All key information about Year 1 can be found in the 'Welcome to Year 1' presentation below, including staff details, PE days and our weekly timetable.

Important dates for your diary:

Phonics Screening Check: Week beginning 14th June 2027 – it can take place any day within that week.

Phonics in Year 1

At Gorsemoor, we teach phonics following the Department for Education ‘Little Wandle’ programme from Nursery to Year 1. This is the revised version of 'Letters and Sounds'.  Children take part in daily phonics sessions, usually in small groups with staff from across the year group.

To further support your child at home with their phonics journey, there are a number of resources below to help with 'growing the code' and how to say the sounds in Phase 3 and 5.