Year 1 Phonics Screening check will take place week commencing Monday 9th June 2025

Year 1 Class Page

Welcome to Year 1! This year, teaching your children will be myself, Miss Kime, with support from my learning assistant, Mrs Creevy.

Year 1 – Useful Information   

Welcome to Year 1

National Curriculum:

• Below is multiple links to the national curriculum for Year 1 

Mathematics programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2 - Maths

National curriculum in England: English programmes of study - GOV.UK - Literacy

Science programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2 - Science 

Literacy:

• We will be continuing with our reading programme Read, Write, Inc where the children will continue to learn their speed sounds, we ask them to remember to use their knowledge of their sounds when they are reading at home too. Individual reading books will be sent home on a Friday, please fill in the home/school reading diary and let me know if your child finds their books easy, difficult or just right! You may find that your child brings home a book they have already read. This is because the focus is on comprehension and understanding. Your child should be able to read their book with little assistance to decode. The children will also pick a book of their choice as a book for pleasure to read at home. The children enjoy picking these and choose from their own interests, and it also allows the children to be exposed to  a wider range of genres. 
• We have a weekly spelling test on a Friday. It is really important that the children learn the spellings that are sent home because they are common exception words and words with sounds that they need to know by the end of Year 1. We ask them to remember that it isn’t just about getting the spellings right for the spelling test; their writing will improve greatly if they remember the correct spelling of words and sounds in other writing too.

Other

• We have PE every Monday.  Your child can come into school in their PE kit on a Monday morning and remain in it all day.
• Please remember that earrings are not allowed in school and hair needs to be tied back at all times.
• Please provide your child with a water bottle that can be refilled each day.
• Please make sure that all clothes, shoes, book bags and packed lunches are labelled with your child’s name.
• Reading books will be sent home on a Friday. Please bring reading books back by Wednesday. Spellings will also be sent home on a Friday. 
• This year it is really important that we learn our 1, 2, 5 and 10 times tables. It would be great if you could practise these at home too as it will help to improve the maths that the children can do in school. Please keep your child’s times table sheets at home to practise.
• Finally, please provide your child with a book bag to keep their homework in. You can buy these from school or provide your own.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to pop into class after school or you are welcome to message on Class Dojo at any time. 

Year 1 Phonics

Year 1 use Read, Write, Inc. Phonics scheme. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a complete literacy programme, for 4 to 7 year-olds learning to read and write.

This year the Phonics Screening Test will take place Week commencing Monday 8th June 2026. 

I will be sending home additional phonics resources throughout the year to help support your child and I will also add some links below with some phonics games the children can play at home. Please ask if you would like any additional phonics resources. 

PhonicsPlay - Resources (Some free games Buried Treasure, Dragons Den and Picnic on Pluto) 

Year 1 Reading

Year 1 have a daily class reading session and they also take part in guided reading sessions. We also follow a new reading programme CUSP and the children are read with individually in class.

To Know You More Clearly

Branch 1

Our RE  topic is 'Creation and Covenant'. We will be learning about how God is revealed to his people on earth.