Welcome to Year 1

Meet the team

Magpie 

Teacher: Miss Ahmed

Teaching Assistant: Miss Joyce

Robin

Teacher: Miss Douglas and Miss Carew

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Foster

In Year One with strive to teach our learners to develop their independence, resilience and confidence in all aspects of learning and life skills. That is why we teach through a mixture of adult and child led learning.

What do we teach?

Children in Year One build on their learning from Early Years through practical tasks, hands on learning and a variety of evidence in their books.

In Year One the subjects we teach are:

• English
• Phonics
• Maths 
• Reading 
• PE
• History / Geography (alternated half termly)
• Art / DT (alternated half termly)
• Science
• PSHE 
• Computing 
• Music
• Kickboxing

Reading and phonics

We are passionate about teaching early reading skills which opens opportunities for children to achieve well in all areas of the curriculum. We follow the Little Wandle scheme for reading and phonics. Each child has a reading book which is matched with their current phonic stage.

As well as the book your child has been reading during Little Wandle sessions, children also select a library book to develop a pleasure of stories. This can be enjoyed as a family at any time of the day. 

In class we have daily just listen time. Below are the stories that Year One enjoy during just listen time.

Contacting the teachers:

We appreciate your support with your child's learning.  If you have any questions, please email:

admin@woodsideacademy.co.uk

We will respond to your message within five working days. 

Important information:

Library books are changed every Thursday.

Reading books are handed out every Wednesday. They must be returned to school every Monday.

We send homework out every Friday with the expectation that it is returned the following Thursday.

If you need any support with reading or homework, please let the teacher know.

We have PE every Friday. Please ensure your child has a kit in school, including pumps and that long hair is tied back. Please see below for an image of our PE kit.