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2025-2026

Welcome to Year 1/2.  Croeso!

Staff in Year 1/2:Mrs K. Taylor, Mrs A Williams

We are so excited to be welcoming you back to school after our Summer holidays.   We have got an exciting and fun-filled year ahead, with lots of lovely whole school and phase topics. 

PE Day: 
Monday (PM)- Children to wear school jumpers or red cardigans with t-shirt and suitable bottoms such as leggings, tracksuit bottoms or shorts (summer) and trainers into school on this day. Children will need to be able to fasten their shoes themselves. This is essential for the children's safety while taking part in physical activity. The children will also be doing the daily mile every day weather permitting. 

Estuary Education: 
We are very fortunate to have such a rich learning environment literally on our doorstep. Every fortnight on a Wednesday, we will be completing activities using our school nature reserve and the local area.  Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather which includes, waterproof coats and wellies in the Winter. 

Here are the dates for Summer term  (subject to change) :

Wednesday 10th September

Wednesday 24th September

Wednesday 8th October

Wednesday 22nd October

Homework:

Homework will be set on Mondays and pupils can complete this at home. There is no pressure to send this into school but if your child is particularly proud of a piece of work they can bring it in and we will display it on our 'WOW' wall. We will also set a half termly topic homework plan where your child can choose which ones they would like to complete and work on through the half term.  Please find homework on the class blog.  Children will also have a free choice library book on a Friday and this needs to be returned the following Friday.  We also hope to rotate this with a story sack, where your child will bring home a book and games/toys/puzzles inside the sack.  Each child will also have an individual reading book weekly and these need to be returned on the day highlighted on the reading records. Once books have been returned on the appropriate day, pupils will then take their next book. 

Reading:

At Casllwchwr, we do many forms of reading:

• Guided reading in groups 
• Shared (paired ,group and whole class)
• Individual (Reading with the class teacher/teaching assistant/adult)

Our reading system will be up and running after the first 2-3 weeks of settling into the new classes. We will send details home with further information.  We will be continuing with our online reading scheme called 'Reading Eggs'.  This is an exciting and valuable tool to help raise children's confidence in reading.  Children will have an individual log in and they can use it at home. this will become part of year 1 and year 2 homework. 

PLEASE CLICK ON THE PDF DOCUMENTS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 'READING EGGS'

Fruit and Drinks

Healthy eating is a priority in our school and we are encouraging everyone to bring in a healthy fruit or vegetable snack for eating during morning breaktime. Please bring in a water bottle (with your name on it) every day for use in the classroom  and will need to be taken home and brought back each day. Please can you ensure that water bottles for classroom use are filled only with water. Other drinks are allowed for packed lunches i.e. squash or fruit juice.  

Website & Communicating :

Remember to check our class blog and gallery to see what we have been learning.  We are in the process of reviewing our whole school systems of communication, we are hoping to ‘go live’ with our platforms in the next few weeks.

Year 1/2  - Planning the Curriculum 

Bridge Phase

2025-2026 Topics

We are working together to plan and prepare exciting learning opportunities with everyone involved. EPIC Planning (Everyone planning in class) - Pupil voice will help us to steer our learning journey together. 

Autumn Topic- Turrets and Tiaras

Spring Topic - Cool Cultures

Summer Topic - Shiver me Timbers 

EPIC Planning Autumn Term 2025

EPIC Planning Spring Term 2026

EPIC Planning Summer Term 2026