Category: Year 1 Blog

Welcome to a new term.

This week, we will be starting our new discovery topic on Toys. As many of the children will have received new toys for Christmas we will start by sharing our favourite toy with the class and describing it.

Please can your child bring in toy on Wednesday 10th to share, draw and write about.

In Maths, we will be completing our subtraction unit and then moving on to learning about 3-D shapes.

In phonics, we will be starting in our new phonics groups. We are making amazing progress. If your child hasn’t moved groups this time it may be because they need to consolidate some sounds they have been taught. Don’t forget to access the phonics homework online to consolidate reading and sounds learnt that week.

In our extended writing, we will be writing a recount about our Christmas holidays by using time conjunctions and learning how to extend our sentences by using the conjunction ‘and’. We will be learning how to add a sentence to describe how we felt about something we did in the holidays.

On Thursdays this term we will be doing outside PE so please send your child in a track suit.

On fridays, we will be visiting the Library so your child will be issued with a new book this week.

If you have any queries please email us on

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Have a great week.

The year 1 team

This week we made porridge and healthy toppings. We used a variety of fruit and we really enjoyed making and tasting it!

It’s the final week!

Here’s some reminders of what will be doing:

We will be making calendars and Christmas cards this week.

On Monday at 6.00pm we will be performing our Nativity . Please bring your child to school at 5.30pm to get changed.

On Tuesday we will be making porridge and creating our healthy topping. In the afternoon at 2.00pm we will be performing our Nativity.

On Wednesday it is party day. Please send your child to school in party clothes or something festive. Please also provide a few snacks on a plate for them to enjoy.

On Thursday it is the school disco after school. Please pick your child up at the normal time and return them to school at 4.00pm for the disco.

On Friday it is our ‘Polar Express’ day where the children can come to school in their pyjamas and enjoy toast, hot chocolate and watch the Polar Express. Please bring a cup!

After the holidays we will be doing outside PE so please ensure your chid has an outdoor PE kit to wear on Thursdays.

Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

The Year 1 Team

Two weeks to go!

This week is assessment week. We will be doing assessments in Maths, phonics,spelling, grammar and reading to assess the progress of the children in year one so far.

Some of the children will be in new phonics groups after Christmas. On Friday 15th we won’t be sending phonics reading books home but there will be some online phonics work.

We will continue to practice our Nativity play and the writing of our Christmas stories.

We will complete some Christmas writing and Christmas subtraction activities as well as making some Christmas crafts for our star challenges this week.

Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team

It’s the countdown to Christmas and the next few weeks in year 1 will be very busy!

As part of our Topic/Science and for this term’s Design and Technology topic we will be designing and making toppings for porridge to feed a polar explorer. We will be learning about healthy eating to help us decide what ingredients to use. This week will be the design process and we will be making the porridge and toppings the following week.

In Maths, we will continue with subtraction and then the children will be assessed on their progress in Maths so far this year.

In English, the children will continue to write their Christmas stories as well as completing assessments in English.

We will also be practising our Christmas Nativity.

Any queries please email us on

[email protected]

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Have a great week

The year 1 team

In topic, we will be learning about hot and cold climates of the world. We will learn to understand the location of hot and cold climates of the world and which animals come from those different climates. We will consolidate this learning as one of our star challenges.

This we will be learning more songs from our Christmas Nativity and we will start to learn our lines. Your child will be sent home lines to learn and will need to practise these at home.

In our extended English lesson we will be writing about the Christmas story and making our own story booklets.

In maths, the children will be learning how to add using a number line and solving problems using this method. They will then be moving on to subtraction. The children will be practising adding using a number line as one of our star challenges this week.

Any queries please contact us on our class emails.

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Have a great week.

The Year 1 Team