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Year 1 - Alder and Holly

 

Welcome to Year 1

Happy New Year!

 

Hope you have all had a lovely Christmas! We are really looking forward to seeing everyone back at school ready for the Spring Term!

Change of PE days for Year 1

Tuesday

Outdoor PE with Mr Beavis

Friday

Indoor PE

Our Learning

Our new topic this term is Paws, Claws and Jaws!

lease see attached our topic map for this term. This includes our learning for the different foundation subjects.

Maths and English learning

 

English

During Drawing club this half term our texts are closely linked to our exciting animal topic.

We will be enjoying and writing different adventures about the texts:

 

3 Billy Goats Gruff

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

Animal Stories from around the world

Dear Zoo

The Hairy Toe

Animal Riddles

 

Maths

During our Maths lessons we continue to build our mathematical skill covering the subjects below in a fun and interactive way!

 

Place value within 20

Addition and Subtraction within 20

Place value within 50

Measures

 

Spellings

 On Friday 9th January 2026 your child will bring home new spellings for this half term. Please note that the first date for testing will be  Friday 16th January 2026. All spellings are linked to the children's daily Phonics  teaching and please remember to bring into school your red books on a Friday!

Please see attached spellings for Spring 1 half term.

Forest School Dates

Below are the dates for this half term's Forest School:

 

Wednesday 7th January 2026- Holly

Wednesday 14th January 2026- Alder

Wednesday 21st January 2026- Holly

Wednesday 28th January 2026- Alder

Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Holly

Wednesday 11th February 2026- Alder

How to Help Your Child's Learning!

 


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