Year 1 - Archive
Year 1 - Archive
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THURSDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Year 1 has managed to cram so much into such a short week! We've been reading 'Not a Box' and creating our own story characters and settings. In Maths, we've been practising counting accurately and working with a partner to check. In IPC lessons, we learned about portraits and we tried to complete a photo of our faces that had been cut in half. We tried hard to remember all the different features that we needed to include in our own self-portraits. We even had a very successful Fire Drill today when we practised evacuating the building very sensibly indeed.
A huge thank you to all the parents who came along to the Settling-In conferences this week. It was wonderful to hear about your children and learn more about them. If you were unable to attend this week, please contact your class teacher to arrange an alternative appointment. We look forward to getting to know you all much better as the term progresses.
Wishing you a lovely long weekend ahead.
Ms Sarah L & The Year 1 Team
LEGENDARY LEARNERS
Congratulations to our wonderful Legendary Learners:
1SL: Kanan & Anya
1TL: Lola & Fergus
1RP: Nagisa & Lilly
1AB: Javon & Miko
1GV: Avalee & Casey
1JK: Ian and Leia
CCAs
All CCAs are running from Monday 8th September.
CCAs PICK UP
As shared by Ms Sharon in her Newsletter, dismissal after CCAs is by collection from the Ground Floor Playground by the Primary office. This is for all children unless they have an exit pass or they are on a JPR bus.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th September - School is closed due to Public Holidays.
RECYCLING REQUEST
We are looking for donations of recycling materials for our Art Studio in the Year 1 Shared Classroom. Please send in any cardboard boxes or cardboard tubes that you no longer need and pass them to Ms Apson.
FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST 2025
At the end of our second week, we can easily say that this Year 1 cohort are amazing! They have adapted so well to the new routines and are already developing their skills of independence. New friendships are being formed as we get to know one another and find common interests.
In classes this week, each teacher has chosen a 'Story We Treasure'. This is one of the class teacher's favourite books; a treasured story that they wanted to share with their new class. 1SL have been reading 'The Bog Baby', 1TL have been reading 'The Koala Who Could', 1JK have been reading 'I Can/Can't Fly', 1AB have been reading 'The Girl and the Dinosaur', 1GV have been reading 'Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao', and 1RP have been reading 'Peace at Last'.
The children have been taking part in a range of different activities to engage with their text. In 1SL the children had to listen to clues about what a Bog Baby is and then drew pictures of what they imagined a Bog Baby to look like. They also loved painting Bog Babies and creating their own Bog Baby out of clay. 1AB had so much fun bringing their imagination to life as they went on a magical adventure with their best friend, the Dinosaur. 1RP became authors and wrote their own version of the story. From scary monsters to noisy race tracks, lots of things were keeping them awake at night!
1JK created stunning Antartica landscapes using paint and collage materials. They added their own emperor penguins into their masterpieces and wrote all about the things that they can do, just like Little Penguin! 1GV made some beautiful family portraits using loose parts. They looked at Amy Wu’s family from the story, and talked about our different family structures. We celebrated our similarities and differences in our class family. 1TL enjoyed reading The Koala Who Could. Kevin the Koala dreamt of playing with his friends on the ground. 1TL used their fingers to twist, thread, stretch and stick, making their very own dreamcatchers to catch their dreams.
Wishing you a lovely long weekend ahead.
Ms Sarah L & The Year 1 Team
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL REMINDERS
Arrival
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Children are welcome to enjoy supervised play in the ground-floor playground before 7:55am. All children must be in classrooms by 7:55am.
For safety, the Primary Basement Car Park is for Lower Primary only—no drop-off is allowed here.
Dismissal
Year 1: 2:45 p.m.
Years 2 & 3: 2:50 p.m.
Years 4–6: 2:55 p.m.
Children not collected from Y1 classrooms will be taken to the Primary Office at 2:55 p.m.
Siblings
Older siblings will always dismiss from the area of their youngest sibling.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 1st September - Public Holiday - School Closed
2nd & 3rd September - Settling In Conferences
5th September - Public Holiday - School Closed
CCAs
Paid CCAs will start Tuesday 2nd September.
Teacher Led CCAs wIll start 8th September.
HATS
Some of our PE lessons take place outside. Please ensure that your child has a named hat at school everyday to protect their head in sunny weather. This can be stored in their locker/cubby.
EMAILS
Teachers will aim to respond to emails from parents within 24 hours. If you need to communicate a message to your class teacher during the day while they are teaching, such as about a change in lunch or dismissal arrangements, please telephone the school office. A class teacher won't be able to check emails during the day when they are teaching but the office will be able to pass on your message.
FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST 2025
What a wonderful start to the new school year we have had in Year 1. It was so lovely to welcome both familiar and new faces into school on Monday. This year we welcomed 32 new students and their families. The teachers have been incredibly impressed with how quickly all children are settling in.
This week we have been learning about Year 1 and getting to know one another. We are learning all about our new routines as well as finding our way around the different spaces in the primary building. We've met many new teachers this week as we have begun our specialist lessons. There are lots of names to learn!
In class we have been concentrating on learning each other's names and making new friends. We have had lots of time to explore the continuous provision in our own classrooms as well as our Shared Classroom space with Ms Apson and Ms Indra. We've talked a lot about how, at school, each class is like a family. We read the story 'Our Class is a Family' and talked about how important it is that at school we look after each other just like a real family.
The children have already made us so proud with their wonderful attitudes, positivity and kindness. We can't wait to see these children grow and flourish over the coming year. We know that we will have a wonderful year together and we are so excited to see what they will achieve.
Wishing you a lovely weekend ahead.
Ms Sarah L & The Year 1 Team
YEAR 1 PARENT INFORMATION SESSION
Thank you to those of you who were able to join for our online Parent Meeting this week. Please find here a copy of the slides.
CCAs
Sign-up for CCAs is on SchoolsBuddy and closes at 4pm today.
SPARE CLOTHES
Please provide a spare set of PE uniform/house colours for children to keep in their locker. Including spare underwear and socks.
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL
Y1 parents may park in the car park below the primary building for drop off in the morning and dismissal at the end of the day. Children can arrive at school between 7:30am - 7:55am. Parents can collect their children from their Year 1 classroom at 2:45pm.
LABELS
Please label all of your child's belongings clearly with their name using permanent marker pen or sewn in / iron on labels. Some sticky name labels fall off very quickly.
START OF THE YEAR COFFEE MORNING
All parents are warmly invited to Mr Nicholas's Start of Year Coffee Morning. This will be held in the Secondary MPH on Thursday 28th August at 8.15am.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 1st September - Public Holiday - School Closed
2nd & 3rd September - Settling In Conferences
5th September - Public Holiday - School Closed
Tuesday 2nd September - Paid CCAs start
Monday 8th September - Teacher-led CCAs start
SWIMMING LESSONS
Swimming lessons for Y1 will start from Tuesday 26th August. On the day of their lesson, children should wear their swimming costume underneath their PE kit. Children will need to bring a suitable swimming bag containing:
Towel
Swimming cap
Goggles
Slippers / flip flops
LUNCH BOXES
If your child brings their lunch from home, it would be really helpful if you could provide them with a lunch box or bag that can contain their food and water bottle. After eating lunch in the canteen, the children walk down the stairs to the ground floor. Teachers have noticed that some children are finding it hard to hold their lunch box and water bottle at the same time as holding onto the handrail on the stairs.
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