--- title: "Year 1 Blog - w/c 12/10/26" url: "https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-16-13-11-year-1-blog-w-c-12-10-26" school: "Strathmore Infant and Nursery School" --- Reception and Nursery Tours for 2027 Admissions Now Open - Please go to our Admissions page to book a space # Year 1 Blog - w/c 12/10/26 16 October 2026 [Alice Devenny](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/author/adevenny) [Year 1 Weekly Blogs](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/category/year-1-weekly-blogs) # 🌟 Year 1 Weekly News 🌟 It has been a busy week in Year 1 as we have brought lots of our learning to a close and celebrated the fantastic progress the children have made this half term. We have completed our English and Maths units, finished sewing our bunting, and brought together all of our learning about materials through our Gingerbread Man investigation. Next week, we are looking forward to our **Autumn Science Day**, where we will be celebrating all things autumn through exciting hands-on activities! ## 📚 English This week, the children edited and published their beautiful colour poems, applying everything they have learned this term about sentence writing, presentation and handwriting. We are incredibly proud of the effort they put into their work. We also revisited some tricky Phase 4 phonics through spooky potion writing and sentence-building activities. ## 🔢 Maths We have now completed our **Place Value within 10** unit. The children consolidated some of the trickier concepts, including: - Finding missing numbers on a number line - Comparing numbers using **<, > and =** - Estimating and ordering numbers It has been wonderful to see how much confidence the children have developed with numbers this half term. ## 🔤 Phonics This week, we revisited Phase 4 phonics and practised reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants, such as: - *milk* and *hand* (CVCC) - *frog* and *trip* (CCVC) - *crisp* and *start* (CCVCC) The children have worked hard to blend and segment these more challenging words and are becoming increasingly confident readers and writers. ## 🎵 Music Many families have asked about the upcoming **Mr Cheadle's Menagerie** performance at the Barbican. At the moment, we are continuing to learn our song and are excited to see how it comes together alongside the orchestra. Unfortunately, due to safeguarding requirements and ticket availability, we are unable to invite any additional parents to attend the performance. However, we will do our very best to record and share elements of the performance afterwards so that you can celebrate this special achievement with your child at home. ## 💛 Gentle Reminders As the weather becomes colder and more unpredictable, please ensure your child comes to school each day with a **coat and wellies**. This helps them make the most of their OPAL play, whatever the weather! We hope you all have a wonderful final week before the half-term break. ## 📌 Important Information 🏃 **PE:** Monday and Wednesday 📚 **Library:** Tuesday 📖 **Phonics Reading Book Exchange:** Friday Please ensure phonics books are returned in their plastic wallets so they can be exchanged promptly. Thank you for your continued support! 🌟 [ Reception 16.10.26](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-16-09-09-reception-16-10-26) [Nursery blog week 7 ](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-16-13-14-nursery-blog-week-7) ![Strathmore Infant and Nursery School](https://files.schudio.com/strathmore-infant-and-nursery-school/images/logo/Strathmore_Infant_and_Nursery_-_logo_(1).png) ### Strathmore Infant and Nursery School Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XR 01462 459558 ### Useful Links: - [Newsletters](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/news-and-events/newsletter-half-termly) - [Admissions](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/about-us/admissions) - [School Day](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/about-us/school-day) - [Safeguarding](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/key-information/safeguarding) © Copyright 2025–2026 Strathmore Infant and Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://strathmore.herts.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)