Year 1 - Mrs Saphier 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Y1!

I am Mrs Saphier and this year will be teaching Year 1. Across KS1 we will have Miss Bennett, Miss Billing, Miss Dubrovska and Mrs Dandy who are all fabulous members of our support staff. 

During this half term, in Maths we will begin to look at numbers with 20 including addition and subtraction. 

In English we will be looking at Lost and Found and completing writing around this.

In History we will be learning about Rainhill and special days.

In Geography, we will be learning all about features of our local area. 

In Science we will be looking at our bodies.

During our Music sessions, we will be learning new songs and practicing on the glockenspiels.

In RE we be learning about the religion of Christianity.

PE this half term will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.

In KS1 we have three different books that are sent home.

Reading for Pleasure books – these are sent home on Monday and returned on Friday. These are books that are to be shared as a family, at bed time, before tea or just snuggled up on the sofa.

RWI books – these are sent home on Monday and returned on Friday. These are phonetically plausible books that are chosen specific in line with your child’s phonic knowledge.

Phonetically decodable or banded reading books – these are changed every Tuesday and Friday. Don’t worry about reading a full book each day, reading a couple of pages each day will be great. Please just make a note of which page you have read up to. 

Please remember to read with your child as often as possible - ideally three times a week. School planners are checked daily for any messages.  

In addition to reading daily, we have Rainbow Challenges for KS1. These are challenges set for each half term. The RED Rainbow Challenge has six different activities for you to complete before the end of the school half term. You can take pictures of you completing each activity and add it onto School Spider (Rainbow Challenges RED autumn 1) or you can simply write a note in your child's planner to say which challenge they have completed. If you have completed four or more of these challenges before the end of autumn 1, you will earn your RED Rainbow Certificate.  

If you ever have any concerns or want to discuss something, please send a note on School Spider, email the school office, or speak to me on the door at the end of the day.

We are so excited to help your children grow and flourish in the first half term of this school year!

Mrs Saphier