Year 1 News
18.07.25 – Year 1
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The final week of Year 1! What a privilege it has been to teach your wonderful children this year. We know they will continue to thrive in Year 2! Thank you for all of your kind cards and gifts. Phonics In phonics this week we have tested the children on the amount of Year Read More
Year 1 – 11.07.25
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Phonics In our phonics lessons this week we have practised reading and spelling the days of the week. English We have continued with our work on ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. This week the children designed a basket to keep Mr Gringling’s lunch safe. They had some fantastic ideas including mustard blasters and secret compartments. Read More
Year 1 – 04.07.25
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Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes oi/oy, air/ear/are, au/aw/or and silent letters. We have also continued to practise the Year 1 common exception words. Maths In maths we have looked at money. We have been recognising and naming coins and notes. We have also been adding coins together to Read More
Year 1 – 27.06.25
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Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phonemes / graphemes ie/igh/i-e, oo/ew/ue/u-e, ow/ou and er/ir/ur. We have also practised reading and spelling all of the year 1 common exception words. Maths In maths we have continued to look at numbers to 100. We started the week by finding one more and one Read More
Year 1 – 20.06.25
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Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes ch, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, oa, oe, o-e, ow, a-e, ai, ay, ea, ee, e-e, and ey. The children have continued to practise reading and writing all of the Year 1 common exception words. English In English we have been writing a recount of Read More
Year 1 – 13.06.25
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Rodley Nature Reserve The highlight of our week has been our trip to Rodley Nature Reserve. Both classes had a wonderful day and it was fantastic to see the children so engaged and enthusiastic in all of the activities. We started the day with a nature walk around the reserve. We spent time in Read More
Year 1 – 06.06.25
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Author Assembly We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Jenny York on Tuesday and had lots of laughs ‘meeting’ her characters Sugar and Blaze amongst others. If you want to read ‘Walk the Plank’, please feel free to download your free copy of this. https://jennyyork.com/free-ebook/ Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes au, aw, ue, and ew. Read More
Year 1 – 23.05.25
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Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes air, ear, ure, aw/ au/ or and oi/oy. We have also looked at reading and writing compound words. We have continued to practise reading and spelling all of the Year 1 tricky words. The Year 1 Phonic Screening Check is due to take place week Read More
Year 1 – 16.05.25
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Phonics In phonics this week we revised split digraphs, g says j, c says s and silent letters. We have also been practising reading and writing all of the tricky words we have learnt so far. English In English we read The Three Billy Goats Gruff and acted out the story. The children then Read More
Year 1 – 09.05.25
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Phonics This week we have revised the alternative phonemes / graphemes oa/oe/ow/o-e, oo/ew/ue/u-e and er/ur/ir. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words would and could. English In English, we have continued with our work on The Gingerbread Man. This week we have focussed on retelling the story. The children thought hard Read More
