Year 1 Newsletter 12th December 2025

We will continue to write captions for a selection of Christmas pictures. We will be recapping all of the things we have learnt in English this term including capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, conjunctions (and, but). 

In phonics we will be revising all of the new sounds (alternative spellings) and tricky words we have learnt in Year 1 so far. We will have a focus on the split digraphs o_e, e_e, i_e, a_e and u_e.

Have a look below to see some examples of the types of ‘real’ or ‘alien/fake’ words they may have to read. More information about the Phonics Screening Check will be given to you later in the year.

Real Words:

tribe              broke                scrape                 strike

Alien/Fake Words:

shob            ult            plear             lope

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

We will be using our knowledge of everything we have learnt this term to solve mathematical problems. We will be solving Christmas related mystery problems.

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

Maths Homework Book – Complete page 45

Handwriting Homework Book – Complete Pages 18 & 19

Please complete these in writing pencil.

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