Year 1 2026 - 2027

Miss Virmani

Miss Virmani Mrs Grindel Mrs Tucker

Welcome to Year One!

A warm welcome to our Year One class page!

Here you will find useful information about the term ahead, including an example of our weekly timetable, an overview of what we will be learning each term and details of weekly homework.

For more information about the learning and curriculum in Year One, you can also visit the curriculum overview pages on our school website.

The Year One Team

Miss Virmani is the main class teacher for Year One this year with TA support from Mrs Grindel. Mrs Tucker will be teaching in class on Monday and Thursday afternoons and Mr Ault will teach PE on Thursday afternoons.

We have a strong, nurturing and enthusiastic team working together in Year One. We are all passionate about the development of each and every child academically, socially and emotionally. We cannot wait to…

Grow and Achieve together with our children in Year One this year.

If you have a child in Year One, please do keep up-to-date with what we have been learning about by logging into Seesaw. Your child will have their own Seesaw QR code which is used for access.

Our Curriculum

Year 1 Curriculum 2026/2027

Year One Autumn Term Curriculum Overview

Year One Spring Term Curriculum

Year One Summer Term Curriculum

Phonics

At Sandiway Primary School, we follow the Essential Letters and Sounds Phonics programme. Here are some useful documents that we use in Year One to support children's Phonics and writing.

In June, all Year One children will sit a national Phonics Screening Check to ensure they are in line with age expectations. Children will be tested on real and pseudo words that include Phase 3 and Phase 5 sounds. We practise this throughout the year in our daily Phonics lessons and Guided Reading Carousel sessions.

Phase 3 Phonics Mat

Phase 5 Phonics Mat

Harder to Read and Spell Words

Reading in Year One

All children are encouraged to read across the curriculum and at every opportunity. Please read with your child at least 4 times a week for 10 to 15 minutes. Little and often is always recommended to support your child's progress in Reading. Year One children are grouped for reading and will have a set reading day each week when they will read with Miss Virmani and receive two new reading books. Please ensure you date and write a brief comment in your child's reading diary each time you read at home.

Our Super Six:

Every day, we enjoy listening to a selection of books that become increasingly familiar to us. Over this half term we will be enjoying:

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English

During Autumn 1, we will be reading Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival and in Autumn 2 we will be reading Nibbles by Emma Yarlett. The children will be developing their writing through fiction diary writing and recount diary entries linked to each text. In Year One we focus on using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops correctly, as well as using phonics to support spelling. We will also begin to use ‘and’ to join ideas, sequence sentences and develop simple descriptive writing.

Maths

We follow the White Rose scheme of learning in Maths. During the Autumn term, Year One will be developing their understanding of place value within 10, addition and subtraction within 10 and geometry. The geometry focus will be on 2D and 3D shapes. In class, we use a range of practical resources such as numicon, ten frames, dienes and counters to support learning. We also teach short, meaningful Mastering Number lessons which develops and embeds children’s key number skills.

Timetable

We are very busy in Year One! We do a mix of short focussed learning, small group work and independent learning through Busy Learning Challenges. Here is a sample timetable to give you an idea of what we get up to on a daily basis:

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A few reminders:

PE: Children have PE on Mondays and Thursdays this half term which is taught by Mrs Tucker on a Monday and Mr Ault on a Thursday.
Storyhouse sessions: In Autumn term 1 we have our sessions on a Wednesday morning.
Water: Children are encouraged to bring in a bottle of water each day which they can access at any time. Please ensure your child’s name is on their bottle.
Snack: KS1 children are offered a piece of fruit during the afternoon. Children may bring in their own piece of fruit as an alternative if you wish. No nuts please.
Please ensure your child's school uniform is labelled, especially jumpers and cardigans.
Please send in a spare pair of clothing for the winter months. We also strongly recommend sending in a pair of wellies so that your child can enjoy outdoor learning without their feet getting wet or cold.