Year 1 2025 - 2026
Mrs Cooper
Class Teacher
Mrs Coleman
SEN Teaching Assistant
Welcome to Year 1
To support your child with their phonics at home, you will find some useful files and links attached to this page. These can be referred to whilst reading together or during writing activities.
Maths
For this half term we will be focusing on place value within 10.
English
This half term we are going to be using 'Lost and Found' to inspire our writing. Please don't read the story if you aren't already familiar with it. It's lovely for the children to learn the story together. Towards the end of the half term we will be using the story 'Elmer' to inspire writing linked to PSHE and 'Little Red Hen' to link to our Design and Technology - Windmill project.
Reading
Please record any home time reads in your child's reading diary. This can be a story, a recipe, a comic or phonics practice. You must bring it to school every day. It also contains helpful phonics pages. Children will change the book once a week, they need to have read the book 4 times (at home and at school) to be able to change it.
RE
Our unit this half term is Creation and Covenant. We will be learning celebrating all the wonderful things that God has created including the special things in our lives.
Spellings
For the first term we will not be sending home spelling lists. Daily reading will help expose the children to common spelling patterns which will help prepare for the next step in Spring.
PE
We will be having PE on a Monday (outside) and Thursday (Outdoor Learning for the first half term). This term on Monday's we will be focusing on our hand ball skills. For Outdoor Learning please send your child in a long sleeve top and long trousers. They should bring wellies with them in a bag and a waterproof coat (waterproof trousers are optional but useful as we will go out whatever the weather!). Our session will be just before hometime so they will not need a change of clothes.
Phonics games! To help the children prepare for the phonics screen check in June have a go at a few games :)
There's a fab alien game that has a Mario vibe!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Lots of flash card options
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Though a subscription is needed for a few of the games, there are some actvities the children are familiar with.