A Warm Welcome to Year 1!
In Year 1 there are two classes, Foxes and Shrews!
In Foxes class, the class teacher is Mrs Bancroft. In Shrews class, the class teacher is Miss Kearns. Miss Morris supports learning across the whole of year 1, along with Miss Morrison and Miss Spencer.
We are also very lucky to have Mrs Clayton who supports the learning across Key stage 1, running groups alongside the children’s timetable to ensure all children reach their full potential.
In Year 1, we have high hopes for our children and constantly encourage them to ‘Be the best that they can be’. We encourage the children to follow our four bee values of; be kind, be inquisitive, be respectful and be safe.
A typical morning in Year 1 consists of daily RWI (our phonics session), English and Maths lessons. On an afternoon, we have daily phonics sessions as a class, then we spend time on our fun foundation subjects such as; Science, RE, jigsaw, History, Geography, Computing, handwriting, Art/DT and Music. We also go out to enjoy learning through play in our provision area.
Within our engaging foundation subjects, we pose open-ended questions for the children to respond to through their learning journey by providing them with the necessary skills to answer them. Questions range from 'Would you rather live in the past or present?', 'What makes the UK special?' and in art we explore abstract art.
As you can see, the Year 1 children are very busy bees! We aim to keep you up-to-date with all the fun we have through our online learning platform, Class Dojo. We look forward to meeting you all and getting to know the children. If you have any questions in the meantime, please arrange to see us via the office or come and see us in the playground before or after school.
We encourage our pupils to have a passion for reading. This can also be encouraged at home by listening to your child read every night (or as often as possible) and writing a comment in their reading records. A child from the class that has read the most gets the opportunity to win a book from the vending machine. Let’s get reading!
| Date | Date |
| Tuesday 17th June 2025 | Spanish Day |
| June- dates to be confirmed | Phonics Screening |
| Monday 23rd June 2025 | Seaside Day at Ingrow |
| Tuesday 1st July 2025 | KS1 Sports Day |
| Wednesday 3rd July 2025 |
Transition morning |
PE days are Mondays. We change our Read, Write Inc. books on Tuesdays and Fridays. We also attend the library every Friday and offer children the opportunity to take home a new book each week. Please remember to return your books in order to receive a new one.
Mrs Bancroft and Miss Kearns