Key Stage 1 2025 - 2026

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.

 

Autumn 2025

                                                                                   

 

 

The children and staff are looking forward to an exciting and busy term ahead! This term, we’ll be stepping into the role of Historians as we explore the tragic events of the Great Fire of London and discover how it helped shape modern fire safety. We’ll also take time to reflect on Remembrance and its importance.
In Art and Design Technology, we’ll be studying the types of houses built during the time of the Great Fire and having a go at creating our own 3D models. These will come together to form a mini version of London, which we’ll use to simulate how the fire spread across the city. Our Science lessons will focus on the human body and the five senses, as well as observing the seasonal changes as Autumn turns into Winter. It’s going to be a term full of creativity, curiosity, and discovery!

Events we’re looking forward to this term include:

• KS1 and EYFS Firework Day – a celebration full of drama, dance, and the creative arts.
• Parent Christmas Craft Morning – a festive opportunity for families to get creative together.
• KS1 Nativity Performances – where our young stars will shine on stage in a magical retelling of the Christmas story

Thursday 4th Dec- 2.30pm at Silver St hall – Hook families only to attend please 
Friday 5th Dec- 2.30pm at Silver St hall – Camelot families only to attend please

Thursday 11th Dec - 2.30pm at Silver St hall – Puffin families only to attend please 
Friday 12th Dec -2.30pm at Silver St hall – Golden families only  to attend please

                                                                                                                            

Our primary Skill Builders focus this term is Speaking.

 

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)

 

Curriculum websites to support learning at home:

KS1 English free game - Karate Cats - Spelling, grammar and punctuation - Improve literacy and comprehension - BBC Bitesize

Numbots Game

KS1 Maths free game - Karate Cats - Primary school times tables, division, shapes, fractions - BBC Bitesize

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)