Classrooms

Year 1

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Natalie Smith
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Emma Robinson
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Roy Harris

Welcome to Year 1

Staff in Year 1

A very warm welcome to Year 1. Our teachers are Mrs Smith, Mr Harris and Miss Robinson. Our Teaching Assistants are Miss Evans, Mrs Walker and Mrs Reynolds.

Mr Harris teaches on Monday and Tuesday, Mrs Smith teaches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Yearly Overview

Curriculum Framework Overview – Year 1

 

Year 1 trips

Autumn 1 takes us back to the past. We visit Weston Park as part of our History topic Memory Box. We take part in a workshop all about Victorian toys. This will take place on Tuesday 22nd September 2026.

In Autumn 2 we become Street Detectives. As part of this Geography topic we learn all about our locality and take a Telford Tour to see the sights. These include Ironbridge, the Wrekin and Telford Town Park. We also take a walk around Dawley so that we can create a map when we arrive back at school.

Spring 1 sees us travel back in time in our topic ‘Heroes and Heroines’ to learn all about Florence Nightingale. We enjoy an online workshop with ‘History Off The Page’ where we make our own lamp and come to school dressed as Florence or a soldier from the Crimean War.

Our Spring 2 topic is Paws, Claws and Whiskers. We visit the Exotic Zoo to learn about animal classification. Our interactive workshop allows us to hold animals as well as visit them in the zoo.

In Summer 1 we visit pre-historic Britain and participate in Dino Day as part of our Dinosaur Planet topic. We will be visiting West Midlands Safari Park – Land of the Living Dinosaurs and at school we will bring dinosaurs to life through our parent Design & Technology workshop. We also become archaeologists and discover fossils.

For Summer 2 we explore the great outdoors and learn all about flowers and trees in our topic Enchanted Woodland. We visit our local National Trust Attingham Park to investigate what flowers grow where we live. We also visit Holy Trinity Church as part of our RE lessons.

Important days

PE Days: Monday and Friday. Your child can come to school in the correct school PE kit.

In the Summer Term, your child will attend Forest School which is delivered by Educating Kids Outdoors. Your child will be in the Forest for roughly 2 hours. They can come to school in a long sleeved T shirt and trousers. Please pack waterproofs and wellies in a separate bag.

 

Parent Workshops, Assemblies and Productions

Friday 9th October 2026: Phonics Workshop 9:00 – 9:45am

Thursday 29th April 2027: Design & Technology Dino Day 9:00 – 10:00am

Here is the date for our Year Group Assembly:

  • Friday 14th May at 9:15am – 9:30am

Here are the dates for our Christmas Productions:

  • Monday 15th December at 2pm
  • Tuesday 16th December at 2pm

Homework expectations

  • Spelling (to be practised in their green book)
  • Number sense (to be completed in their green book)
  • Reading
    • Children are to read 4 times a week with their Phonics reading book from school and noted down in their reading diary.

Homework will be given out on a Monday and back in the following Monday.

The teacher will mark their homework on a Monday. For each completed spelling, maths or read, the child will receive a dojo point. If a child completes all homework for the week, they will also receive a raffle ticket. If 100 raffle tickets are collected by the end of the half term, the class will receive a special treat!

Your child will also bring home a Bedtime Story. There is no expectation to record this anywhere but it would be a lovely chance for you to read to your child at bedtime.