Welcome to Year 1 Woodpeckers!
Our class teachers are Miss Jefferies and Mrs Hollas. We are supported in class every morning by Miss Fenwick
In the morning we have:
Phonics, Guided Reading, Literacy and Maths.
In the afternoon, our lessons are based on the wider curriculum which includes:
Science, Art, DT, PE, History, Geography, PSHE, Music and RE. We also have an outdooor area where we can continue our learning.
Our PE lessons take place on a Tuesday afternoon. Children are expected to wear a full PE kit, including pumps. If your child wears earrings please remove these in the morning before school.
Talk and Tales happens every Tuesday at 3pm. Parents and carers are very welcome to join us each week.
Optional Homework is sent home at the start of each half term via Class Dojo, We check every Friday. We love to see what you get up to!
Children must read, at home, three times a week and books will be changed at least once every week. Children earn 3 Dojos for completing this.
Children must log on to Numbots for 20 minutes, at home, each week. Children will earn 3 Dojos for completing this. Log in details can be found in yellow reading records.
Our curriculum map for 2025 - 2026 can be found below:
Year 1 Curriculum Map
Our Learning Journey
Spring
We started off 2026 with a Science topic about plants. We have been checking on how the bulbs we planted in autumn are growing. We have been finding out about different types of plants and trees.
In Literacy, we have been reading non-fiction texts to find out information.
Autumn
We started off our time in Year 1 by looking at our British Values. We practised democracy by voting for our house captain and looking at how we are all individuals and that it is OK to have different opinions and views. In PSHE we learnt about how to keep ourselves safe when out and about and online. We learnt about strategies we can use when what we get angry.
In Maths we learnt about number and place value, addition and subtraction, measurement (length and mass/weight) and geometry.
Our text in Literacy this term was The Enormous Turnip. We have learnt the story by heart and used it to write our own versions.
The Enormous Turnip
Our RE work has been all about Harvest and how we can help those who do not have a good harvest. We learnt about how the farmers gather the harvest and made harvest machinery! In DT, we have been learning about how to prepare fruit and vegetables by cutting and juicing. We have been busy practicing these skills so that we can make smoothies.
In Autumn 2, we explored old and new toys in our history unit. We had a fabulous trip to Blackburn Museum where we were able to look at lots of toys from the past and even play with some too!
In Community Week, we visited Marsden Park to look at what we liked and disliked about the area. We met with Friends of Marsden Park who agreed that it needed more flowers. They are helping us to plant a new flower bed in the park.
CERTIFICATE WINNERS
Each week we award up to 4 certificates to children that have really shown an improvement or a great attitude to learning in Reading, Writing, Maths, our Christian Value of Love. We also hand out Dojo certificates and badges on Fridays for those children who have met a key Dojo milestone!
