Year 1 2024 - 2025

Mrs Ahmad 1AA

Hello! I am Mrs Ahmad and I am overjoyed to be entering my fifth 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.

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!

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 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy'.

This story will take the children through 100 years in the lives of two toy soldiers, Major Glad and Major Dizzy who get lost under the floorbaords.

Our write away at the end of the unit will be a historical diary from Major Glad's point of view.

Mastery Targets for Spring 2:

Join words and clauses using 'and'
Add suffixes where no change is needed to the root of the word
Punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

Maths

Mastery Targets for Summer 1:

In Mathematics this half term we will be learning about:

Money

We will learn to:

Recognise coins
Recognise notes
Count in coins

Time

We will explore:

Before and after
Days of the week
Months of the year
Hours, minutes and seconds
Telling the time to the hour
Telling the time to the half hour

Fractions

We will:

Recognise and find a half of an object or a shape.
Recognise and find half of a quantity.
Recognise and find a quarter of an object or a shape.
Recognise and find a quarter of a quantity

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.