Year 1

Zebras class: Teacher - Mrs Watkins (Key Stage 1 Lead)
Giraffes class: Teacher - Mrs Huntford (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday) & Mrs Yamashita (known to the children as Mrs Kayoko) (Thursday and Friday). Mrs Kayoko is also in school on Wednesdays for transition with Giraffes.

Additional support staff working alongside both classes in Year 1 are Mrs Brahmbhatt, Mrs McGovern and Mrs Mody.

Our classes are next door to each other and we have a large shared area, where we can continue our learning. We are also lucky enough to have a spacious outside area where we can explore and develop our knowledge and understanding.

Year 1 is an important new adventure for the children, as they start to become more independent and take part in more structured learning.

We have Read, Write Inc phonics every morning, followed by maths and English. In the afternoons, we enjoy our foundation subjects such as history, geography, science, PE, PSHE, music, computing and religious education.

In addition, we put on a Christmas performance, which parents are invited to. We also have days where we celebrate special occasions to celebrate the diversity of our community, such as Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year. We also plan exciting enrichment activities such as science week, World Book Day and various sporting events over the year.

We plan in school trips and have special visitors that link and enhance the learning and help to embed the skills and knowledge as well as bringing new learning to life.

Partnership with school

We want all parents to know that teachers are available to speak with whenever something comes up. Parents do not need to wait for the parent/teacher consultation meetings. Our ethos is centred around working through matters together at the soonest opportunity. Please speak to class teachers or to Mr Ainscow at drop off or pick up times and we can arrange further.

What are we learning?

Every Friday a school newsletter (on Microsoft Sway) is completed with a summary of learning for the week and a look ahead to the following week. This allows parents to focus on what is coming. Some parents may wish to support with key vocabulary if your child speaks multiple languages or you may wish to practice suggested activities. Your child's class teacher will be able to talk through any queries that you may have.