St Werburgh's & St Columba's 
Year 1 2024 - 2025
Welcome to Year 1
Welcome to the Year 1 page! This is where you will find out about what is happening in Year 1. We will update our page regularly with information that you will need so if you're ever unsure, please check here.
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Year 1 CMLR- Mrs May and Mrs Rowlands Our class saint is Saint Francis of Assisi and our classroom is Amelia Earhart |
Year 1SL - Miss Lawrence Our class saint is Saint Bernadette of Lourdes and our classroom is Mother Theresa |
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Information about Year 1
Staff in Year 1:
- Miss Lawrence, Mrs May and Mrs Rowlands- teaching staff.
- Mrs Farrington
PE Lessons
PE lessons are on Wednesday's with Mr Stevens. The children are to arrive at school in their PE kit and will wear it all day. The children can wear trainers and do not need pumps at the moment. We will let you know when PE will take place outside when the children will need to wear joggers and a sweatshirt or fleece in colder weather. They may also bring a spare pair of socks in their book bag in case they need to change after the lesson.
The children need to bring to school each day - their book bag, water bottle (water only) and a healthy snack. Afternoon snack is provided. The children will read in class as part of their phonics lessons. We also ask the children to keep their reading books inside their book bag daily as there will be opportunities throughout the week to read with an adult.
Fact Files
We use fact files in school to help your child understand more about the topics covered during the school year. These contain key dates from the time period studied, vocabulary discovered during learning and some key facts and information about the topic.
Please see below for links to Year 1 Fact Files.
Phonics Screening
During Year 1 there is an emphasis on phonics. In June each year, the children participate in a Phonics Screening check to ensure that they have acquired the phonic knowledge needed to progress with their reading and writing.
The Phonics Screening Check is a test in a one-to-one setting with a teacher. During the Phonics Screening Check, children are asked to read (decode) 40 words. Most of these words are real words but some are pseudo-words.
Phonics sounds mats can be found below.
Homework
Homework newsletters are sent home every other week. Attached will be an activity or two to do at home. Please keep these at home and practise these skills.
Autumn Term 2024
During the Autumn Term the children will be following a transition curriculum where they will gradually move from working in an EYFS type classroom setting with continuous provision for the children to access independently throughout the day, to working in a more formal Key Stage 1 setting. During the Autumn term the children will work in small teacher led focus groups as well as taking part in whole class teaching sessions and independent learning with their peers.
In their English work the children will look at the books 'Oi Frog!' by Kes Gray, 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers and 'Nibbles by 'Emma Yarlett'. They will work on writing simple sentences and beginning to use capital letters and full stops.
In maths we will be focussing on place value to 10 including addition and subtraction. The children will learn about part-whole models, ten frames, bar models, base ten etc. They will also begin to use the equals sign and the inequality symbols < and >.
The children will learn about Hoole and Chester in their geography work, and will learn about toys from the past in history. We will become fantastic historians and geographers.
In art they will work on their mark making skills with a particular focus upon spirals. They will experiment with lots of different media and create art both indoors and outside.
In DT, the children will research, design, make and evaluate structures. We will build an enclosure to keep Nibbles the Book Monster from eating any more books!
In Science, we will be learning about materials and their properties. We will complete several experiments by testing different materials and discussing their suitability.
Year 1 Curriculum Plan
Please click the link below to see the exciting things we will be learning this year in Year 1.
Long Term Plan For English
Pathways to Write - Feature keys progression
Pathways to Write - Texts and mastery overview