Year 1
Week beginning 17th November 2025
Wow, what an exciting day we had at school today! Our school disco was so much fun; we loved dancing and singing together and seeing the children having such a great time. Thank you to our wonderful PSA for organising!
This week, the cold weather has really set in and we have spent the week monitoring the weather using a thermometer and a rain guage. The children loved seeing how the thermometer moved up and down with the temperature when moving from the cold outside to the warmth of the classroom.
Early next week, we will be sending out which parts the children are playing in the nativity. This is a very exciting time in school and we are very much looking forward to performing to you all-in December!
Worship:
The worship theme this week is: Spirituality
We will be thinking about our connections and relationships with the world, ourselves, others and beyond.
Learning this week:
English - The children will be innovating the story, 'After The Storm' by Nick Butterworth, to make it their own
Maths - The children will be exploring number lines and learning how to position missing numbers on them.
Phonics - This week, we will be assessing the children on their phonics and learning the grapheme, /ir/ like in 'girl'.
The parent information sheet can be found here:
RE - The children will be learning to retell the story of Jesus' birth.
Art - The children will be looking at different tones and how to use these when making artwork.
Science - The children will be learning about the different parts of trees
Home Learning:
My Maths, Numbots and Twinkl Phonics App log ins are stuck into the front of your child's Reading Record. Please speak to your child's teacher if you need any support with any of these platforms.
Additional help with reading/phonics:
If you are wondering how you can provide general support for your child at home, our advice is to hear them read as often as possible. Please do not worry if your child brings home the same book from time to time- this is to gain confidence and fluency before moving onto different sounds in other books.
We also have an excellent link to some high quality texts that you may want to consider when choosing children’s books to read or buy!
Additional Maths:
By the end of Year 1, children are expected to:
- count forwards and backwards in ones to 100
- be able to count in 2s, 5s and 10s
- find one more and one less than a given number up to 100
- recognise the value of all coins
- know number bonds (numbers that add together) to total 10 and 20.
Messages:
It is really important to put children’s names in all their clothes, on packed lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc- otherwise they do not go home with the correct child. We already have some unclaimed and unnamed items from this week. If you could all check that all items are named, we would really appreciate it.
Please could water bottles be placed into a plastic bag in their school bag to protect school reading books. All water bottles must only contain water and NOT squash please.
Please note, our fruit at school is delivered on a Monday, but sometimes later in the day. Please could you provide your child with a snack on a Monday to avoid them getting hungry if our fruit has not been delivered.
Key Information and Dates:
Please wear PE kits on a Thursday.
Please see below for key dates across the school.
Thank you for your continued support.
Have a great weekend!
Mr Parsons and Mrs Stoodley