Welcome to Year 1 - Willow

 

Mrs Andreas and Mrs Morgan

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Year 1 have had a busy start to the summer term!

Phonics

This half term we are recapping Phase 5, so we are not learning any new sounds or tricky words at the moment.

So far we have recapped the sounds: ay / a‑e (play / snake), ea / e (bead / secret), ie / i‑e (cried / slide) and o / o‑e (post / stone).

We have also been revisiting the tricky words: eye, sure, pure, said, were, one, says, here, today.

We have also started to look at some 'alien words' in preparation for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (week beginning 8th June 2026). The alien words are not real words, but are the names of some aliens (e.g. vol, quass, sloom, tabe).

RE

In RE, we have been looking at the Sikh celebration of Naam Karan, the ceremony to choose a baby name. We looked at what our names mean and what life is like in Sikh culture.

Maths

In Maths, we have been learning about position and direction. We have been using language such as above and below, left and right, forward and backward, as well as describing turns. We have been playing games with each other to practise this. We have also begun to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We have used a 100-square to help us discuss the patterns when we count in these steps. We’ve also learnt some songs to help us and are enjoying singing them to practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Literacy

In Literacy we have been reading The Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen. This is a story about two very unlikely friends! We have been practising using superlatives in our writing, adding -est to different adjectives.

 Summer Term 2025

Links to Summer Term learning are in the process of being uploaded.