• Classes - Mr Whittle & Mrs Allen: Woodpeckers, Miss Kinsella: Hedgehogs
• Classrooms - Woodpeckers: Downstairs of the Mitchell building closest to the Mansion Road gate.
• Classrooms - Hedgehogs: Downstairs of the Mitchell building closest to Waterloo Road or Paynes Road gates. 

• PE - Year 1 will do their PE sessions every Thursday - please send your child to school in their PE kit.
• Phonics books - Year 1 swap their phonics books on Fridays. Please bring in your Big Cat book and reading record. 

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See the video below for a welcome to the Woodpecker Classroom

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Year 1 Welcome Meeting: Date Tuesday 15th September 2026, 3.30 in classrooms

Year 1 Phonics Screening Week: Week beginning Monday 14th June 2027

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We strongly encourage 10-15 minutes of daily reading: sharing stories with your children and listening to them read at their own phonics level are both important.

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