problem' after half term.
Science
Our focus for science this half term will be materials. We will be learning about different types of materials and how to distinguish between an object and the material it is made from. We will then move on to learning about the different properties of materials and explore how these contribute to their use and function.
History
In history we will be focusing on changes within living memory. We will begin by looking at changes that have happened during our own lifetime, such as how we have changed since we were a baby. We will then move on to exploring how things have changed within our community during the lifetime of our parents or grandparents.
Art
In art our topic will be 'Making Marks'. We will be learning to make different lines, shapes and types of marks using a range of materials. Alongside this we will look at the work of a range of artists, to show different examples of mark making.
Homework
In Year 1 we encourage children to develop their reading and maths skills by:
Reading for 5-10 minutes per night, please leave a comment in your child's reading diary and send this in to school each day. (See below for sound mats and common exception words to support reading at home.)
Using Numbots to develop their fluency and number bond skills with numbers to 20. (Please ask if you need your child's log in details.)
Contact
If you need to speak to a member of staff please see us at the end of the day, or alternatively email or ring the school office.