In Year One we are enthusiastic and ambitious learners! This year is about developing our numeracy and literacy skills as we enter into Key Stage 1. We are continually adding to our range of Maths skills and developing our fluency in Maths. We love doing our Mental Maths sessions each day! We are making great progress with our phonics knowledge and becoming strong readers. We are also learning writing skills and developing the ability to write well structured but exciting sentences. This year we also get to explore the wider curriculum; Science, History, Geography, RE, Design Technology, Art and PSHE! We are learning so much about our world and are looking forward to some exciting trips and activities.
PE
PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.
Homework
Homework will be sent home on the Newsletter on Mondays. This will consist of Phonics, Reading and Maths. Phonics will be watching virtual classroom videos to recap sounds they have been taught in their Phonics groups. Maths homework can be completed on DoodleMaths or on the sheet sent home on Monday. Homework is expected to take the children around 20 minutes.
Reading
We expect children to read at least four times a week at home – an adult needs to sign when they read in their reading record and reading books need to be in school every day.
The children will be reading a new book every week in English and a new book every 2 weeks in Talk Through Stories.
Phonics
Children will be taught Set 2 sounds when they start in Year 1.
They will then move onto set 3 sounds.
Visit our phonics page for parent guides to help you support your child with learning phonics at home.
Our Learning
Details of learning in our class can be found in Our Learning pages.
We have started learning all about plants this term! Today we went on a leaf scavenger hunt in the Conservation Area. Back in the classroom we sorted them into according to size.
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Year 1 has had such a special week this week. With our nativity performances, Christmas craft and a special visitor from Father Christmas himself! Thank you to you all for your continued support and we hope you have a very …
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Year 1 had a fantastic time at Forest School this week as we explored the exciting (and very important!) topic of fire safety. We began by talking about how to have a safe fire, including where fires should be built, …
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Year 1 has really embraced dressing up as an animal today. As a school, we have chosen to raise money for Bath Cats and Dogs Home and have had so much fun doing it!
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This week, Year 1 wrapped up warm and set off on an exciting walk to the woods. Despite the chilly weather, the children showed wonderful resilience, embracing the cold and turning our journey into a real-life bear hunt—through the rustling …
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Year 1 had an absolutely amazing time at Forest School this week – even the rain couldn’t stop us! We embraced the wet weather, splashing through puddles, throwing mud at the target sheet, and cooking up delicious mud pies in …
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Year 1 are looking at what computing and technology is during term 1 & 2 . We have explored the technology we use in our everyday lives and how it helps us. This week we used the laptops for the …
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Today, our Year 1 children had another fantastic adventure at Forest School! Alongside our usual favourite activities – digging in the sandpit, cooking up imaginative delights in the mud kitchen, and working together to build cosy dens – we began …
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Year 1 and 2 had a very exciting visitor this afternoon, Rachel Bright the famous author. She came to celebrate the release of her new book ‘The Turtle Who Turned The Tide’ and also the 10th anniversary of her first …
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Well done, Year 1, on a fantastic week at Forest School! This week, our young explorers got hands-on with some exciting activities. We used saws to create wooden ‘cookies’ and hand drills to make holes in conkers – ready for …
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