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Year 1 News – 12.9.25
It has been a busy week of fun and learning in Year 1! Phonics We have reviewed the phonemes that we learned in Reception. The children also enjoyed whole-class paired reading. They all tried really hard. We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at our phonics meeting on Wednesday at 5pm. Please Read More
Read newsYear 1 News – 5.9.25
We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! It has been wonderful getting to know all of the children better and they are settling into the routines of Year 1 well. Reading This week, we have heard the children read. They have brought home two reading books and a new reading record. Read More
Read news18.07.25 – Year 1
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
Read newsYear 1 – 11.07.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 04.07.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 27.06.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 20.06.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 13.06.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 06.06.25
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
Read newsYear 1 – 23.05.25
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
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