Year 1 Newsletter Friday 10th July 2026

July 10, 2026

English

We will be finishing our fact files about Queen Victoria to link with our recent history work. We will be writing lots of important facts about her reign and trying to join some of these together using conjunctions. 

 

In phonics, we will be having our final grow the code week:

 

ch sh for chef and c for school

ze /z/ as in freeze

Grow the code /a/ as o, ar, or and ai

Exploring longer words

 

The tricky words we will focus on this week will be:

 

laugh  because  eye  our  once  thought 

 

Can your child read and write these words?

Reminders
Year 1 School Disco – new date – Thursday 16th July – collect from classrooms at 4pm. Party clothes to be brought into school.

Sports day Friday 17th July – school finishes 1.15pm

Maths
We will continue to recap some of the topics we have covered throughout Year 1 and complete simple problems to address these areas, in preparation for Year 2. 
Topic
In science we will be exploring different temperatures and weather patterns across a range of countries around the world. 

In history we will continue to learn about Queen Victoria and will create a timeline about her life.

In art we will be finishing our sun collage in the style of Gaudi.

In mindfulness we will be exploring courage. We will be learning through a story and games that it’s important to give new things a go even if you may feel worried at first. It is important to be brave and believe in yourself to succeed.

Top Players

Top Player

Class 4

Elsie Doty

Edwin Sanders

 

Class 5

Lily-Jo Pengelly

Archie Newman 

Thea Vincent

 

Class 6

Angel Wright

Oskaras Endruzis

Children’s Health Project

Class 4

Rayella Cornish

 

Class 5

Nancy Muldowney

 

Class 6

Finley Gilbey