Welcome to Year 1 - Willow

 

Mrs Andreas and Mrs Morgan

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We have had a very busy week practising for and performing our class assembly! Willow Class performed with great confidence and clarity. Their singing was flawless, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed watching them share their learning.

This week was National Storytelling Week. We thoroughly enjoyed an online lesson exploring the magic of storytelling through music with author, storyteller, and musician Annemarie Anang. We also had a few special visitors, including some parents and our in-house author, Mrs Murley, who shared their favourite stories.

In Phonics, we have continued to Grow the Code. The children have learnt several new graphemes, including: ui (fruit), ou (soup), ey (donkey), o (brother), o-e (some), ou (young), se (horse, cheese), and ce (fence).

We have also learnt the tricky words: thought, through, friend, work, school, call, and different.

In Literacy, we began a new text, Leo and the Octopus by Isabelle Marinov. This story follows a boy called Leo, who finds the world bright, noisy, and overwhelming, and his friendship with an octopus called Maya. We have been learning lots of interesting facts about octopuses.

In Maths, we have been ordering, comparing, and writing numerals to 20, using number lines, ten frames, and Rekenreks to support our learning.

In Art, we completed our topic Rain and Sunrays by creating a collagraph block of a weather symbol. We then printed it using rollers.

 Spring Term 2025

Click on the links below to see what the children in Year 1 will be learning in the Spring Term.