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 Mrs Baker supporting our learning.

Mrs Jones will cover PPA and Mrs Raynor lead our Forest School sessions on a Friday.

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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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Summer Term 2026

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

Our Christian values for this term are endurance and creation.

For our Wrens ,endurance and perseverance are only possible where there is hope and that hope is based on the enduring nature of God’s love and faithfulness. Even Jesus, for all his strength andability to endure, looked to his disciples to help and sustain him by watching and praying with him (Matthew 26). 

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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 Last Wolf by Mini Grey and Grandad's Secret Giant by David Litchfield 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 multiplacation and division, fractions, time and place value.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 investigating seasonal changes and day length and our Wrens will learn to:observe and describe changes across the four seasons,specifically weather patterns and varying daylight hours.Pupils will learn to identify characteristics of autumn/winter (shorter days, colder) vs. spring/summer (longer days, warmer) and link these changes to environmental effects, such as animal behavior and plant life.We will use the work of our focus scientists George James Symons (Meteorologist) and Anders Celsius (Astronomer,Physicist & Mathematician) to answer our 'big questions':How does rainfall and temperature change over time in our school grounds? What effect does rain have on the environment? What would happen if there was too much or not enough rain?

Topic

As historians and geographers we will be looking at 'Why are explorers important?' focusing on identifying significant historical individuals,comparing past and present and developing basic chronology. Key goals include learning about explorers like Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus, Ibn Battuta, and Matthew Henson, understanding their impact, and developing skills such as identifying significant achievements, using timelines, and recognizing key historical vocabulary

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning and look at : baptism and special people in world faiths

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 ball skills and games for understanding,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 Changing Me. 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 fossils and Mary Anning to develop our pencil and sketching skills before exploring differnt media to creat our own fossils.

Music

As musicians we will be focusing on improvisation and performing together

IT.

As digital citizens, we will be looking at moving a robot and algorithims.

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.