Year 1

 

Welcome to Year 1! 

• Puffins with Miss Phillips
• Woodpeckers with Miss Pantalone
• Sparrows with Miss Dawkins

In Year 1, the children transition from the play-based learning they will have experienced in Year R to the more structured learning in the Key Stage One curriculum. Each morning the children will have a Maths, English and Phonics session. In the afternoons, the children will complete handwriting and reading activities as part of their learning. Foundation subjects will be covered as listed on the term learning journey overview. PHSE and Music sessions are taught weekly.

Currently Year 1 PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. Children should bring their kits with them and will get changed at school.  They will then go home in their kits with their uniform in their bags.  

 

 

 

Our Federation is united by four key values that all children are encouraged to live by every day: Ready, Respectful, Safe and Kind. These principles shape how our pupils learn, behave and interact, creating a positive and supportive environment for everyone. 

 

 

 

Home Learning is given out every Friday an returned the following week. In Year 1, We focus on spellings which we have been learning in our Little Wandle Phonics sessions. Children will be given 6 spellings per week. Arithmetic is another focus with 5 questions per day. This is alongside a daily read of 10 minutes. If you would like any additional support with your child's home learning please speak to your child's class teacher and they will be happy to offer some additional support. 

 

 

Attached is the powerpoint slides from the Year 1 meeting from July 2026. This is information about Year 1 expectations for children who are starting Year 1 in September 2026. 

/docs/Welcome_to_year_1_2026_updated.pdf

 

 

 

 

 You can access our Year 1 yearly overview here:  /docs/Year_1_Yearly_overview_2025-2026.docx.

 

  Click the link and it will take you to our half termly overviews. 

Autumn 1 Once upon a time:  /docs/Autumn_1_OUAT.pdf

 We launches our Jack and the Beanstalk unit this half term. The children had a wonderful understanding of fairytales and joined in brilliantly with our familiar tales.

 

 

Dungeons and Dragons: /docs/Autumn_2_dragons.pdf

 

 We started the half term with eggs found in the music garden. We went out to investigated and located dragon poo and  a dragon foot print. We had a class discussion on how this could have happened. We also looked at the story ' There is no dragon in this story'.

 

 

Ships Ahoy!:  /docs/Spring_1_Pirates.pdf

This half term We had a fantastic pirates day to launch our new topic! 

The children all dressed up and our first quest was to find the hidden treasure chest. This launched our new story ' Pirate's love underpants'. The children did so well this half term and this is reflected in their incredible writing. 

 

 Superheroes! - Caped Crusaders:/docs/Spring_2_Superhero.pdf

 

This half term is all about superheroes. The children had a wonderful superhero day at the start of the term. The children dressed up as real and fictional superheroes and had lots of fun creating their own supertato friend. We are so excited to see where the learning will take us!

 

 

 

 

Hakuna Matata - Safari Adventure: /docs/Summer_1_Hakuna_Matata_Learning_Adventure.pdf

This half term We will be going on a Safari Adventure to Kenya. The children will be going on a fictional plane ride to Kenya. Thee children will be dressing up ready to go on their safari adventure, they will have their own passports and boarding passes. We will be reading and writing about the beautiful story ' All the animals were sleeping'. This half term we will be visiting Marwell Zoo to see the animals in real life. 

 

 

Fire! Fire! Great Fire of London:/docs/Summer_2_Fire_Fire_2.pdf

This half term we will be learning about the Great fire of London. To launch our topic we will be making tasty biscuits. In history, We will be learning about how the fire started and the events that happened after the fire. In our fieldwork for geography, We will be looking out for different locations of planting Samuel Pepys cheese. We will be reading the story Vlad and will be writing a recount of how the fire started. 

 

 

 

 Here is our Reading Bookcase, which shows the key texts we will be reading across the curriculum in Year 1 books are based on our topics. 

Please click on the link: /docs/Bookcase_Y1.pdf