Year 1 Newsletter – 26th September 2025

September 26, 2025

English

We will continue our learning of animal groups linked to science next week by looking at ‘birds’. We will research facts which make reptiles different from other animal groups and then write a super sentence about them using capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and the conjunction ‘and’. 

In phonics we will learning new digraphs (alternative spellings)

ay (ai) as in play, stay

ou (ow) as in cloud, proud

oy (oi) as in boy, annoy

ea (ee) as in speak, treat

 

We will also be reading the following tricky words:

 

said      says        you        do          lie         little

push          put          pull            full

 

Don’t forget to review the sounds and tricky words in the front of the reading records whenever you read with your child.

Reminders

Thursday 2nd October – National Poetry Day

Monday 13th October – Bring a stick to school day (letter to follow)

Maths

Next week we will be exploring greater than, less than and equal to and we will be using symbols to show our understanding of this.

 

 

Topic

In geography we will be learning to name and recognise the seas that surround the United Kingdom. We will review our understanding of the four countries of the United Kingdom, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

In music we are continuing to explore how tempo can affect a piece of music. We will explore using instruments to demonstrate fast and slow.

Homework

Your child will either have a maths homework booklet or a handwriting homework book.

 

Maths Homework Book – Complete pages 7 & 8

Handwriting Homework Book – Complete Pages 6 & 7

 

Please complete these in writing pencil.

 

Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

Top Players

Top Dancer

Class 4

Noah Foskett

 

Class 5

Olivia Southon

 

Class 6

Scarlett Dorking

 

Top Player

Class 4

Coco-Chanel Cole

 

Class 5

Valeria Gonzalez-Rienda

Aali Hannoudi

 

Class 6

Archer Tutton

Ebony Davey-Smith

 

Children’s Health Project

Class 4

Yasmine Mamatov

 

Class 5

Reuben Coffey

 

Class 6

Finley Gilby