Class 1
Summer Term
Reminder: All children should have a water bottle that they bring to school each day and take home. Learning is thirsty work!
Hello Year 1!
We hope you had a lovely Easter and are ready for Summer 1 to begin!
This term will include exploring plants and seasons in Science, beginning our learning about Peru in Geograghy and even squeezing in a trip to Tiddlywinks Animal Hospital to explore our Spirituality and Science discussions.
As always, keep reading and practising your phonics at home.
Please check here for any updates and email admin@leverstockgreen.herts.sch.uk if you have a query.
Miss Pace and Mrs Kenny
Dates for the Diary
Tuesday 21st April: PTA Little Recyclers collection.
Monday 4th May: May Bank Holiday: school closed.
Friday 15th May: PTA Disco.
Thursday 21st May: Open Book afternoon.
Monday 25th - Friday 29th May: Half Term Holiday.
Spelling Test
Children will complete an informal spelling test every Tuesday, with new words provided for practice to go home on Wednesday. The test will be composed of five or six Common Exception/Tricky words or High Frequency words.
Some children will instead have a phonics intervention just learning the sounds in our weekly spellings. These will be marked in their reading records. It is still important all children try and learn the spellings as this consolidates our phonics practice.
What have we been up to?...
Peregrine Falcon Live Cam at St Alban's Cathedral
The children have been enjoying watching St Alban's Peregrine Falcon Live Cam, with now four eggs!
By the end of the year, the children will have created Falcon mini-books and written letters to St Albans Cathedral, thanking them for showing us their falcons for another year!
Climate Week
The children created an action plan for climate week, which included re-using potatoes that had been used for our art printing!
They came up with the idea of cutting into the potatoes to create tulips for Mothers' Day prints and then we decided to try and plant them..!
The children also enjoyed re-using cardboard boxes for junk modelling- we made buses, shops and even a restaurant!
RSPB Big Bird Watch
The children had a great time exploring the outdoors during our RSPB Big Bird Watch..!
We used our subitising skills and tally marking to count the birds, using our number formation to write down the results.
I was so pleased with how much the children entered into it! They did brilliantly!
If you want to take part in the Big Bird Watch at home head to RSPB BIg Bird Watch 2026 to check it out.
Great Fire of London House Burning
In the Autumn term we studied the houses that burned during the Great Fire of London and identified their features. We used this knowledge to build our own Great Fire of London houses which we then got to watch be set alight at the end of term...!
December 2025: Our Elf has been up to mischief...
November 2025: Great Fire of London Day
What a day we had! Thank you so much to all the parent volunteers- we couldn't have done it without you! And well done to the children. The company who ran the workshop had excellent feedback for how interested the children were and how well they listened...!
September 2025:
Please ensure your child has a water bottle they can access during the day (learning is thirsty work!)
PE Days
Wednesdays & Fridays.
Home Learning
During the Autumn term, home learning is kept to a minimum.
Please do continue to read with your child x5 a week, re-reading their phonics books x3 before they are changed. Please record this in your child's reading record and return to school.
From October Half Term, children will be given a 'reading for pleasure' book that they can take home each week. This will often be a more 'challenging' read intended for enjoying with an adult.
Recommended Reads for Year 1
In Year One, we are passionate about creating a positive reading culture in our classroom and beyond...!
Please see link below for recommended reads:
Peace Out
Phonics at Home
Phase 3 to 5 Phoneme Flash Cards
Phonics Phase 3 to 5 flashcards
