Key Stage 1 2025 - 2026

Ms West

KS1 Lead

Golden, Puffin, Camelot and Hook

Welcome to Key Stage One

Ms West, Miss Eaton, Mrs Symes, Mrs Nakayama

You will find our Termly newsletters and knowledge organisers at the bottom of this page. These will give you an insight into all of the curriculum areas that we will be covering over the term. Please use the knowledge organisers as a tool to support your child at home. Any class specific updates will be posted on Class Dojo.

Spring Term 1

This term in English, the children will be developing their skills as Authors by slowly writing a short narrative based on the traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood, as well as being researchers when they write a non‑fiction report about castles.

As part of our wider curriculum, we will be celebrating National Storytelling Week, where the children will take part in storytelling activities to develop their imagination, speaking and listening skills.

As Mathematicians, the children will continue to develop their understanding of place value within 100, explore grouping and sharing or multiplication and division, and measure and compare lengths, with learning carefully matched to each year group. We will also be taking part in NSPCC Numbers Day, where the children will celebrate maths through fun, practical activities and problem‑solving challenges.

As Scientists, children will investigate and experiment with materials and to help understand their properties. In History, the children will be learning as Historians by exploring castles and discovering the significance of William the Conqueror and his impact on Britain. As Engineers, children will learn how to design and create a 3D model of a castle well.

In Religious Education, the children will be learning about the Holy Trinity and what this means for Christians.

As Musicians and Computer Scientists, the children will be learning the children will be using technology to create music.

Events happening alongside our Curriculum

KS1 Dragon Dance Workshop – 29^th January 2026

National Story Telling Week – W/C 2^nd February 2026

Careers Week - the children will learn about different jobs and the skills and qualities needed for a wide range of careers -W/C 2^nd February 2026

NSPCC Numbers Day - 6^th February 2026

Safer Internet Day – Tuesday 10^th February

Class Forest School Days – Your class teacher will inform you when this takes place.

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Our primary Skill Builders focus this term is Problem Solving.

Reading and Little Wandle

We use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds to teach or phonics, spelling and guided reading sessions. Although your child will be taught to read at school, you actually have a huge impact on their reading journey by continuing their practice at home. By then end of KS1, children are expected to read age-appropriate texts fluently and with expression while demonstrating comprehension by retelling stories, identifying main ideas, and answering questions. Therefore, to support this, we suggest that you should aim for 5 reading sessions at home each week. This could be your child reading to you or you reading to your child. Please make sure you record what you or your child has read on their reading record sheet.

There are two types of reading books that your child will bring home each week:

Decodable Little Wandle book

This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level and they have already been exposed to this book in class in their reading sessions that week. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading. Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.

Sharing book of their choice

In order to encourage your child to become a lifelong reader, it is important that they learn to read for pleasure. The sharing book is a book they have chosen for you to enjoy together. Please remember that you shouldn’t expect your child to read this alone. Read it to or with them. Discuss the pictures, enjoy the story, predict what might happen next, use different voices for the characters, explore the facts in a non-fiction book. The main thing is that you have fun!

If you require any more information about Little Wandle, please visit their webpage: For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk)

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