Welcome to Year 1

This is a very exciting year in school as children enter Key Stage One and continue with their creative learning journey. Our teachers in Year 1 are: Miss Sparkes (1LS),  Mrs Parish  (1AP) and Miss Barton and Miss Pearce (1BP). 

Whilst children inspire and drive their learning forward throughout the year, we ensure that all key learning objectives are covered in a variety of engaging ways. Please have a look at our curriculum map to see what we are covering.

If you have any concerns regarding your child, please feel free to contact your class teacher through the Arbor App. If you feel that the matter has not been resolved please contact Miss Sparkes, who is the year group and key stage leader. 

WELCOME TO THE AUTUMN TERM!

We are all very excited about our new topic for Autumn 2024:

Who am I?

This half term, we will be discussing the questions: 'Are all families the same?' and 'Where is my school?' 

We will be learning all about ourselves and our families. We will be exploring how all families are different and how family members are related to each other by creating family trees. We will then be creating timelines of our lives and learning the meaning of 'past, present and future'.

In Geography, we will be finding out about where our school is and what Redditch is like to live in. We will be going on a walk to explore our local area and spot human and physical features in our local environment. 

Reading Books:

A shared reading book will be sent home on a Monday. Little Wandle books will be sent home on a Thursday, which the children have been busy practicing all week. Both books will then need to be returned to school on a Monday. It is essential that the Little Wandle books are back by Monday so they can be used by other children in school on Tuesday.  If the books are not returned, then your child will not be able to take a new book home.

Make sure you check our 'Learning Journey' tab to find out what we have been getting up to so far!