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 on a Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Williams 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 Tuesday. 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 10/11/2025
English: This week we are focusing on a fun new task. The children will be helping Rocket by creating their own flyers to encourage people to come to the park and watch the meteor shower. We’ll be learning how to use persuasive language, eye-catching designs, and clear information to make the flyers effective. This is a great opportunity for the children to be creative while practising their writing skills and understanding Rocket’s mission.
Maths: This week in maths, we will been learning about subtraction within ten. The children will been practising how to take away numbers from amounts up to ten and working out how many are left. They will have to use objects, number lines, and fun games to help them solve subtraction problems and understand the relationship between addition and subtraction.
RE: This week in RE, we will be learning about the bread and the wine in Mass. The children will learn that the bread and wine are very special because they represent Jesus’ body and blood. We will talk about how this part of the Mass is called the Eucharist, and it helps Christians remember the Last Supper and Jesus’ love and sacrifice.
Other: In DT, we are very excited to start designing our own moving story books based on the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The children will be planning their ideas, thinking carefully about the characters, settings, and how parts of the story can move using simple mechanisms like levers or sliders. This project will help develop their problem-solving, creativity, and fine motor skills as they prepare to make their own interactive story books.
Week Commencing 03/11/2025
English: In English we have started our new book, Look Up! We are focusing on the main character, Rocket, and exploring her thoughts, feelings, and actions in the story. The children will be learning how to describe Rocket the main character in detail and understand what motivates her. We’re looking forward to lots of great discussions as we get to know Rocket and her adventures.
Maths: This week in maths, we have been learning about number bonds within ten. The children have been practising how different pairs of numbers add together to make ten, such as 7 + 3 or 5 + 5. Understanding number bonds is an important skill as it helps build a strong foundation for addition, subtraction, and mental maths. The children are becoming more confident and we are very proud of their progress.
RE: This week in RE, we have been learning about Mass. The children learned that Mass is usually celebrated on a Sunday, which is a special day for Christians to come together, pray, and remember Jesus. We also talked about the role of a priest during Mass. The children discovered that the priest leads the congregation in prayer, reads from the Bible, and helps people understand God’s message.
Other: In science, we have been learning about the changes that happen as we move from summer to autumn. The children have been exploring how the weather starts to get cooler, the days become shorter, and leaves on the trees change colour and begin to fall. We’ve also talked about how animals prepare for autumn by gathering food or getting ready to hibernate. The children have enjoyed observing these seasonal changes and discussing how the world around us adapts during this time of year.
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.