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Molly Thomas

Year 1 Teacher

Welcome to Year 1

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Posted on 28th Sep 2026 by Katy Tomlinson

🏁 ATTENDANCE GRAND PRIX – WEEKLY RACE REPORT! 🏁

🏁 ATTENDANCE GRAND PRIX – WEEKLY RACE REPORT! 25.9.26🏁

The chequered flag has fallen on another week at SAF and the attendance racers have crossed the line! 🏎️💨

📊 Whole-school attendance this week: 96.9%
⚠️ Persistent Absence: 8.6%

And now to the podium…

🥇 JOINT 1ST – Mrs Yates Y3/4 & Nursery PM – 100%
A PERFECT LAP! Not a single missed turn all week. ⭐

🥈 Mr Broderick Y3 – 99%
So close to perfection! Flying around the final corner and only narrowly missing the top spot.

🥉 Mr Andrew Y4 – 98.9%
Just 0.1 behind! That really was a photo finish.

🔥 Miss R Jones Y2 – 98.8%

Right on the podium’s bumper and keeping the leaders firmly in sight!

Also putting in some serious pace this week:

🏎️ Miss Capps YR – 98.1%
🏎️ Mrs Robson Y5 – 97.9%
🏎️ Nursery Flexi – 97.7%
🏎️ Miss Thomas Y1 – 96.9% – bang on our whole-school figure!

Elsewhere on the circuit…

🍌 Miss Brown Y6 and Mrs Vickers YR – 96.3%
A small banana skin on the track, but still very much in the race.

🦑 Miss Jones Y5 – 95.8%
Hit by the ink just as the finish line came into view!

🍌 Miss Adams Y6 – 94.6% and Mrs Dornan-Steer Y2 – 94.4%
A couple of tricky corners this week, but plenty of opportunity to make up places next time.

🦑 Mrs Casswell YR – 91.8%
The ink cloud caused some visibility problems this week. Time for a clean windscreen and another charge next week!

And Nursery AM – 80% had what can only be described as a race full of bananas, ink, red shells and probably a rogue Blue Shell too! 😬🍌🦑

🏆 Race result: 96.9% overall

A strong whole-school result, but Persistent Absence at 8.6% remains the figure we need to keep working on.

Congratulations to Mrs Yates Y3/4 and Nursery PM on this week’s flawless 100% performance! 👏

Next week: new race, clean track, everything to play for… 🏁

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Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to year 1. We are so glad to have your child in our class. We have many exciting projects planned for this year and are looking forward to the amazing learning journey we will undertake.

Our classrooms are all set to go and promote a love for the world around us. In year 1 your child can be a scientist, engineer, architect, inventor, author and storyteller just to name a few!

If you have any queries please come and chat to a member of our year 1 team. We are always here to help. The practitioners are Miss Thomas, Mrs Grindrod and Miss Broster.

Our online learning platform is Seesaw. Please use the QR code provided by us to log onto your child’s account. We look forward to seeing all the amazing learning you do at home.

This term we are learning about… famous nurses in history, Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ in art, creation stories in RE and animals including humans in science.

Weekly Timetable

PE is on Wednesday and Friday.

Please ensure your child comes to school in their school uniform and bring their PE kit in a bag. This needs to be a school P.E top/ white polo shirt and black shorts/ jogging bottoms. We are not dressing and undressing this term.

Forest School on Tuesday (fortnightly).

Your child needs to bring suitable kit that is appropriate for the weather; wellies, waterproofs, coat.

Parent Reading Morning is on Thursday.

Home Reading

Please read regularly with your child at home. Reading is an essential skill that needs to be refined from a young age and it can help provide opportunities of success for your child in school.

Every time you read with your child, mark this in their Reading Record. This will be checked often and scored to award a Reading Champion each week.

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

In year 1, every child completes a phonics screening check where they are assessed on their ability to read real words and nonsense/alien (pseudo) words. This takes place in the Summer Term and for children to pass this statutory assessment, they but score 32 or more (out of 40 words). Please promote reading as much as possible at home as this will support their development. If you need any support or require more information, please don’t hesitate to ask.