Welcome to Year 1
The Year 1 class team includes Miss Fitzgerald, the class teacher; and Mrs Woodward and Mrs Synnott, teaching assistants.
During PPA (planning, preparation and assessment) time, Mrs Jeffrey and the PE coach teach the class.
Here you will find links to our year ahead and useful websites linked to our learning.
Year 1 is always a very busy year where children grow in confidence with their learning. I would ask that you support your child in their learning by encouraging them to write short sentences using a capital letter and a full stop and rehearse their phonics to aid their writing and reading. In maths, it would be helpful for you to practise number bonds to ten and simple addition and subtraction.
I look forward to working with your child over this forthcoming year.
Our four school rules are: be ready, be respectful, be safe and be the best you can be.
We aim to ensure that excellent behaviour is a minimum expectation for all. Being ready to learn at all times and allowing others to be ready as well.
With the growing awareness of love for all, we will help children towards true respect for the beliefs and cultures of others. We will also adopt a respect for the environment. We aim to ensure that children feel safe at all times.
We will ensure that each child will have experiences of forgiving and being forgiven. We will encourage children to accept responsibility for their actions and to apologise when necessary.
To be ready to learn in school please support the children with:
P.E. – Our P.E. days are Monday and Thursday. All children are expected to take part in a full P.E. kit and trainers.
Reading at Home - Children should read for 15 minutes each night - this could be their school rhino readers book, a library book or a book of their own choice from home.
Week Commencing 22/09/2025
English: We are starting our book Mini Rabbit Not Lost. As we read, we will be focusing on writing simple sentences. Simple sentences have just one idea. They usually tell us who is doing something and what they are doing. While we read the story, we will practice making our own short sentences to describe what is happening. This will help us understand the book and also make our writing clear and easy to read.
Maths:In maths, we are learning about place value to ten with a focus on finding one more and one less. This means we are practising counting carefully and noticing what happens when we add one or take one away. For example, one more than 6 is 7, and one less than 6 is 5. We are using number lines, counters, and cubes to help us see the pattern and understand how numbers change. This helps us get more confident with counting and prepares us for adding and subtracting.
RE: In class, we are learning about the harvest and why it is such an important time. We are thinking about how food grows and how farmers work hard to bring us the things we eat. At harvest, we remember to be thankful to God for giving us the sun, rain, and soil that help plants grow. We are also learning how we can share what we have with others, especially those who may not have enough. Harvest time is a chance to celebrate, give thanks, and show kindness.
Other:In science, we are learning about different animal diets and how animals get their food. We are finding out which animals are carnivores, which means they eat meat, which are herbivores, meaning they eat plants, and which are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and meat. We are looking at examples of different animals and sorting them into these groups. This helps us understand more about how animals live, what they need to survive, and the differences between them.
Week Commencing 15/09/2025
English: Our English focus book is Here We Are. In this story, we look at all the things on Earth, from people and places to animals and the world around us. We are starting to notice and talk about what we see, and then label these things with simple words. For example, we might label “tree,” “sky,” or “sea.” This helps us build our vocabulary and understand more about the world we live in. By reading the book and adding labels, we are learning how to connect words to the things we see every day.
Maths:In maths, we are learning about place value to ten. This means we are thinking carefully about each number, how to write it, and where it comes in the number order. We are practising writing numbers from 0 to 10 neatly and correctly, making sure we don’t get them back to front. We are also learning that numbers have a special order, and we can count forwards and backwards to see which number comes next. This helps us understand that every number has its own place and makes it easier to solve problems with counting and adding.
RE: In class, we are learning about the story of Creation. We have been finding out how God made the world, the sky, the land, the plants, the animals, and people. Each part of the story shows us how special and important the world is. We are also learning to be thankful to God for everything He has made. By thinking about Creation, we can remember to look after the world and show gratitude for the many gifts around us, like nature, family, and friends.
Other:In art, we are using wavy lines to create colourful under-the-sea pictures. We are thinking about how the lines can show the movement of the water and the shapes of sea creatures. By using pastels, we can blend and layer colours to make our pictures bright and bold, just like the ocean. The wavy lines help us show the flow of the sea and make our artwork look lively and full of movement.
At Saint Augustine’s Primary School, our school rules are simple yet powerful: Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe, and Be the Best You Can Be.
These school rules guide us in everything we do, helping us create a positive, caring, and inspiring learning environment.
Being ready means coming prepared to learn and try our best every day.
Being respectful reminds us to treat others with kindness and value everyone's contributions.
Being safe ensures that we look after ourselves and others, both inside and outside the classroom.
And striving to be the best we can be encourages us to aim high, work hard, and take pride in our achievements.
Together, these rules help us to grow into confident, compassionate, and capable individuals.