Summer Term 2026

Summer term 2

 WC 20th July 2026.

It is hard to believe this was our final week of learning in our Year 1 Class. We are all feeling a little sad as we get ready to be in our new class but we know how much everyone has to look forward to as they move up the school!

We have continued to learn about Toys from the Past in English – this week we thought about wheeled toys! Of course we had to try out our own wheeled bikes, ride on toys and our toy cars and ramps! We wrote some great facts using careful handwriting.

In Maths, we have started to learn about time. We have considered how long it takes us to do things using seconds, minutes or hours – such as brushing our teeth, walking to school or how long our school day is - this seems a long time for a 6 year old! Use an analogue clock to check the time at home with your grown up.

We have completed our learning in Geography by comparing climates in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. We have considered what we would pack if we travelled there and identified the position of the equator on the globe. In Science, we enjoyed making our own clay pollen sacks. Super job!

We were very lucky to have our School Chair of Governors help us make our own summer writing book – everyone let their creatives juices flow to choose their own design and decorations. We hope you enjoy using this. Thank you to Mrs James for this and all the reading she has done with our Year 1 Team this year.

We have also had fun joining in with the celebratory events across school for our last few days. Happy Summer to our wonderful Year 1 team – have fun and stay safe. Thank you for all the support from parents throughout this school year. See you in September!


WC 13th July 2026.

In Maths, this week we have continued to explore money and recognise different coins and notes. We have used our adding in twos, fives and tens to help us add money.

In English, have now started to learn about Toys from the Past. We explored old and new toys and considered how they were different. This included old Teddy Bears and new Teddy Bears. We also enjoyed a fun Teddy Bear Day where we all shared our own favourite Teddy and discovered lots of Teddy facts! We have also enjoyed comparing the changes to computers and computer games. The children loved playing ‘pac man’ and ‘frogger’. They found it hard to believe the old computer games were so slow! Everyone wrote super facts and asked super questions.

We had a fabulous sports day, and everyone joined in beautifully – contributing to their team. There was lots of cheering for the races in the afternoon, and it was great to see so many grown ups supporting us.

We finished the week exploring plants. Finally, we dug up our potato plants. What super scientists we have been! We hope they were tasty!

WC 6th July 2026.

In Maths, we have continued to think about position - we learnt about ordinal numbers. Very useful for sports day! We also finished the week by exploring money and sharing our knowledge of coins.

We are working hard on handwriting in English and we are thinking about the position of our letters on the line. We have really enjoyed improving our skills with this. 

In PE, we have continued to rehearse our skills for running over short and longer distances. We have practised aiming using javelins and jumping to improve our own personal bests. In PSHE, we have thoughtfully learnt about how we change and the differences between boys and girls.

We had lots of fun at the whole school circus event and got to try out lots of different activities. 

WC 29th June 2026.

This week we have started to learn about position and direction in maths. We have made quarter, half, three quarter and full turns. We have used the directions of left and right. Have a go at using directions when you are out and about this weekend!

In English, we have continued to practise and edit our handwriting so we consistently write on the line and use ascenders and descenders. In our story book we found out that Grandad had hidden a letter for Syd in his attic. We used some super prepositions in our sentences to discover where it was. We then decided to respond to Grandad by writing a postcard. Excellent work Year 1.

We have had a busy Design and Technology week across the whole school. In Year 1 we were tasked to make an appreciation card with a slider mechanism. We had all sorts of super ideas of what could move across our card - a swimming fish, turtle or shark! A bee buzzing through the grass, a cat or tiger pouncing, a girl dancing. Finally, very topically a World Cup football rolling across the pitch!

Finally, we had a fabulous Year 1 trip to the Zoo on Wednesday. We saw so many animals it was hard to choose a favourite! We saw otters, meerkats, capybaras, wolves, tigers, swimming penguins, flying barn owls and more… we even touched a snake. We asked and answered so many questions with our expert Zoo Keeper - ask us about our knowledge on the features of different animals - we have lots to tell you!

WC 22nd June 2026.

This week has been assessment week across school. In Year 1 we have sensibly and carefully completed maths, reading comprehension and science assessments.

We have also continued our English story and written about our return to Grandad’s home from the magical, faraway island. We have enjoyed working on our handwriting; positioning our sentences carefully on the line and thinking about our letter size. We have continued our bold and vibrant drawings in art. We have taken on some steadier PE where we thought about when we need to walk or jog if we are covering longer distances. In Science, we explored the parts of a flower and then creatively made our own flower to label. We thought about weather and climate in geography - describing our own experiences of different weather! This week we described the sweltering, boiling sun! We finished the week collaboratively playing with all our year 1 resources and of course most importantly staying hydrated and trying to learn how we can keep cooler in the hot weather. Thank you for the cooling ice lollies Mr Clay!

Don't forget it is our class trip to the zoo on Wednesday 1st July. It will be normal school timings. Reminder information on what to bring will come out next week.

WC 15th June 2026.

This week in Maths, we have been finding one more and one less. We have used a hundred square and a number line to help us. We have also started to compare numbers, explaining which are greater and why. 

