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!

Welcome back after the Christmas break.

We hope you enjoyed the festive season with your loved ones.

We are so excited to share our new topics with you, and have lots of great activities planned to support our creative curriculum.

Our main text for this half-term is 'The Lion Inside' by Rachel Bright.

'A story in which a shy, small mouse learns to find his voice and raor. This story highlights themes of confidence, self-esteem and bravery, discovering that even the smallest creatures can have abig heart!

Our write away at the end of the unit will be to write a story about a small animal that befriends a large animal in the African savannah.

Mastery Targets for Spring 1:

Punctuate sentences using a capital letter and full stop, some question and exclamation marks
join words and clauses using and
some accurate use of the prefix -un
some accurate use of the suffixes ed, ing, er, est where no change is needed to the root word

Maths

Mastery Targets for Spring 1:

Place Value within 20:

During this topic, we will learn to:

● Count within 20

● Understand numbers 10 to 20

● Use the number line to 20

● Count, read and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words

● Given a number, say which is one more or one less

Recognise and show numbers using objects and pictures and say which is equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least.

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 learn about animals.

We will:

Identify and name common mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and amphibains
Sort and classify animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Draw comparisons between animals
Begin to understand why habitats are suited to and support the animals living there