Welcome to Year 1

In 1AB: Miss Bagga – Teacher | Mrs Croos – Teaching Assistant
In 1LM: Mrs Moore – Teacher | Mrs Takolia – Teaching Assistant

Additional support: Mrs Malone - Working across both classes, providing additional support for children with Special Educational Needs.

"Children are magic. They live in a world that overspills with exploration, connections, dreams and imagination" Greg Bottrill

Year 1 is an exciting journey where the staff work closely with the children to nurture their natural curiosity and help them discover the world around them. We believe that learning should be a fun and creative process, so we encourage children to become inventors, storytellers, authors, mathematicians, and so much more!

Learning is encouraged through hands on and practical experiences, building on the excellent foundation laid in Reception. The classrooms are equipped with fantastic resources which the children can explore freely. We also use play-based learning to inspire children to consolidate their skills and knowledge, helping them become independent and resilient learners ready for the next challenge!

A key focus in Year 1 is Phonics, where we follow the engaging Floppy's Phonics scheme. This carefully structured program helps children develop essential reading skills through blending and segmenting, enabling them to become confident and capable readers.

In Year 1, we’re all about making learning an adventure, and we’re here to help each child discover the excitement of learning every day!

Autumn Term 2: Our Topic – Arctic Explorers

This term, our topic is ‘Arctic Explorers’, and the children are setting off on an exciting journey to discover the polar regions. In Literacy, they will dive into adventures with stories like Lost and Found and The Great Explorer, while sharpening their writing skills with full sentences, capital letters, full stops, time words, and interesting sentence openers.

In Science, the classroom will become a mini weather station! Children will observe the weather, make predictions, and record their findings using rain gauges they create themselves. They will also investigate freezing and melting, discovering how water turns to ice and experimenting to see what makes it melt fastest.

In Geography, children will explore the seven continents and five oceans, while in History, they will step back in time to learn about the incredible adventures of Ernest Shackleton. In Art, they will experiment with warm and cool colours, creating vibrant pieces inspired by icy landscapes.

In Maths, children will continue developing their addition and subtraction skills, as well as recognising, sorting, and naming 2D and 3D shapes. It’s set to be a term full of hands-on learning, curiosity, and discovery, as our young explorers make new discoveries every day!

Throughout the term, we celebrate and reward children for their perseverance, curiosity, communication, and ability to make connections across different areas of learning.

We’re looking forward to a term full of discovery, growth, and creativity!

Diary Dates:

• Cinema Trip - Paddington in Peru - 10th November - £5 - Please pay online as soon as possible. Click here >> My Child at School 

• Parents Evening - 10th & 11th November 2025

Things to Remember:

• P.E in Year 1 takes place every Thursday (Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their full PE kit)

• Children are asked to bring their reading books and diaries into school every day. Please ensure you spend 10 minutes reading with your child daily and sign their diary so we know they have read.