The staff in 1S are Mrs Sian and Mrs Willis 
The staff in 1T are Mrs Tew and Mrs Khan

Our email addresses are:

s.lowe@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

g.sian@woodgate.bham.sch.uk
  

What the children say about Year 1...       

"I love all my friends and teachers in school." - Kenzo

"I love learning about animals - reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and mammals. We are mammals." - Ben

"I really enjoyed our visit to Black Country Living Museum. My favourite part was going into the houses." - Talayah

"I loved making my animal home. I planned, designed and created it. It was fun." - Andre

Highlights

May 2025

Marvellous May! So many wonderful things to share...

In Music, we explored various beats, tempos and rhythms. Our music walk was just amazing! We have been learning about Pompeii and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in History, so it was obviously time to make our own volcano models! We used modelling clay to mould the structure and use paint to add detail. We loved it!

Computing was so much fun this month. We used Bee Bots to learn about algorithms. 

Have a peek...

April 2025

This month was all about Easter, Spring and new beginnings. We enjoyed a spring walk around our school grounds and absorbed the beauty and enormity of it...Wow!  We also made Easter cards and hats for the bonnet parade. Thank you to all the adults who supported their children to create such magnificent hats. 

Our Easter play was a huge success. The children worked so hard and we are so proud of them. 

Let's have a look at some highlights...

March 2025

This month has been so amazing! So much has happened in Year 1! We went to see some adorable ducklings in Year 5. We learnt about senses in Science and explored our five senses through the carousal activity. I mean Marmite...really?

We also had this fantastic opportunity to enjoy The Wonder Dome. It was an experience out of this world! :)

Let's not forget about our outstanding trip to Thinktank! We learnt about our bodies, explored different areas and things from the past! What an experience! Have a look...

February 2025

Year 1 has been building on their oracy skills along with using smart speech to initiate conversations. We've been learning about penguins in Geography and used the sentence starters 'I noticed...' and 'I wonder...' to start conversations and constructive discussions. 

In DT, we learnt about balanced diet and the importance of hygiene. We made some fruit and vegetable sticks which were just...delicious! Have a look... 

January 2025

Welcome back everyone!

Happy New Year!

Some number fun to get us ready for the year. 

December 2025 - It's Christmas!

Year 1 loves Christmas! We loved decorating our classrooms and posing in front of our Christmas tree and the Advent calendar! We learnt about the story of Christmas, made cards and calendars and sang songs. Have a look...

Week Beginning 25th November

This week we learnt about the parts of a computer and how to stay safe online. We also learnt use the mouse efficiently to draw pictures, write our name and play games on the laptop. Have a look... 

Week beginning 11.11.24

This week we have been learning about bullying and what it feels like to be bullied. We wore odd socks to celebrate Anti bullying week. 

On Thursday we invited adults to join us for the maths drop in sessions. It was a huge success. Children enjoyed working with their grown ups and showing off their mathematical skills. 

Week beginning 04.11.24

This week we started our Construction club after school. The children enjoyed working together and creating some fabulous models. Have a look...

Week beginning 21.10.24

This week the children have enjoyed a fantastic trip to The Black Country Living Museum where they explored the museum by looking in Victorian homes and shops. The children were able to discuss what they could see and how they have changed or stayed the same. The children had a school to experience into what school was like in 1912 and had lots of fun learning the alphabet backwards. They also listened to the story 'Three Little Pigs' and made a brick just like one of the little pigs. The Black Country Living Museum used to make different bricks for houses.

It was an enjoyable trip for all and we will be linking it to our History topic after half term.

Week beginning 14th October 2024

This week was fantastic in so many ways but the icing on the cake was the Cultural Celebration Day on Friday, 18th October! Children AND adults wore their cultural dresses and the uniforms of the clubs they belong to.  This representation and sense of belonging brought us all together even more! And to top it all off was the African dance workshop! What fun we had!

Have a look at some of the photos...

Week beginning 7th October

Our highlight for this week was the parent drop in sessions for reading. Children truly enjoyed spending some quality time with their adults and reading their chosen books. They made some resources to use at home, to polish children's comprehension skills. Thank you parents for your continued support! 

Week beginning 30th September

This week's highlight, among other things, has been the glorious book fair. Children thoroughly enjoyed the stories, songs, dressing up and just getting together to celebrate our love of books! Here are a few highlights from the session. 

School Grounds Week - w.b. 23rd September

This week is our School Grounds Week. The whole week is dedicated to appreciate and decorate our school grounds. Year 1 is busy creating some fantastic art pieces such as windchimes, sun catchers, welcome signs, birdfeeders and let's not forget our fabulous scarecrows... just wait till Friday and all will be revealed! So far, we've painted the planters in the garden, made wind chimes, birdfeeders and bunting. We also went on an Autumn hunt...fun fun fun! 

Here is a sneak peak into our week so far, but it will be updated as the week goes on so DO come back! 

Important information

PE - Wednesdays and Thursdays

Homework - Fridays

Little Wandle decodable book - Mondays

Reading for pleasure book - Thursdays

Any timetable changes will be communicated via text or letter.

Look at all the things we learn about in Year 1!

Homework

Every Friday your child will be sent home with two pieces of work.

The phonics sheet will outline the phonemes and tricky words learnt that week so these can be revisited and consolidated at home.  The sheet itself will be self explanatory but if you need any support or guidance, please see a member of the Year 1 team.  The phonics sheet does not need to be returned. 

The maths sheet will include number activities and build on their learning objectives for that week. This sheet will need to be returned on the following Friday. 

Children will be sent home with 2 books every week. One book is to build upon their decoding and fluency skills (changed on a Monday) and the other is a choice book for reading for pleasure (changed on a Thursday). Please ensure they bring their book and diary in everyday as children will need their decodable book for their Early Reading sessions in school. Books that are lost/damaged will incur a charge of £5.

Children should be reading their book daily.  Please remember to sign the reading record every time they have read so your child can be a Reading Ambassador. 

PE

P.E is on Wednesday and Thursday.

On these days your child can wear their full PE kit into school.

A full PE kit is a red t-shirt, black shorts and black trainers. We do not allow children to wear pumps during PE so please ensure your child has trainers. If you do not have a full PE kit please come to school in your normal uniform and change into your PE kit before the lesson.

No jewellery is allowed in PE. This also includes studded earrings. If your child is unable to remove their earrings, then please send them in with plasters to cover them up.

 For Dance and Gymnastics, children will have bare feet. If your child is unable to do PE in bare feet, please send in a letter. If the child does not have the correct PE kit, they will not be able to take part in the lesson for health and safety reasons.

Year 1 Extra-Curricular Opportunities

Dodgeball and Football Club -

Reading Ambassadors

25 reads - Bronze badge

50 reads - Silver badge

75 reads - Gold badge

100 reads - Reading Ambassador