Year 1 2026 - 2027

Miss Wood

Year 1 Class teacher

Parents and Families of Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 Class Page (2026–2027)

On this page, you will find useful information to support you and your child. Below is a summary of our learning for the term ahead, along with important information such as The Reading Challenge and PE days.

Getting in Touch

There are several ways families can contact me or find information:

Face-to-face: Please feel free to pop in before or after school
Notes: You may send a written note, but please avoid putting important messages in your child’s planner, as these are checked weekly.
Website: Visit the Year 1 class page (updated every weekend)
Email: Contact me at [email protected] (checked regularly throughout the week)
Newsletter: View the school newsletter online via the homepage (uploaded every Friday)

Please remember to tell me if your child will not be collected by the usual adult at the end of the day.

PE will take place on Tuesday afternoon, and children should come to school wearing their school PE kit on this day.

The Reading Challenge

Children who have read at home 5 or more times weekly will be praised in class and earn a reading sticker. Children that have read 5 times for every week of the half term will receive a reading certificate.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Homework in Year 1:

Children are encouraged to read at home every night where possible. Please record this in their reading diary so it can be counted towards receiving stickers and certificates.

Each child will receive two colour-banded reading books and one phonics book linked to the sounds and phase currently being taught in school. Please ensure these books are brought into school every Thursday. They will be changed and returned home on Friday.

Autumn 2

During the course of autumn 2, the children will gradually increase their independence, meaning that they will enagage in whole class learning for both maths and english each morning.

In maths, we will be focusing on addition and subtraction within 10, before moving onto looking at both 2D and 3D shapes.

In English, we will be writing narratives based on the book 'Rapunzel' by Bethan Woolvin.

In science, our topic is celebrations. We will learn about how light, music and food are used in different celebrations around the world. We will observe light, discover how shadows are made, listen to the sounds that are made from different objects and identify the material that they are made from and make our own christingles.

In history, we will be exploring toys from the past and present and comparing them to see how they have changed from the victorian era to now.

In Design Technology, we will continue to explore moving mechanisms.

In computing, we will learn how to create digital art.

The children will continue to focus on RE and french with Mrs Cuttle each monday afternoon.

Kind regards,

Miss Wood.

Please see below for weekly news updates and links to useful documents.