Year 1 2022 - 2023

We have two classes in Year 1
Beech Class is taught by - Mrs Ward and Mrs Pelham
Mrs Ward (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning)
Mrs Pelham (Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday)
Beech Class Teaching Assistant is - Mrs Thomson. 
Maple Class is taught by - Miss Carter
Maple Class Teaching Assistant is - Mrs Harrison- Smith 
Should you need to speak to your child’s teacher, telephone the office to ask them to contact you by phone, or make use of the class email address (bearing in mind that email responses will not be as rapid, with staff teaching throughout the day):
maple@huntington.cheshire.sch.uk beech@huntington.cheshire.sch.uk
Spring Term
Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Welcome back to Huntington everybody! We hope that you have enjoyed the Christmas holidays. We are excited to begin the Spring term. We have lots of fun and exciting activities and lessons ahead.
During this term, we will be focusing on the topics ‘Roar!' based on the book 'The Lion Inside' written by Rachel Bright and 'Long Long Ago' based on the book 'The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth' by Ellie Hattie
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In Science this term we will be learning about seasonal change and materials.

In Maths we follow the White Rose Hub scheme of learning and we will be looking at Place Value within 20 and 50, Addition and Subtraction within 20,Length and Height, and Mass and Volume.
Below you can see a table which shows what we aim for children to include in their writing during this term.
Phonics
We will be following the Little Wandle Programme:
For more information on Little Wandle please click here
Useful Websites/Apps/Educational Programmes
- Teach your monster to read (Phonics) https://teachyourmonstertoread.com
- Phonics Play https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
- Cbeebies https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/article-for-teachers
- StoryBots on YouTube/Netflix https://www.youtube.com/user/storybots
- Number Blocks on Youtube/Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DecZjgAtEmo
- Jack Hartmann times tables on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcQH8A634mauPrGbWs7QlQ
- Mr Mac on Youtube (Phonics and Maths) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcZnvuTeovlznioLRo0GOA
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