Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 is the first year children experience the National Curriculum after finishing the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Welcome to Year 1 - Saturn Class
Really excited to be your class teacher! My ultimate goal is to design exciting, engaging, and hands-on lessons that spark a lifelong love for learning. I have a massive passion for Art, so you can always expect our classroom to be a colourful, diverse and interactive space where creativity knows no bounds!
Keep checking the class page for updates.
Miss Miller
w.e 18.09.26
Our Happy Minds: We explored the different parts of our brain and learned what makes it so special.
Science: We turned into body experts by naming and labelling the different parts of the human body.
PE :The children used their bodies to make shapes like crabs and starfishes.
English: The children carefully followed step-by-step instructions to make their very own Magic Wands!
What a magical week!
w.e 11.09.26
A Journey Through the Deep Blue Sea - The classroom was transformed into a coastal paradise as the children set off on a sensory trail.
- They crunched through the sandy beach
- Splashed through the deep blue sea
- Waded through the tangled seaweed
- The Grand Finale: Their adventure led them straight to a hidden treasure chest bursting with ocean treasures!
Guten Tag, Saturn Class! This week marked a huge milestone as the children enjoyed their very first German lesson! They had a fantastic time practicing how to say hello and confidently share their names in German. Don't be surprised if you hear a cheerful "Guten Tag!" around the house!
Mystery Box Reveal: The Sea Otter. Excitement reached an all-time high when the Mystery Box finally revealed its secret guest: a Sea Otter! The children put on their thinking caps and came up with some wonderful, creative descriptive words to capture everything that makes this sea animal so fascinating.
1st Autumn 2026 Overview - Our Blue Planet
Welcome to Year 1
Year 1 is the first of two years within Key Stage 1 (KS1). The children have completed their time in the EYFS and are now following the National Curriculum. The children will continue with their daily Sounds Write phonic lessons, preparing them for the Phonics Screening Test in May/June each year. They will also continue with the Mastering Number Programme alongside CanDo Maths for their main maths lessons. We practice handwriting daily and the children will now begin to use un joined cursive ready for joining letters in Year 2.
Day to day life in Year 1
The children come into school independently, put away their bag and coat and complete an early morning task. This ranges from reading, maths tasks and handwriting.
Register is then taken where the children share what they are having for lunch. As we are in Year 1 all children are eligible for Free School Meals. The options are a hot meal either meat or vegetarian or a baguette (with a packet of crisps) with a meat or vegetarian option for the filling. All lunches come with a pudding, fresh fruit or yoghurt and we have the salad bar as well. Lunches can be booked via the Parentpay app. They still need to be booked even though they are free so the kitchen staff know how many to prepare.
We then have our first morning session until 10:20 when it is breaktime. Children are provided with a piece of fruit for snack but may bring a piece of snack from home if they wish. Breaktime is for 30 minutes, allowing the children to explore and enjoy our OPAL ethos.
After breaktime we have another session which brings us upto lunch at 12:00 where the children go into the dinner hall to eat their lunch.
The afternoon session is from 1:00 until 3:25 when the school day finishes on Monday - Thursday with Friday finishing at 1:00pm.
Our PE day is Tuesday but having a PE kit in school at all times would benefit your child as they then have a change of clothes if needed. PE kit includes either shorts or jogging bottoms with a t-shirt in your child's house colour. Shoes can either be trainers or daps.
Please can your child have a water bottle, coat, hat and change of shoes in school each day. This is to ensure they can enjoy all we offer and keep safe in our changing climate.
Spelling Bee 48 Spellings
Three times a year, at the end of the Christmas Term, Easter Term and Term 6 the children take part in the Spelling Bee. To do this they are tested on 48 common spellings from the term. If they score above 35 they are then entered in to the Spelling Bee. Please find attached the 48 Spellings for each term.