Year 1 2025 - 2026
Miss West
Miss Warr
Welcome to year 1, we are so excited to welcome the children back for the Spring Term. The year 1 teachers are Mrs Warr (1W) and Miss West (1K) The Teaching Assistants are Miss Rocque (1W) and Miss Jones (1K)
What we are learning this half term:
In Maths, we are learning about our numbers to 20, using dienes, ten frames and place value charts to understand and represent ones and tens. We will also be learning how to add and subtract within 20.
In English we will be writing a narrative story based on the book "The Way Back Home' by Oliver Jeffers. Our focus is to create well contructed sentences with finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. Making sure sentences make sense by saying our sentence out loud before we write and reading it back. We will also be writing a non-fiction text based on a biography.
In Geography we will be learning about the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom and the 3 seas that surround it. We will also be comparing how different houses look around the world, in places such as Mali in Africa and our houses in Manchester.
In Science, we will be learning about the 5 main animal groups, understanding what their main charactistics are so we can group a range of different animals. We will also be looking at the diet of animals and learn to identify if an animal is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore.
In RE and Worldviews, we will be learning about how Jesus showed friendship by focusing on a bible story. We will talk about what it means to be a good friend and how sometimes it can be hard to show friendship.
In Art, we will be experimenting with water colour paints. We will learn different techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry and wash. We will learn what a landscape is and look at an artist that makes realistic landscapes using watercolours. By the end we will create our own water colour painting, using primary and secondary colours.
Knowledge organisers for Science and Geography can be found attached to our class page where the children will find lots of new facts about their topics. These knowledge organisers are banks of information. These include facts, diagrams and key vocabulary that the children can refer to throughout each of these topics. Knowledge organisers will be updated every half term.
P.E. - Children will take part in weekly P.E lessons. P.E. in Year 1 will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday. Children must come to school in their PE kits (white top, black trousers/shorts/leggings and appropriate trainers). Please make sure children have the correct PE kit.
Phonics
In year 1, we have daily phonics lessons. At Ashbury Meadow, we follow Little Wandle Letters and Sounds. Please see the Little Wandle parent page for access to videos and resources to support your child at home with phonics. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Further information can also be found on our phonics page of the website.
Homework - Reading
Every Friday, your child will be set an online book and be given a physical book (sharing book) in their book bag.
Online book- This will be matched to their phonic ability and will be set on the Collins hub app each Friday.
Your child should read daily for 10 minutes. When your child reads to you please sign the reading record and make a comment on how they read. This should be done at least once a week.
Sharing book- This book is to be read by an adult to develop your child's love for reading.
Homework - Maths and Spelling
In Year 1, maths homework is set on Mathletics. Mathletics links to the topics we are learning in class and will be set every Friday. The app will be checked by the teachers every Thursday.
Numbots is a fun and interactive games based maths app which can be used to strengthen your child's understanding. This is not homework but certificates will be given out for most time spent on the app!
Spellings are handed out on Friday and our spelling test is on following Friday. Please ensure you are practicing spelling throughout the week so children are confident and ready for the test.
Children’s logins for Collins hub, Mathletics and Numbots will be stuck in thier reading records.
Best wishes,
Mrs Warr (1W) and Miss West (1K)
If you have any quesitons or need any help or support please come and speak to us at the end of the day or email at the following class email address: