Class 1 -Wrens 2025 - 2026

"Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become

children of light.”

Ready;Respectful;Resilient

               Welcome to class 1

              We are the Wrens, Year 1.

Our staff

Mrs Gibson is our class teacher,with Mrs Hudson and Miss Hay supporting our learning.

Mrs Raynor will cover PPA and lead our Forest School sessions.

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Below is some useful information relating to our year together in Wrens and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us:

senco@kingsley-st-johns.cheshire.sch.uk

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Spring Term 2026

Welcome back Wrens, we are so excited to share more adventures.

Our Christian values for this term are humility,service and trust.

For our Wrens Service as a Christian value  means helping others without expecting reward, following Jesus' example of putting others first, like sharing our toys, helping our classmates, or caring for the vulnerable, inspired by Bible stories like the Good Samaritan, showing love, kindness, and care for everyone as God's children. It's about using our gifts (time, energy, skills) to be God's hands, demonstrating love and compassion in practical ways at school and home. 

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Our class novel for this term will be chosen by our Wrens from the 'Books to read in KS1 list' through a class vote after reading the blurb on our recommendations .

English

As writers, we will use The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward  and Major Glad and Major Dizzy by Jan Oke to help us write narratives.

Our daily routine will include spelling and grammar,handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential and we would ask that you read regularly at home with your child to develop a love of reading.Set aside a specific time for reading every day and make reading a priority. Try not to do the reading when you are both tired! Walk through the book first and discuss the pictures and the important words. Always remember to keep reading aloud to your child even when they can read independently.

Our Wrens will continue to access phonics ,using our Twinkl phonics scheme.By the end of Year 1, children should be able to:

• Say the sound for any grapheme they are shown
• Write the common graphemes for any given sound (e.g. ‘e,’ ‘ee,’ ‘ie,’ ‘ea’)
• Use their phonics knowledge to read and spell unfamiliar words of up to three syllables.
• Read all of the 100 high frequency words, and be able to spell most of them
• Form letters correctly

At the end of Year 1, all children are given a Phonics Screening Check to ensure they have mastered the appropriate knowledge.

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our english lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules ,as well as the Y1/2 common exception words

Maths.

As mathematicians, we follow the White Rose planning. Through the spring term we will work on place value,multiplication and division and money.The children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds.They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

Science

As scientists we will be invesigating materials and our Wrens will learn to: identify, name, and describe the simple properties of common materials, and distinguish between an object and the material it is made from, exploring and experimenting with a wide variety of materials.We will use the work of our focus scientists, Charles Mackintosh (Chemist & Inventor) and Ole Kirk Christiansen, to help us answer: Which materials are the most flexible?Which materials are the most absorbent?What happens to our recycling?

Topic

As historians and geographers we will be looking at the United Kingdom, where the children will learn the four countries,their locations,surronding seas,flags,capital cities and some key geographical features using maps and atlases to build foundational knowledge of their country.

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning and look at : Why did Jesus welcome everyone? and Why do Christians believe that Easter is all about love?

Our whole school and class roundabout worships alongside our class reflection areas and partnerships with our local churches allow the children opportunities to explore our Christian values and develop their own thoughts, reflections and spirituality.

PE

In PE we will look at locomotion and ball skills ,developing our skills, agility and coordination,helping to build our confidence and competence and thinking about different ways to move our body. We will continue our weekly yoga sessions to help with our mindfulness and regulation.

PHSE

In PHSE,we will look at Acceptance and Celebration, understanding and respecting the uniqueness of self and others. . We will also look at our British Values: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs as well as the nine protected characteristics which will be supported by our Y6 roundabout worship team with their weekly 'Picture News' assemblies. 

Art and Design

As artists and designers we will look at architecture and the art of designing buildings,using famous London landmarks to explore
definitions for architecture and architects.The children will become visually
familiar with these buildings by producing line drawings of them,emphasising the importance of observation and recreating detail.

Music

As musicians we will be focusing on 'Me' and exploring sounds

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As digital citizens, we will be looking at digital writing.

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 15 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work

General information

• Long hair tied up.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and reading record every day.
• Homework will be sent out on a Friday and returned on or before the Wednesday.
• All school uniform needs to be named. 
•  PE kits to  be in all the time. Please add a jumper, trousers, and gloves as it might be that we go outside.