Year 1 2025 - 2026

Mrs Ahmad 1AA

Hello! I am Mrs Ahmad and I am overjoyed to be entering my sixth year at Woodlands Primary School. I am so privileged to have the opportunity to work in Y1 again this year; I am so excited to be your teacher!

This year is going to be such an exciting year for us all, as you head from Reception into Y1; we are going to learn about lots of things together. Our learning journey will take place using a child centred approach, enabling learning opportunities to help you reach your full potential.

When I am not in school, you can find me on fun filled days out with Mr Ahmad and my two daughters, Malaika and Alishba. We usually end up walking in North Wales or taking part in outdoor adventure sports; we enjoy climbing, bouldering, gorge walking and mountain biking. We also love camping, running, exploring mountains and especially having a BBQ by a lovely lake.

I already know lots about you from talking with your Reception class teachers and I can't wait to find out more.

Mrs Williams 1LW

Hello, I am Mrs Williams. This year marks the start of my 19th year teaching at Woodlands, I think I'm part of the fixtures and fittings now! I have worked across Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, and am excited about returning to Year 1 this year. I am currently Phonics Lead in school. I am extremely passionate about Early Reading and teaching children to read and develop a love of reading - phonics first but not forever!

I have 2 daughters aged 12 (Year 8) and 8 (Year 4) who constantly keep me busy! We love to spend time together as a family exploring in the woods, going to the park or the beach or simply visiting Grandparents and Great-Grandparents. We also love reading, crafty activities (who doesn't love a bit of glitter?) and going shopping!

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A huge welcome back from the Summer break.

We are looking forward to an exciting half term with you and have lots of great activities planned to support our creative curriculum.

Our main text for this half-term is 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers.

''Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door...'

Our write away at the end of the unit will be to write our own adventure story!

Mastery Targets for Autumn 1:

Compose a sentence orally before writing it
Combine words to make a sentence
use capital letters for names of people and the personal pronoun I
leave spaces between words
begin to use capital letters and full stops

Maths

Mastery Targets for Autumn 1:

Place Value within 10

During our place value topic, we will learn to:

Count to ten, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number
Count, read and write numbers to 10 in numerals and words
Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations, including the number line, and use the language of equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least

Shape

During our shape topic, we will learn to:

Recognise and name 2-D shapes
Sort 2-D shapes
Recognise and name 3-D shapes
Sort 3-D shapes
Create patterns with 2-D and 3-D shapes

Phonics

Read Write Inc. sessions will continue to develop the children's reading skills as they learn their sounds, segmenting and blending whilst also developing their comprehension skills. If you would like to help your child to practise their phonic knowledge for reading at home, then follow the link www.ruthmiskin.com for more information.

During Science this half term, we will continue to learn about the human body.

We will:

Identify and name parts of the body
Identify and name the five senses - sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch
Investigate using the five senses
Begin to understand that body parts have functions

In Geography this half term, we will be learning about my local area.

During our topic 'My Locality' this half term, we will be learning about:

Where we live

Finding and talking about our way around school

Using maps to explore and identify landmarks in the local environment