Class 1 2025 - 2026

Year 1 ( Autumn 1)

Welcome to Year 1! We hope you have had a fabulous summer holidays and we can’t wait to hear about all the fun things you’ve been up to.

We have lots of exciting things planned and can’t wait to work with you all this half term. 

This half term our History unit is ‘Homes in the past.’ We will be looking at the different types of houses that we live in, their features and how houses have changed over time.

In Literacy, we will focus on the book ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. This book will form part of a new Literacy scheme of work which we will be following. 

In Maths, we will be starting to look at place value within 10, and moving onto addition and subtraction. We'll be providing lots of practical resources for the children to access to support them with this. 

Our Science topic this half term is ‘Seasonal Changes’. We will be looking at different types of weather and how it changes throughout the year.

PE this half term will be on a Mondays and Fridays. The children are to wear the correct uniform which is a red top and black shorts/tracksuit bottoms with trainers.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is due in on the following Wednesday. 

Some children will be having extra catch up sessions in Phonics and Spelling. These sessions will be fun but with a clear focus and are intended to help by giving confidence to write and spell through games and a variety of spoken and written activities.

For this half term, Miss Addis’ PPA time will be on Tuesday afternoon. During this time Mrs Walker will be teaching Year 1.

It is very important that the children continue to read regularly at home, as this builds up their fluency and will continue to build on their comprehension skills. Please remember to record any reading completed at home in your child/children’s reading diary.  To develop your child/children’s thirst for books, reading to your child and discussing stories develops their range of vocabulary and their love for books.

I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask. My door is always open.

Kind Regards,

Miss Addis