Willow
Welcome to Year 1 - Willow
Mrs Andreas and Mrs Bannister
Literacy
In Literacy, we have been reading Super Millie and the Super School Day by Stephanie Clarkson. We talked about the different powers a superhero might have, ordered the events in the story and practised writing simple sentences. The children remembered to use capital letters for names, finger spaces and a full stop at the end. They have also really enjoyed creating their own superhero stories based on the text.
Maths
In Maths, we have been learning about place value within 10. We have been sorting and counting objects, recognising numbers 0–10 as words, counting on from a given number and learning about one more and one less. The children have been using practical activities to support their learning, such as building towers with cubes and showing numbers on a ten frame using counters. We have also been learning about 2D shapes, using mathematical language, e.g. sides, corners, long and short, to describe and sort different shapes.
Phonics
In Phonics, we have been reviewing Phase 3 sounds, especially air, ear, ar, or, ur, er and ai. We have also been practising decodable words such as bigger, shower, popcorn, farmyard, misses and fizzes, alongside our tricky words: what, when, have, love, they, into, by, my, like and said.
R.E.
In R.E., we have been learning about belonging. We talked about how we belong to our families at home and also to our Oaklands family. We have also discussed the word role and thought about whose role it is to cook dinner, feed the pets, tidy up and mow the lawn.
P.E.
In P.E., we have been focusing on fundamental skills such as running, jumping, hopping, skipping and changing direction. We have been practising our throwing and aiming skills, as well as learning new games like Superheroes vs Villains.
Next week:
• We will be starting a new text in Literacy, which is top secret for now.
• We will be learning the vocabulary fewer, more and the same when comparing amounts. We will also be using less than, greater than and equal to when comparing numbers. We will be investigating 3D shapes and their properties.
• We will be reviewing Phase 4, including CCVCC words and longer words such as squelch, slept, stand, chimpanzee, appear, scrubs, thrash and floating.
• As part of our History topic on Childhood, we will be sharing some important life events using time words such as last year and a long time ago.
Autumn Term 2026
Watch this space for our first learning update on Friday 25th September.