Welcome to 2026

 

Hi Year One families and welcome back!

Happy New Year! We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back after the Christmas holidays. We hope you all had a lovely break and are ready for an exciting new term of learning.

This term we are pleased to welcome Mrs Manning and Mrs Jackson-Young to the Year One team. We are very much looking forward to having them join us and support the children throughout the term.

Our learning this term will include Geography and Design and Technology, with lots of opportunities for exploring, designing and making. In English we will be writing poetry based on the book Julian is a Mermaid and in Maths we started focussing on numbers to 20.

PE will take place on Thursdays. Please ensure that all PE kit is kept in school so children are ready for each session.

On Wednesday afternoons, we will be taking part in Forest School. Children must have wellies and clothing suitable for all weathers. Without appropriate clothing, children will not be able to take part in the session. Please provide warm clothes whilst the cold weather continues.

Please ensure everything has a name label on as phantom missing gloves and hats have joined the unnamed jumpers,cardigans and water bottles!

Children will join their new Read Write Inc groups this week and books will be coming home on Friday. Please ensure that children's book bags, books and reading records are in school every day, we have a number of opportunities to hear children read throughout the week.

Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to a wonderful term in Year One.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.

Don't Forget your Don't Forgets!

 Goodness Me Year One Families!

I cannot believe it is the last week of the Autumn Term and our smashing children have  almost completed their first term in Key Stage One! I am so proud of how well they have settled in, how kind they are to each other and the grown ups and just how much learning they have done!

Buckle up it's going to be a busy week this week, here are your Don't Forgets!

Don't forget the costume tomorrow- we have TEN  children who have not yet brought in a costume, please let us know tomorrow morning if you need help finding one.

Don't forget that the KS1 performance is Tuesday and Thursday Morning at 9:30 (children under school age are only permitted for Tuesdays performance.)

Don't forget it's Christmas Dinner and Panto day on Wednesday

Don't forget on Friday we are off to Cheriton Care Home for some festive singing

Don't forget festively wrapped lunch box on Friday. (Honestly this is SUCH a lovely experience for the children!) (My mum even wrapped mine one year!)

And most importantly don't forget to have a very wonderful festive holidays!

Here's a few photos from our printing in Art. Children will be bringing home their story I want my Friend Back, we have focussed on this story all half term, I have been so impressed with the children's writing, do read their stories with them.

Please do contact me if there is anything you would like to discuss.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.

Our Senses, rehearsals and costumes!

 

Hi Year One Families,

It's all go in Year One! We are very busy rehearsing for our Nativity, we are looking forward to sharing it with you in the last week of term.

This week in Science we were learning about our senses, we had a lovely time exploring our sense of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound! 

In English we are continuing being authors writing our very own sequel to I want my Hat Back- I want my friend back. We hope to share this with you in the last week of term.

In Maths we have concluded our unit on subtraction. This week we will be recapping addition and subtraction before moving onto shape in Unit 5.

In Art we are busy creating prints as part of our Printing-Art for Purpose focus- these will be coming home at the end of term.

Please ensure that all costumes are in school by the 11th December, please make sure that they are clearly labelled.  Please let us know if you are having any difficulties.

Please get in touch if you need anything.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.

Year One prepare for their Art Exhibition!

 

Dear Year One Families,

Oh what a week we have had!

Firstly, we have been our creative best selves in Art this week, we have completed our sculptures and on Friday we installed our exhibition, children worked together in small groups to embellish our exhibition with further artwork and to install the exhibition, every child helped create the exhibition and they were able to add their own creative flair and ideas- just like a professional artist would. One learner suggested I should change my name to Ms Creative, and we all agreed we should become Mr or Miss Creative for the day. Our collective creative identity has crafted a beautiful exhibition for you to see on Monday morning as in true POW style expect the unexpected! Our exhibition is on the left hand side, please continue through the hall to our normal door where a member of Year One will be waiting for you.

During Monday children will participate in an Inspired Writing morning, focussing on creating the world that The Green Man lives in- this will be an opportunity to explore our creative writing skills and use our imaginations to create something that has never been thought of before. In the afternoon we will be working in mixed aged groups to complete a junk model version of our world, this is another opportunity for learners to expressive their creative ideas, I can't wait to see what they design!

Knock Knock Nativity.

