Year 1

Teaching Staff Members

Mrs Gray (class teacher mornings)
Mrs Kirk (class teacher afternoons)
Ms Bonett (TA Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri)
Ms Birch (TA Mon - Fri 8.30 - 1.30pm)
Mrs Goodchild (TA Wed)
Mrs Edwards (HLTA Tues 10.45-12)

Headteacher's Introduction to Curriculum Morning

Autumn Term 2025

A warm welcome to Year 1. Our Autumn timetable is in the 'Documents' section below, (scroll down). School library visits are timetabled for Fridays with Mrs Kirk and Ms Bonnett and Mrs Edwards will teach Maths on a Tuesday morning. PE is on Mondays and Ms Bonett is absent on a Wednesday so we have Mrs Goodchild to support our learning. Ms Birch will work with us supporting learning each day until 1.30pm.

Our Big Question this term is....

How can we make others welcome?

We will consider how to make our new F2 family feel welcome by making them cards, teaching them new playground games and going on an autumn walk together. Our Year 1 text 'Beegu' will help us understand how important it is to make others welcome.

We will also be reading some 'seasonal' poetry and each week in school we will have a guided reading book to read in our reading teams.

Year 1 Curriculum

Science - We are learning about the four seasons and will be choosing a tree in our school grounds to observe over the course of the year together with exploring which season we think has the most rainfall. Later we will look at materials and their different properties, making a warm bed for Beegu and choosing the best material for curtains.

Humanities - We are comparing childhood from the past with now in History and hope to welcome you in at the end of this term for a history afternoon. In Geography we are thinking about where we live in relation to the world, continents and the four nations of the UK. 'How did the world begin?' and 'What do some people believe God looks like?' are the focus of our RE learning this term.

Creative - In Art we will be making different marks with pencils, paint and pastels and making secondary colours for matching and printing. We are learning what technology is and how we can paint on a computer, using abstract artists as inspiration. Later we will be designing and making pictures with a slider and lever mechanism. Music sessions will have us singing and thinking about the pulse and making sound patterns with instruments.

The Curriculum page on the website helps you find out more about each subject.

Reading continues to be the most important homework to support your child's learning. Please, please find time to read together, or organise family members or friends to read with your child, and keep sharing bedtime stories. A love of books will come if you take time to snuggle up and enjoy them together. Any problems, contact us and we will sort out a plan to make reading happen.

Phonics as a key focus for learning in Year 1 - using and applying phonic knowledge to read and to help our Year 1 writing. To find out about how we teach Phonics and early writing you can click here. There are some useful links which will take you to videos which show you how we pronounce different sounds correctly and how we form lower case letters. As we use Bug Club to support phonics and reading in school; there is a link in the 'Files to Download' section below that may help you to navigate the website.

In writing this term, we will be thinking about words and sentences, sentence types (statements, questions or exclamations) and using correct punctuation, including capital letters. We will also look at how to join two simple sentences together with 'and' to make one longer sentence.

'My Maths' is the learning platform we use for mathematics homework to help your child's learning and understanding. You will receive a login after the curriculum morning and weekly homework will be set.

As always, speak to Mrs Gray, Mrs Kirk or any of the Year 1 team if you have any questions or concerns and we will be happy to try and support or help. Dojo is a great way to message or make an appointment.