Year 1 News
Year 1 News – 12.2.26
12/02/2026 · No comments yet
English We have focused on reading in our English lessons this week. We have done some whole-class reading lessons and have been developing our inference and comprehension skills. Please keep reading lots at home. Maths We have started our ‘Addition and Subtraction’ unit of work. This week we have been adding by counting on. Read More
Year 1 News – 6.2.26
06/02/2026 · No comments yet
English This week we have enjoyed the story Katie’s Picture Show by James Mayhew. In the story, Katie visits an art gallery. The signs on the artwork say ‘DO NOT TOUCH!’ but Katie does and she ends up falling inside one of the paintings. We looked at the painting ‘Winter’ by Zuzana Chalupova. We Read More
Year 1 News – 30.1.26
30/01/2026 · No comments yet
English This week, we have read ‘Katie and the Dinosaurs’ by James Mayhew. We thought about the door that Katie walked through to the dinosaur land and explored the idea of there being a different land through the door. We had lots of fantastic ideas, including a candy land, outer space, under the sea, Read More
Year 1 News – 23.1.26
23/01/2026 · No comments yet
English We have been very busy in our English lessons. At the start of the week, we learnt about where the T Rex used to live and we finished our booklets. The children did amazingly well and the booklets are fantastic. After finishing our factual writing, we got very creative and the children wrote Read More
Year 1 – 16.1.26
16/01/2026 · No comments yet
T Rex on the loose!! After playtime on Monday, our classrooms were a huge mess! Lots of chairs had been tipped over and there were some large footprints. We followed the clues and discovered that a Tyrannosaurus Rex had been to visit us! He asked us to find out lots of facts and write Read More
Year 1 News – 9.1.26
09/01/2026 · No comments yet
Happy New Year! It has been a cold week but we’ve had a great week filled with lots of learning. English This week we enjoyed the story ‘The Girl and the Dinosaur’ by Hollie Hughes. The children then each chose a dinosaur to write a description about. They worked hard to include adjectives and Read More
Year 1 News -19.12.25
19/12/2025 · 1 comment
A Miracle in Town The highlight of our week has been our two Christmas performances. The children did an incredible job and we really hope you enjoyed watching them. Phonics We have continued to revise all the phonemes learnt so far. Please keep practising them at home. Maths In maths, we have looked at Read More
Year 1 News – 12.12.25
12/12/2025 · No comments yet
English The children followed instructions to make a Christmas card. Then they wrote their own instructions on how to make the cards. The children did a brilliant job and wrote fantastic instructions using bossy verbs. Maths This week, we continued our work on subtraction. The children have been using “first, then and now” to Read More
Year 1 News – 5.12.25
05/12/2025 · No comments yet
English In English, we looked at evaluative statements about our fire engine models. The children thought about the design process and final product. They then decided on which statements they agreed with for their own fire engines. Phonics We have continued to revise all the phonemes we have learnt. We are revising phases 2, Read More
Year 1 News – 28.11.25
28/11/2025 · No comments yet
English In our English lessons, the children have written a recount of our trip to Temple Newsam. They did a fantastic job of using time connectives such as first, next, then, after that and finally in their writing. Phonics We have continued to revise all the phonemes that we have learnt so far. Please Read More
