Mrs Faupel and Mrs Tull are our class teachers.
Our teaching assistants are Mrs Blundell and Miss Davies.
Our SEND teaching assistants are Miss Gibson and Mrs Thomas.
lfaupel@crick.northants.sch.uk rshaw@crick.northants.sch.uk
Things to note:
- PE is on Tuesdays and Fridays. On PE days please send your child into school in their PE kit. PE may be inside or outside, so please dress for the weather! If your child has long hair, please tie this up on PE days and remove earrings.
- The children have the opportunity to read in school every day so please make sure their books and reading diaries are in school every day. If your child needs their book changing please encourage them to put their books in the 'to be changed tray' (red) first thing in the morning.
- Water bottles should be brought to school daily. Please make sure these are named.
- Please make sure all coats, jumpers and bags are named.
- A healthy snack can be sent in for playtime. We also provide fresh fruit as a snack in the afternoons.
Spring 2 2026
What a wonderful half term we had before the break! It has been a privilege to see how much the children have learned and matured since reception. We have already got off to a good start to this term, writing a poem and working on the place value of numbers to 50. We are also learning to count in tens, fives and twos. It would be great if you could practice at home. Please find this half term's newsletter, topic web and homework grid below.
Our home work expectations are:
Daily reading
Numbots
Two pieces from the homework grid. (Optional)
Newsletter, topic web and homework grid
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| Year 1 Spring 2 Homework Grid.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Spring 2 Newsletter.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Spring 2 Topic Web.pdf | |||
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Spring 1 2026
Welcome back to school. We wish you a happy and healthy 2026 and hope you had a lovely Christmas. If you have any questions, queries or anything you need to share with us, please catch us before or after school, or email us on the email addresses above.
Spring 1 Newsletter
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| Year 1 Spring 1 Homework Grid.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Spring 1 Topic Web.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Spring 1 Newsletter.pdf | |||
Autumn 2
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| Year 1 Autumn 2 Homework Grid.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Autumn 2 Topic Web.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Autumn 2 Newsletter.pdf | |||
Autumn 1 2025
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| Year 1 Autumn 1 Topic Web 2025.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Autumn 1 Newsletter 2025.pdf | |||
| Year 1 Autumn 1 Homework Grid 2025.pdf | |||
Year 1 Common Exception Words
Below is a list of words we will be learning to spell and read in year 1. Most of them are words that cannot easily be decoded by sounding out.
Here are some great websites you can use at home
- Phonics Play - Some great phonic based games to play.
- Phonics bloom - More great phonics games to play.
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Newsround- The home of news and fun facts for kids.
- Top marks - English and Maths games to play. Try the daily 10- quick arithmetic skills. How quick can you get?
- Oxford Owl - This is a great website where you can read books online - for your child to read or to read together.
- Cbeebies bedtime stories - Lovely bedtime stories read by lots of different people!
- Storyline online - Lots of stories for you to listen to with your child.
- Numberblocks - an animated show exploring numbers in lots of different ways!
- Alphablocks on the BBC - Great short shows practicing different phonics sounds, great for practicing blending.
- Once upon a picture - Some great images to promote discussion, role play and lots of suggested literacy activities!
- BBC Supermovers - number songs and dances
- Go Noodle - fun fitness videos
- Read, Write, Inc- useful phonics information and guidance. This is the programme our school follows for phonics.
