Welcome to year 1

The year 1 team for 2026/27 consists of Mrs Johnson (M-Th) & Mrs Witts (F) (1C) and Mr Moynihan (1D), along with our fantastic team of teaching assistants.

PE and library days will be confirmed in September.

Geography- What is it like to live here?

What is it really like to live here? This is the question we are exploring in our exciting new Geography topic! We are becoming little explorers as we investigate our school and the place we call home. Using aerial photographs and maps, we are discovering what is around us, finding our way around the school grounds and even creating our own maps. We are becoming keen observers too, sharing our thoughts about our playground and finding out what others think. Most excitingly, we are putting our ideas into action by designing ways to improve our playground and make it an even more wonderful place for everyone!

Please use the link below to find out more about our new topic.

Curriculum summary

Knowledge organiser

Weekly home learning

Please find below this week's learning sheet.

Home learning

Home learning is set on a Friday and is due in by the following Thursday.  This will come home as a sheet of spellings for the children to practise.   This will commence after October half term.

Children should be reading to an adult at home at least three times per week for ideally 15/20 minutes each time in order to help increase their fluency and to help develop a love of reading.  Each time they read, please record this in your child's reading record - this can be any book  or an allocated book on your child's Bug Club not just their school book.  Trying to find time to snuggle down and get cosy with your child and their book helps to increase the comfort and joy that can be found in reading.  It also helps to remove any negative feelings that they might have towards reading.

For their home learning tasks, your child can access Spelling Shed (Spelling Shed parent how to guide) to enhance and support their spelling practice at home.  Children can complete this as their homework, please indicate on the homework sheet if you have chosen this method instead.

In addition to this, apps such as Hit the Button and Numbots (you use your child's TTRS username and password for this) can support with consolidating and securing number facts and knowledge.  

Would you like to access a maths lesson again? Then click this link to view the year 1 maths lessons in a video format -  White Rose Maths home learning videos. 

Reading at home

Regular reading at home has a huge impact on children's overall academic and personal growth.  This is because reading supports many areas of the curriculum and gives children opportunities to see different perspectives, settings and character experiences.  

Because of the power that reading has, we encourage regular weekly reading.  When you listen to your child read, it is truly beneficial if you ask questions to support their ability to retrieve and comprehend the information that they are reading.  Ensuring that children understand what they are reading helps them not only in school, but in their own lives.  Reading can have a long-lasting personal, social and emotional positive impact.

All children have a Bug Club account which they can access at home.  It has a vast library of texts for the children to choose from and read.  Additionally, it provides comprehension questions for them to answer as they go through the book.  You can access Bug Club using the following link:  https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 

Please use the video guides below to help you understand the various elements involved in supporting their phonics development and knowing how to use the resources found on Bug Club:

all you need to know about phonics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44mZZQfgkjY 

how to use the website - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R8xRz43PU

Phonics Screening Check

Information for parents about screening check -https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676e908e517edf5c74c83728/Phonics_screening_check_information_for_parents.pdf

2023 Phonics Screen Check-https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6495b5d783131100132962d0/2023_phonics_pupils_materials_standard.pdf

Furthermore, you can access free resources and advice from Oxford Owl using the following link: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-at-home/ 

Finally, on Purple Mash (which children can access at home using the welearn365.com link) children can click on the 'reading' section near the top of the page to access free books from DK Publishers, or use the Serial Mash to access a wide range of books and again answer comprehension questions as they go.

Learning showcase  

Long term plan 2026 - 27