Year 1 - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 2:36pm

What another wonderful week we’ve had together! The children have continued to show beautiful behaviour, lovely manners, kindness towards their friends and such happiness in both playing and learning. It has been amazing to see how confidently everyone has settled back into school life after Christmas, we are so incredibly proud of how fantastically they’ve all returned.

In Maths this week, we carried on exploring numbers within 10–20. We built on our understanding of place value, thinking carefully about how many tens and ones are in each number. The children represented numbers in lots of different ways and practised counting forwards and backwards from different starting points. We used manipulatives like ten frames, bead strings, number fans and base ten to help us, and we played games such as number bingo, snap and matching activities to make learning super fun. The children showed brilliant enthusiasm and growing confidence every day.

In English, we spent more time getting to know our new story The Lion Inside. We explored the characters in more detail and thought about how they might be feeling at different moments in the text. The class came up with fantastic descriptive vocabulary for both lions and mice, and we’ve been using what we know to make predictions about what might happen next. We also continued learning real-life facts about lions and mice, which has helped build our understanding before we fully dive into the story, the curiosity in the classroom has been amazing!

Our History topic, The Sinking of the Titanic, has already become a class favourite. This week we looked at new clues to help us piece together what might have happened, and the children shared thoughtful ideas about why the event is so significant. Their predictions about who might have been on board and why the ship is remembered today were brilliant. We can’t wait to uncover more as our learning continues, it’s such a fascinating topic and the excitement is definitely growing.

In Science, we continued exploring everyday materials. The children investigated wood, metal, plastic, glass, rubber and fabric, and discussed the properties of each. They came up with clever examples of objects made from these materials and explained why they are suitable, from glass windows to wooden furniture and rubber tyres. Their observations were thoughtful and detailed, and it’s wonderful to see them applying their knowledge to the world around them.

Overall, it has been another busy, happy and exciting week full of curiosity and fantastic learning. The children continue to make us smile every single day with their enthusiasm and kindness. We can’t wait for another wonderful week. 

Reminders - 

• The jumper/cardigan box will be brought out at the end of the day. Please can you ensure items are labelled so these can be returned to children.
• Please ensure to email the new class account Y1@tsp.allsaintsmat.org
• All children across the school are encouraged to read every day, both in and out of school. Additional recommended Reading at Home resources can be found here.