Welcome to Year One

Year One is a busy and exciting year where lots of fun learning happens! In Year One, we will be working towards and encouraging the children to become more independent. They will be given opportunities to learn through play. However, throughout the year we will gradually build upon this and increase the amount of structured work.

As your child continues through the year, there will be a continued focus on phonics. All children should have a secure knowledge of phonics up to level 5 (Twinkl Phonics). In June 2024, each child will complete the Phonics Screening Check which will assess how well children can decode words. In order to do this, children will need to be able to recognise letters and the sounds that they represent.

The Year One team work together with all staff to ensure children are engaged and happy at school. 

Meet your Year One staff

Mrs M Brown - Year One Class Teacher 

Mrs A Wilkinson - Year One Teaching Assistant

Mrs A Heather - PPA cover and Friday cover

Class Teacher: Mrs M Brown

Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs A Wilkinson

Deputy Head/ SENCO/ PPA Cover: Mrs A Heather

Autumn Term 

Our topic for this half term is The Enchanted Woods! In literacy, we will be focussing on the story The Magic Faraway Tree and Traditional fairy tales! We will be creating our own character descriptions and writing our own stories. We will also be exploring poetry and having a go at writing our own poems. In maths, we will be learning all about the numbers and place value up to 20, and learning how to add and subtract numbers. We will also be exploring different shapes. This term is all about settling in to Year One and becoming more independent.

Spring Term

Our topic for this half term is Our Planet! In literacy, we will be focussing on the story Clean Up! We will be creating our own character descriptions and writing our own stories. We will also be writing our own biographies on Sir David Attenborough and learning about his wonderful achievements. In addition to this, we will be writing a thank you letter to Sir David Attenborough to thank him for helping the planet.  In Maths, we will be focusing on addition and subtraction, length and height, and weight and volume. We will be practically measuring and weighing things. This term, the children will build more independence and confidence in Year One. 

Summer Term

Our topic for this half term is London! In literacy, we will be focussing on the stories Katie in London and Paddington! We will be writing our own postcards, character descriptions and instructions based on these books. We are particularly excited to make marmalade sandwiches. In Maths, we will be focusing multiplication, division, fractions, position and direction, time and money.