Year 1 2025 - 2026

Mrs Williams

Miss Walker

Mrs Sellers

Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to Year 1. Click on the 'Next Week' tab each week to find out what the children are going to be learning about. Scroll down for the meet the teacher presentation and the letter formation rhymes we use in school. Click on the 'Reading at Home' tab for links to recommended reads for Year 1 children.

Please ensure you can receive messages from your school spider account as we send messages from school through this - speak to the school office if you need help.

Send reading folders into school every day.

During Year 1 the children will be learning about many new and exciting topics, including:

Geography - Local study of Holmes Chapel, the four countries of the United Kingdom, London as a contrasting locality to Holmes Chapel.

History - Changes within living memory - Holmes Chapel & houses over time, a significant historical event - The Great Fire of London and changes over time nationally - Homes & life in London.

Science - The four seasons, humans - body parts and senses, materials, plants and animals - name, identify and describe.

Computing - Staying safe online, how to use Purple Mash, data explorers, creating & following instructions, coding & technology around us.

PE - Dance using our senses, gymnastics, a Great Fire of London inspired dance, movement skills, games & athletics.

DT - Moving pictures (mechanisms including levers), Bridges (structures), Smoothies (food).

Art - Drawing, form & pattern, texture - weaving.

RE - Christianity and Judaism.

Class emails

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Please note these are not checked daily so should not be used for urgent communication or information about appointments/absences/hometime arrangements etc.