Below is a selection of stories your child will experience during their time in Year 1.
The Storm Whale by Benji Davies
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman
The Tin Forest by Helen Ward
Please see the videos below to learn more about phonics. There is also guidance to help your child read at home.
Please see below for the writing units your child will experience and the new skills they will learn each year.
Autumn
Labels and captions
Simple recount
Setting description
Sequence a simple story
Instructions
Poems about nature
Spring
Character description
Story
Non-chronological report
Postcard/letter
Poems on a theme
Summer
What am I? – Poetry
Instructions
Setting description
Story
Recount
Below are resources to help you understand how grammar is introduced to your child. We use 'Memorable Sentences' to encourage children to use their grammar knowledge/skills in pieces of writing.