Our rehearsals have begun, all children have been given a role, most of these are non-speaking parts, however there were a few speaking roles available, children chose if they wanted to have this role, their short line or details of their required costume will be coming home on Monday, please can we ensure that all costumes are in school by 11th December. If your child has a line please support them to remember it and during the performances I will be on hand to support with this.

Rehearsals for the performance will be a key focus over the next few weeks, and we are looking forward to sharing this performance with you!

Please see the most recent copy of the Inspired Learner fo details of our performances and special events between now and the end of term.

Recent Edition of the Inspired Learner

The next few week promise to be a vibrant and busy lead up to Christmas, if you have anything you would like to discuss please do get in touch.

Ms Evans, aka Ms Creative and the Creative Year One team.

An exciting week ahead!

 

Hi Year One Families,

We have had a lovely week, we have been busy learning how to subtract within 10 and focusing on writing using a contraction to create words such as I'm, It's and can't. This is part of our work focussing on the story I Want My Hat Back. I am really impressed with the children's growing independence in their writing.

In Science we remembered the different categories of diets/ feeding -Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores and we explored how animals teeth differ depending on their diets. We continued our focus of The Victorians in History, this week we focussed on the jobs children had, the class were collectively shocked at the jobs children had to do! In Art we have almost finished our Sculptures we can't wait to show them to you on the 1st December at school drop off.

This week please can children bring a stick to school with them, (best home learning ever!) if it could have branches on that would be brilliant. Please can we have all sticks by Thursday at the latest.

Please continue to bring children's book bags into school every day- we do have some reading volunteers visit throughout the week and we try hard to hear everybody read. Please continue to hear your child read every day. It really does make all the difference. 

On Friday we have our Exhibition Installation day, which is very exciting children will actively be involved in designing and creating our exhibition. To support with this, please could you donate any clean recycling for junk modelling. We are also after some foliage such as conifers and prickly free holly as we are making some wreaths on Friday.

As we move towards the end of term our school production rehearsals will start next week- further details on roles and costumes will follow.

As a reminder children have PE on Mondays and children must have a coat in the school, please label all hats, scarfs, gloves etc.

Please do get in touch if you need anything.

Ms Evans

 

Marwell Zoo and the week ahead

Hi Year One Families 

Year One had a fantastic day at Marwell Zoo on Friday! The children were absolute stars travelling on the coach – chatting and  spotting interesting things out of the window, and even enjoying a little nap on the way home!

Once at the zoo, we had a wonderful time exploring and discovering so many amazing animals. The children were especially fascinated by the giraffes, who towered above us, and the rhinos, we also saw pygmy hippos, a tiger, and a whole variety of brightly coloured birds. The children showed great curiosity, asked thoughtful questions, and represented our school beautifully throughout the day.

Looking forward, we will be starting some exciting new learning in class:

• In Maths, our new topic is Addition within 10. We’re using practical resources and number stories to explore different ways to make and represent numbers.

• In English, we will read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. The children  wil enjoy the story’s humour and mystery as we think about how the characters feel and what might happen next.

• In Art, the children are continuing to create their sculptures for our upcoming “Whispers of Winter” Exhibition, experimenting with texture, form, and materials to bring their winter ideas to life.

• In RE, we are beginning a new topic focusing on Judaism. The children will be learning about Jewish beliefs, special celebrations, and important symbols.

A huge thank you to all the parents who attended the Mastering Number session on Thursday. Over the next few weeks, home learning will focus on these important number skills — please see your child’s Mastering Number pack for activities and ideas to try at home.

Finally, a reminder that PE is on Mondays – please make sure your child has their PE kit in school.

Please do get in touch if there is anything you would like to discuss.

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.

Unfortunatly the ipad has not updated all the photos of the Zoo, so here is a small selection, I will add more tomorrow

Marwell Zoo trip

Hi Year One Families, 

We are looking forward to our trip to Marwell Zoo this Friday! Please note that the weather is expected to be wet, so we ask that all children come dressed in appropriate wet weather clothing, including footwear. We are keen to not postpone the trip again. Please ensure children have a packed lunch from home or you have checked you have a ordered a packed lunch from local food links.

 A quick reminder: PE is  now on Mondays, our turn in forest school has finished for the time being, we will be doing Art on a Wednesday afternoon . The children have settled back in really well and are enjoying being back at school, we are having a busy week as we start new learning in History, RE, and Art.

We are excited for a fun day of learning and exploring, rain or shine on Friday please refer to the original letter for full details!

Ms Evans and the Year One Team.