Year 1 2025 - 2026
Mrs Sampson
"Welcome to Year 1: Where the coffee is strong, the patience is tested and the little triumphs are the biggest reward!"
Your Adults will be: Mrs Sampson (Monday - Thursday), Mrs Cope (Friday) and Miss Hughes
Any questions or queries please don't hesitate to email us: year1@vinetree.org.uk
General Information:
The school day
Timings: Drop off/Pick up point:
Year 1 start time: 8:40am Drop off: Gates adjacent to the Year 1 classroom
Year 1 finish time 3:10pm Pick up: We will meet you on the playground and send children one by one to parents as we see them arrive.
What will my child need to bring to school?
Full school uniform - All items labelled
A warm coat (labelled)
A water bottle (water only)
A small healthy snack
A lunch bag (if needed)
Please ensure all personal items are labelled before sending them into school.
Book bags to be brought in every MONDAY please.
PEYear 1 will have PE on a Thursday and Friday every week. Please send your child into school in FULL PE kit on these days every week. PE will take place outside where ever possible so it is recommended that your child is wearing a warm jumper/hoodie and jogging bottoms/leggings during colder weather. Children will remain in their PE kit for the day so there is no need to send in uniform as they will not be getting changed for PE. |
Dates to remember...
Friday 24th October- finish for half term holiday
Tuesday 4th November - Return to school
Friday 19th December -Break for Christmas
Monday 5th January - Return to School
Our Year 1 CurriculumEnglish Our first class text this half term is, The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. We will be writing a recount of our day with the Whale. Children will develop their ability to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces, as well as learning new vocabulary and to spell words with sounds unknown to them.
Read Write IncRead Write Inc is the program we have chosen as a school to teach children the sounds needed to read. There are 44+ sounds that children need to know so they can sound out/Fred talk any unknown words. As children build their knowledge of these sounds, they will in turn develop their fluency. This means children will be able to read words, with the sounds they know, at a glance. It is vital children can read fluently in order to understand what they have read. See below for a list of all the sounds children need to learn in Year 1 and a video on how to correctly pronounce them.
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Phonics Screening Check
Children will take part in the Phonics Screening Check in June 2026.
Please see the video above for all the sounds Year 1 children need to know and how to pronounce them.
There are also some helpful downloads below that you might want to take a look at.
The sound games grid gives you some ideas of different ways to practice the sounds at home with your child in a fun and interactive way. Lots of these games can also be adapted in order to use the word cards in the download section.
For further fun activities and games please follow the links:
https://phonicsfamilycom.wordpress.com/
https://fiveminutemum.com/games-and-activities/play/phonics
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
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Maths
In Maths we will be focusing on Number and Place Value to 10. Children will learn to count to 10 forwards and backwards starting from zero and from any given number. They will learn to count a set of objects consistently and read numbers from 1-10 in numerals. They will learn to identify one more and less than a given number and learn to order objects using languge first, second, third etc.
Numberblocks on bbc iplayer supports the Maths learning we will be doing in school: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
Foundation Subjects
Geography
What do I know about Hot and Cold places in the world?
Science
Seasonal Changes
We will be learning all about the four different seasons and the types of weather associated with them.
Art
Drawing: Exploring line and shape; working and experimenting with different materials through observational and collaborative pieces inspired by artists.
RE
Does God want Christians to look after the world?
PSHE
Family & Relationships:
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Understand that families can include a range of people.
Understand who their friends are and what people like to do with friends.
Describe what people might look like if they are feeling: angry, scared, upset or worried.
Identify ways of responding to this by either offering help or giving them space.
Understand the skills needed to work together in a group.
Understand that friendships can have problems and learn ways to overcome these problems.
Understand how the actions of others can affect people.
Explain what a stereotype is.
Design & Technology
Structures: Stable structures
Exploring the stability of structures and making a stable pencil pot for a specific user.
Homework
Reading is crucial and the most important way in which you can support your child at home. We urge you to make it a priority. Once we know a group of sounds, we must get speedy reading words containing them!
Numbots is a great tool to support maths – please let us know if you require your child’s log in again!
We may send out extra learning challenges throughout the term!
Reading Books
Children will be given reading books to take home every MONDAY.
Our reading focus in Year 1 begins with building on phonic knowledge to decode and blends sounds in words, whilst developing children's fluency in line with their knowledge of sounds. Children will use Book Bag Books in order to do this. It is highly recommended that you and your child work through the activities suggested to support their fluency when reading and understanding of the text. ( These activities are stapled to the inside cover of your child's reading record.)
Please use the SWAYs below from Mrs Timmis our Reading Lead on how to use Book Bag Books effectively.
Children should read at least 3 times per week and this should be recorded in their reading diary. Each reading activity from the Book Bag Books counts as a read alongside any other reading experiences e.g. sharing a Bingo Book. The name of the book title and a signature is all that is required when recording your child's reading.
In addition to their Book Bag Book children will be bringing home a Bingo Book and a non-fiction book which they can choose from our class library. These books are sent home with a view for you to enjoy them together. It is not expected that your child will be able to read these books independently.