In English, we have continued with Syd and his Grandad on their journey across the ocean. We discovered a beautiful Island with the tallest and fastest waterfall. We have been using super suffixes this week in our writing. However, the sky turned darker in our story and rumbled! We imagined that our boat wobbled and swayed and our joyful adventure turned to sadness...

In PSHE, we are now thinking about how we change. We shared our knowledge about the frog and the butterfly lifecycle. We also enjoyed talking about how much we had changed and grown ourselves since we were a baby and toddler compared to now! In PE we used our physical skills to see how far we can jump! To end our busy week, we have enjoyed using the computers to think about how we can create simple programs. 

WC 8th June 2026.

In Maths, we have continued to count within 100. We have used part whole models to partition our tens and ones. We have also compared a hundred square and a number line to help us count to one hundred. We have got very good at finding different numbers and explaining their location.

In English, we uncovered a door in Grandad's attic.... this took us on a new adventure across the ocean! We have described all the things we noticed and heard on our journey - including squawking seagulls, wild waves, soft clouds, sunsets, jumping dolphins and flying fish!

In PSHE, we talked about how we can be our own friend and what we are incredible at - caring, sharing, helpfulness, kindness, bravery, speed and much more. In Science, we are continuing to learn about all the different types of animals. We have sorted out pictures of animals into which are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.

We have had our phonics check this week in School and everyone has worked very hard looking for phonics sounds in words and reading. Super job Team Year 1!

WC 1st June 2026.

Welcome back for our last Summer term.
We have started the term off by  counting to 100 in Maths! Everyone has really enjoyed this challenge and learnt how to use a 100 square to look for patterns in the rows and columns.

In English, we have started a lovely new story called ‘Grandad's Island’. We have discovered Grandad has a fascinating attic in his home and described how we can climb up there and find all the interesting objects he has from his Worldly travels.

We have really enjoyed starting our preparations for sports day. We have been racing in PE and thinking about how to hold our bodies and stay in our lane 😊. In Art, this term we are exploring the style of Fauvism to create our own piece of art. We have also shared our ideas about how to be a good friend in PSHE - well done Year 1.

Wc 5th May 2026.

In English, we have been thoughtfully writing our own version of the familiar story Little Red Riding Hood. There were some lovely ideas - for example when Little Red Riding Hood heard a noise in the forest… who was hiding behind the trees?

In Maths, we have used repeated addition using our 2s, 5s and 10s knowledge. Great job! We have been introduced to arrays and realised we can see counting in columns and rows everywhere - egg boxes, baking trays, chocolate box trays and even big chocolate bars!

We have continued to work hard in phonics. We have practised our tricky spellings and recapped our small number bonds ( to 5 and to 6) - please keep working on these.

In PE we have loved working on our games skills. We have also been learning how we can link our movements together by rolling. In Art, we have enjoyed discussing our opinions about Pop Art; selecting our preferred colours and shapes. In Geography, We completed our own images of the bodies of water on our planet - oceans, seas, rivers, lakes and more. What a busy week!

WC 27th April 2026.

In English, we have been very busy reading the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We have written lots of super sentences. We have written some great sentences in past tense to describe the wolf's actions. 

In Maths, we have continued to learn about multiplication and division - we have done a fabulous job counting in twos, fives and tens! 

In Geography, we have started to learn about the different waters of the world - Oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. We had a fabulous trip to Mrs Smith's Cottage in Navenby as part of our History learning. We learnt all about what it would be like to live without electricity in our homes. We explored Mrs Smith's old cottage, made our own mini rag rug using recycled fabric and even had a go to wash her clothes by hand! Did you know she lived until she was 102 years old and had a big 100th Birthday party in her cottage.

Finally, thank you for supporting our whole school pantry fundraiser on Friday.

WC 20th April 2026.

Welcome back to school and summer term 1!
We have lots to look forward to including our History trip to Mrs Smith’s cottage on Thursday 30th April.

In English, we have started reading the familiar fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We have described the story characters - including the helpful little girl and the mean, scary Wolf! We enjoyed exploring lots of woodland foliage and wrote some lovely sentences to describe the forest. Including the beautiful flowers, soft moss and bumpy, rough sticks and twigs. Super adjectives!

In Maths, we have finished learning about volume and capacity. We compared the capacity of different containers and used our problem solving skills to accurately find out how many cups would fill the containers. We finished the week by counting in twos. We counted pairs of socks and used skip counting to help us. Look out for opportunities to count in pairs - count shoes, gloves, earrings!

In PSHE, we have continued our learning on how to healthy and safe. We sensibly thought about safe and unsafe objects we may find in our home. In Geography, we recapped learning about the continents. We were all really interested in the different countries in Europe. Take time to look at an atlas again and see if you’ve visited any of the countries. We also went on a cartoon adventure with the 'Go Jetters characters' to see what we could find out about the continent of Africa and how it was different to Europe. In Science, we were very knowledgeable about mammals and made a great start learning about animals.

We finished our first week with our whole school exciting RE Holi festival! What a super and busy first week back.