Welcome to Year 1 2025/26!

Welcome to the Autumn term of Year 1. We hope the children have had a great summer break and are fully refreshed, ready for the exciting school year ahead of them. 

Year 1 staff have been busy over the summer preparing a fantastic programme of learning and enrichment. If you would like to see what an average week in year 1 looks like, an example of our weekly Autumn 1 timetable is attached at the bottom of this page.

As we know, the transition from reception to year 1 can be quite daunting. Therefore, this term we have added 'COOL' time sessions in the afternoon. These sessions facilitate play-based learning, allowing children to Choose Our Own Learning. COOL time is in addition to core phonics, maths, English and science lessons.  

Phonics takes a central role in Year 1 with all children taking the statutory Phonics Screening Check in early June. Please take a look through the various Year 1 pages on this site which detail our phonics learning and includes copies of spelling lists and weekly phonics activity sheets, allowing parents and carers to support their children's progress. 

As always, if you need to get in touch, either catch one of the year 1 team at pickup or email us via the main school office email address. 

Our Team

Mrs Smye - Beech Class Teacher 

Miss Colliass - Birch Class Teacher (Mon-Wed)

Mrs Peake - Birch Class Teacher (Thurs, Fri)

Mrs Venning - HLTA (Wed - Fri)

Miss Green - TA

Mrs Oak - TA 

Useful Information

• PE - Tuesday and Friday - Please ensure that a fully named kit is brought into school. Children will come home in their PE kit on a Tuesday and Friday - please ensure kit is sent back into school the next day.
• Reading books - Please make sure reading books and records are in school every day as these will be used in our daily reading lessons. Reading books are changed once a child has read the book three times and the reading record has been signed by parents 
• Equipment - Children will need a named water bottle in school every day and a book bag. Please can large rucksacks not be bought into school as we have minimal storage space. 
• Homework - spelling practice and daily reading.