Year 1

Miss Pedlar is the Year 1 teacher and Mrs. Pedley and Mrs Anderson Smith are the Year 1 teaching assistants.

In Year 1, we have amazing topics and learning planned for your child’s first year in Key Stage 1 at Connor Downs Academy, that will help inspire, develop and encourage an inquisitive mind. Our PE day is a Wednesday. Outdoor learning takes place on a Wednesday.

In Year 1 phonics is an integral part of your child’s learning journey, this helps develop their reading and writing skill set for school life. Therefore, practicing these skills at home by reading every night and writing spellings is really important. Reading books are changed on a Wednesday or Thursday and homework is given out on a Friday to be returned the following Friday.