Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 2025/26!
Welcome to the Spring term of Year 1. We hope the children have had a great Winter break and are fully refreshed, ready for the exciting school term ahead of them.
Year 1 staff have been busy 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 timetable is attached at the bottom of this page.
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)
Mrs Iman - TA
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 - daily reading.