Year 1 2024 - 2025

We have had an enjoyable week in Year One! In English, we received a letter from the storybook characters that Nibbles has upset and the children thought of ways to stop the naughty nibbler. We have also been working on our speaking and listening skills and practising for our harvest celebration next week (practicing this is part of this week’s homework)

The children are very excited by our reading pals who visit with their story sacks and a hot chocolate to encourage reading for pleasure – we are working through the class list.

In maths, we have continued to work on numbers to 10, focussing on vocabulary such as less, fewer, more, the same. Homework has some more counting to ten. Please sign the homework diaries each week and if you have a comment on how your child found the task, this is very useful for us.

On Thursday, we visited Helsby Methodist Church to find out about Christian baptisms as part of our RE lessons.

Looking ahead to next week …

Monday is PE day – PE kits please and pierced earrings should be removed or at least have covered over for the day with plasters or medical tape – thank you. It is also wellbeing day. We do not need slippers in Y1 as we have some outdoor activities planned.

Monday to Wednesday is our school book fair after school each day. Any books purchased earn new books for school so all support is appreciated. A link to view some of the books on offer at the book fair is here .

Wednesday – Harvest Breakfast day – children have brought home letters with further details.

Thursday – outdoor learning day so outdoor PE kits, coats and wellies required please. We may be doing our “conker walk” along Middle walk but need to recce and assess the trees this weekend so will update you on this

Thursday 5pm, we will be holding a reading meeting at school – we will share information on the school strategies on reading in Key Stage One. Please make every effort to attend. Thank you.  

Friday -2pm – harvest service at St Paul’s Church. All welcome. If you are able to help us to walk to school, please let us know.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Ps