Year 1 and 2: 2025-2026

Welcome to Year 1 and 2!

This class page will share and celebrate all the different learning experiences that take place in KS1 throughout the year.  Please check back for regular updates on what we have been learning. 

Teachers: Mrs Hines Mon-Thurs; Mrs Luckhurst Thurs am and Fridays

Teaching Assistant: Ms Long

Spring 1 Update

Welcome back and happy new year! We are looking forward to learning some exciting new topics and skills this term, such as castles in Humanities, gymnastics in PE, rhythm and rap in Music and miracles and parables in RE. We will also continue to learn our 2, 5 and 10 times tables, and Year One pupils will prepare for the Phonics Screening Check - more information about this to follow. Please see the Spring Curriculum Overview for further details. 

Things to Remember

• Forest school is every Wednesday morning for all pupils. Children will need a pair of wellies, which can be kept in school, and appropriate warm layers and waterproofs on the day. Pupils should come in their PE kit. 
• PE is on Tuesdays for all pupils. All children should come to school in their PE kit on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
• Y2 also have a rugby session on Friday afternoons - Y2 to wear their PE kit please!
• Homework is set every Thursday and is due back the following Wednesday (or before if complete).
• Spelling quiz takes place on Friday for some pupils in Y2. 

Letters and Timetables

Curriculum Overviews

Our Learning Experiences

 The children certainly had a spring in their step as they began the spring term! In our first gymnastics lesson, they explored the apparatus and learnt several different jumps, including pencil, star and tuck. They also learnt how to climb and balance safely. 

Gymnastics KS1

Class Information

Year 1 Phonics Parent Videos

What is Read Write Inc Phonics? Correct Sound Pronunciation

 Understanding PhonicsThe Phonics Screening Check

Phonics Videos to support sound recognition at home (Scan the QR code):

 Set 1 Sounds Videos Set 2 Sounds Videos Set 3 Sounds Videos

Year 2 

Multiplication and Division Knowledge OrganiserMultiplication Square Year 2 Writing Expectations Mat

Year 1 and 2

Knowledge Organisers

History and Geography

Italian

Italian Knowledge Organiser

Computing

Coding Knowledge Organiser    Online Safety Knowledge Organiser Online Safety Vocabulary Poster 

In Science we have been investigating if soap stops the spread of germs! We took slices of bread from the same loaf. One was our control so we didn't do anything with it. One we handled with dirty hands and another with hands washed with soap. We handled a fourth slice after using hand sanitiser and we wiped the last slice on top of our classroom tables. We pinned them to our class board and observed how the slices of bread changed over time....