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Year 1 - Elm
Welcome to Year One Elm
Mrs. Plant (Mon, Tues, Weds)
Mrs. Warbrick (Thurs, Fri)
Support Staff-
Miss Smith (Mon, Tues, Wed)
Mr Sutton (Thurs AM, Fri AM)
Nurturing hearts, Inspiring minds
A warm welcome back to the 2025 – 2026 academic year.
We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely summer holiday. Autumn 1 is a term of new beginnings, new classrooms, new teachers, new friends and new learning. It is a busy, exciting time and we are sure our children in Years 1 and 2 will settle brilliantly and have a fantastic first half term.
KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM:
Welcome Wednesday – Wednesday 17th September 2025 8:45 – 9:00a.m.
School Trip to Imagine That! - Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Parents Evening – Wednesday 22nd October 2025
CURRICULUM - AUTUMN 1
English:
We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our English curriculum this year – Pathways to Write. Our text this half term is:
Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival
Through this text children will learn to combine words to make sentences, leave spaces between words and use capital letters and full stops as they work towards writing a diary account (recount).
Phonics is taught daily using Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) phonics programme.
Handwriting is taught through Martin Harvey's 'Achieving Excellence in Handwriting' Scheme.
Maths:
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Shape
Religion:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – Lighting the Path.
The first unit of work (branch) will be centered around Creation and Covenant.
During this unit, the children will explore the Christian belief that everything comes from a loving God.
This half term's value is GRATITUDE. We will be looking for how the children demonstrate this value this half term and know they will show their appreciation in lots of ways as their new school year begins.
Science:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.
In the first unit, the children will be learning about Seasonal Changes
Geography:
We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.
In this first unit, the children will be learning about their own locality – What is it like here?
Computing:
Technology Around Us
Art:
We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our art curriculum this year – Access Art.
Our first unit of work is called Spirals.
This introduces the concept of using drawing, collage and mark-making to explore spirals.
PSHE:
Mental and Emotional Health
What makes me happy?
What is the difference between good secrets and bad secrets?
How does my behaviour affect others?
These are also linked to our Rights Respecting Curriculum.
PE
Gymnastics
Games – Attack, defend and shoot
PE days are on TUESDAY and THURSDAY
Children should come to school in their SCHOOL PE KIT on these days.
Music
Menu Song
Colonel Hathi’s March
READING BOOKS
These are sent home on a FRIDAY and should be returned to school every THURSDAY.
Home Reading
We would like your children to read at home as often as possible to help them become fluent and confident readers. Each reading book should be read at least four times. We would also like them to develop a real love for books and take pleasure in exploring different types of books. Children will choose their own library book from our school library and bring this book home to share, there is no expectation that they that they will be able to read their library book independently.
When you read with your child, please record this in their reading record.
When you record what your child has read, please include the following:
✓ The date they have read on.
✓ The name of the book they have read.
✓ The pages that they have read that day.
✓ A couple of sentences about what you have noticed or how they have read.
Home Maths: – Your child was given a NUMBOTS login for you to use at home in the last week of Reception. Please let us know if you need any assistance using this app.