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Welcome to Autumn 1

Dear Year 1 Families,

Welcome back! We hope you had a fantastic summer and are excited for the upcoming term. We look forward to collaborating with you and sharing your child’s progress, achievements, and learning experiences. Thank you for your ongoing support—together, we can ensure a happy and successful year for all!

Important Dates

  • Welcome back to school! — Welcome to the 2026–27 school year! We look forward to welcoming everyone back. School starts at 8:40am.
  • Reading Workshop - Sea Dragon Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to read, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and provide resources for you to support your child with their reading. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child learning in a RWI speed sound session. The workshop will take during the week beginning 21st September. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • After school clubs to begin. — After school clubs begin this week.
  • Reading Workshop - Seahorse Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to read, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and provide resources for you to support your child with their reading. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child learning in a RWI speed sound session. The workshop will take during the week beginning 21st September. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • Reading Workshop - Sea Dragon Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to read, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and provide resources for you to support your child with their reading. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child learning in a RWI speed sound session. The workshop will take during the week beginning 21st September. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • Reading Workshop - Seahorse Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to read, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and provide resources for you to support your child with their reading. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child learning in a RWI speed sound session. The workshop will take during the week beginning 21st September. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • Appledore Book Festival - Author Visit — Sarah Tagholm will be joining year one in the morning to share her latest book is Where are my massive flying wings? Little caterpillar can't wait to become a butterfly, swoop-a-looping with massive flying wings. But there is TOO MUCH WAITING. First you have to eat LOTS of leaves. Then you have to make a cocoon . . . and wait some MORE before you can grow wings and fly! But what happens if you come out of your cocoon to find that you're not a butterfly after all? Could there be another destiny in wait?
  • Maths Workshop - Sea Dragon Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to engage in early maths, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and for you to support your child with their maths at home. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child interacting with our practical maths activities that can also be done at home. The workshop will take during the week beginning 5th October. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • aths Workshop - Seahorse Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to engage in early maths, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and for you to support your child with their maths at home. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child interacting with our practical maths activities that can also be done at home. The workshop will take during the week beginning 5th October. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • aths Workshop - Sea Dragon Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to engage in early maths, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and for you to support your child with their maths at home. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child interacting with our practical maths activities that can also be done at home. The workshop will take during the week beginning 5th October. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • Maths Workshop - Seahorse Class - please sign up on the door — We are holding workshops for parents/carers to learn how we are teaching your child to engage in early maths, and for you to learn how you can help at home. We will share useful tips and for you to support your child with their maths at home. During the workshop, you will have an opportunity to see your child interacting with our practical maths activities that can also be done at home. The workshop will take during the week beginning 5th October. Please choose one date and time to attend. Sign-up sheets will be available on your child’s classroom door. Please arrive at the school’s reception area on the day.
  • Woodland Clinic — To support our science topic this term (seasonal changes and plants) we will be taking a walk through the Woodland Clinic to observe autumnal changes in the forest.
  • KS2 Halloween Discos — Save the date for our KS2 Halloween Disco! More information will be sent out closer to the event.
  • KS1 Halloween Discos — Save the date for our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Halloween Disco! More information will be sent out closer to the event.
  • Science Day — A whole-school day of exciting science activities, investigations and hands-on learning for every year group.

📚 Class reading

Our favourite reads

The Kindest Red Ibtihaj Muhammad

A story that explores sisterhood and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

What the ladybird heard
What the ladybird heard Julia Donaldson

A rhyming story based in a farmyard

Questions and Answers about Science
Questions and Answers about Science Katie Daynes

An interactive children's board book that uses liftable flaps to answer fun science questions

My little Star Mark Sperring & Nicola O'Byrne

As night falls and the stars twinkle, parents and children around the world share a tender bedtime moment.

More books to try

Cinderella
Cinderella Ed Bryan

A classic tale about a mistreated young girl who overcomes hardship and finds a happy life through kindness and a touch of magic.

PE Information

PE Days: Monday and Tuesday and Friday

School PE kit should include a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and trainers. Optional jogging bottoms for outdoor PE. If your child wears tights, please ensure they have spare socks to change into for PE.

Teacher Messages

Seahorse class will have PE on Mondays and Tuesdays. Sea Dragon class will have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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Contacts

Phone: 01237 475178 ¡ Email: admin@etwschool.com

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