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,Mrs Baker and Mrs Worthington 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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Autumn Term 2025

Welcome back Wrens, we are so excited to share more adventures, hopefully still with some sunny weather!

Our Christian values for this term are friendship,thankfulness and koinonia.,

For our Wrens friendship means being a good friend to others, a reflection of God's friendship ,made possible through Jesus. We are learning to follow the example of Jesus-showing kindness,trust,loyalty and helping others in need.Jesus was a friend to all,regardless of who they were

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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 Major Glad and Major Dizzy by Jan Oke and The Owl who was afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson 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 autumn term we will work on place value,addition and subtraction, and geometry.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 animals including humans and our Wrens will learn to: identify and name a variety of animals,name a variety of animals that are carnivores,herbivores and omnivores,describe and compare the structure of a variety of animals and identify ,name and lable the basic parts of the human body.We will use the work of our focus scientist, the primatologist Jane Goodall, to help us answer: What do animals eat? Do all animals eat the same food? Do all animals hunt? Which of our senses is the most accurate at identifying food?

 Topic

As historians and geographers we will be looking at our school as we celebrate 180 years. We will look at how our school has changed and study the differences and similarities in school, houses and toys between now and then .

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning and look at : How Christians express their faith through art.

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 dance ,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 Helathy Me, how we can keep ourselves healthy and growing our independence skills. 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,we will be using artists such as Wassily Kadinsky and Piet Mondarian to help us use everyday colours,create colour studies and explore primary colours and simple colour mixing. 

As designers, we will be looking at puppets.

Music

As musicians we will be focusing on 'My musical heart'.

IT.

As digital citizens, we will be looking at technology around us and how we use it safely.

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.