Year 1
Welcome to Year 1 – Term 1!
Firstly, we hope you all had a lovely holiday and are ready for new exciting adventures of Year 1. We are so excited to welcome and settle the children in. With this in mind, we’re planning on using the first few weeks to get to know the children really well and make sure they are happy and familiar with the new routines in Year 1. We will be Athletes in the hall or outside on Wednesdays and Fridays and we also plan to continue with lots of outdoor learn-ing. Please leave wet weather clothing/shoes and PE kits on the children’s pegs so that they have access to the outdoor areas in all weathers every week.
Meet the Teachers Download: 2026-27 Y1 Meet the Teachers
Home Learning
In line with our home learning policy, all learning will continue to be based upon the following activities: Daily reading and weekly spellings. Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each term and can be found online or in your child’s book bag. Raffle tickets will be given for every 5 reads that are recorded in records.
Super Skills
Term 1 – Communication
Dates for the Diary
Monday 28th Sept – Flu immunisations
Wed 30th Sept – Phonic meeting for parents 9am
Month of October – Black History Month
Thursday 1st October – Harvest festival St Eydyth’s church@9.30 am
Weds 7 Oct 3pm – alternative phonic meeting 3pm
Mon 12th October – Cycle to School Week
Thursday 22nd October – Last day of Term 1
Friday 23rd October— INSET day
Spellings
Please download and print as required.
This term, children will all be sent home with a set of Common Exception Words to practise. Children will need to spell these words correctly in their test and also consistently in their writing book before they move on to the next set. If your child is able to consistently use these spellings in tests and their books they will then move to the next set. If they complete all Year 1 spellings, they would move on to Year 2 spellings. We will continue with this until the end of the year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask a member of the team.
Phonics Screening
Curriculum Letters
Please download and print as required.
Gallery
Term 1: Year 1 as Artists
Year One have taken inspiration from the books called The Dot and Mixed. We have practised mark making and are now mixing colours to create our own pieces of Art for an art gallery.
Term 1: Wow, what an amazing start to the year!
What a hugely busy start of term we have had. We have been working so hard to learn new routines and enjoy challenging ourselves in provision when not working in small groups. Here are some examples of what we have been getting up to….
