Welcome to Year 1 / 2

The adults working in Year 1 / 2 are: Miss Hickens - Class Teacher

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Skinner and Miss Foster

 Mrs Thornton will teach in Year  1 / 2 every alternate Thursday

Our Learning

Our project this term is 'What builds a community?'  As part of this topic, we will be looking at the meaning of a community and our physical place within the community.  We will also consider our place on the planet using and creating a series of maps and consider physical and human features around us.  We will also use the main compass points to orientate ourselves.

Our project will centre around four concept words: care, belonging, community and purpose.  The children will be exploring what these words mean and making links between these words and their learning.

Reading

Reading is such a key part of the KS1 curriculum and we truly value your time and support with home learning in this area.  Children will bring home a school reading book matched closely to their decoding level.  

Listening to your child read is such an important part of our partnership, because it helps them to: improve their recognition of sounds, ability to segment and blend, become more fluent and read aloud with intonation.

Please listen to your child read at least three times a week and then fill in an entry of their reading record.

IMPORTANT DATES

This academic year, Year 1 children will take part in their statutory Phonics Screening checks.  These are scheduled for week beginning: 8 June 2026.

In order to give our superstars the best possible chance to reach their full potential, please endeavour to keep absence to a minimum prior to these dates.

Spelling Shed 

We will use an app called Spelling Shed to enable the children to practise their age appropriate spelling rules each week.  Their weekly rule can be practised by playing games online and earning points.  The new spellings are available online every Tuesday evening and a paper copy is given out on Tuesdays too.  Every two weeks they will be given a test.  

Your child's Spelling Shed login can be found in the first page of their reading record book.

PE

Children should bring their named PE kit to school, in a bag, on Mondays to make sure they have it, when needed. Your child must be able to remove earrings by themselves for PE lessons.

Y1/2 (Miss Hickens) have PE every Tuesday and they will have a second PE lesson every other Friday too.

Seesaw

We will be continuing to use Seesaw again this year for parents to be able to view some of the work that children have been completing during lesson time. Seesaw will also be used to allow teachers to communicate with parents more easily and may be used to occasionally set work for the children.

Please let school know if you are struggling to connect to Seesaw so we can help you with this.

Uniform – Could you please make sure all uniform and coats are named clearly to help the children look after their own things. If it has a name in and gets misplaced it will eventually make it’s way back to you, if not it may not.

 Snack – Fresh fruit is available for the children each day, however, children can bring their own healthy snacks to school for break time. They are allowed to bring a ‘treat’ on Fridays.