--- title: "Year 1" url: "https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-1" school: "Hillary Primary School" --- # Year 1 ## 2026-2027 ## Welcome to Year 1 ### The staff that work in this year group are: #### Mrs Williams ##### Assistant Head Teacher EYFS & KS1 #### Miss Harewood ##### Class 1A #### Mrs Ball ##### Year Lead - Class 1B #### Miss Zahid ##### Class 1C ### Attendance & Punctuality It is vital that your child attends school and that they are on time every day. The doors will be open for 10 minutes for children to arrive. Please try and book any appointments outside of the school day where possible. Start Time: 8.50am (Doors close at 9:00am) Finish Time:15.30pm (Doors close at 3:40) ### Water Bottles Children may bring in a clean water bottle to drink from during the school day. Children are able to re-fill bottles at school. Please ensure they are clearly labelled with your child’s name. ### Breaktime #### KS1 – Milk & Fruit Children will receive free milk until they turn 5 years old. If you wish for your child to have milk after this time, this must be booked and paid for on the Arbor app, a term in advance at a cost of £12 per term. Children will receive a piece of fruit for snack each day. **Break time 11:00am - 11:15am** ### Lunchtimes Every child in Year 1 is entitled to a free school dinner. You must make a meal selection on Arbor the day before by 11.30pm. If you do not make a meal selection, then your child will be given a cheese sandwich and a piece of fruit. If you wish, you may send in a healthy packed lunch for your child to eat if they do not want a hot dinner from school. **Lunch time 12:10pm - 1:00pm** ***Please note:*** *We are a nut free school as we have many children with serious allergies. Please do not send anything into school that contains nuts, this includes chocolate spread.* Our Menu’s can be found under the parent tab - [School Menus](https://hillary-primary-school.schudio.com/parents/lunch) ### Uniforms and PE kits A reminder of Uniform and PE kit can be found on the ‘Parents’ section of the school website. PE kits must be worn to school on PE days only. If children arrive to school in sports attire that is not plain and logo free then you will be contacted to drop off the correct PE uniform for your child to change in to. Click link to take you to the [Uniform page](https://hillary-primary-school.schudio.com/parents/uniform-information) ### PE Days **Class 1A** – Tuesday & Thursday **Class 1B**- Monday & Tuesday **Class 1C** – Monday & Tuesday ### Library Every week children will have the opportunity to visit the library where they can choose a book to take home and read. Year 1's library day with be every Friday, please make sure your child brings in their library book so that they can change and choose a new book each week. ### Arbor Please ensure you have the Arbor app downloaded to your phone – you will need this to pay for everything in school, including trips. If you require any assistance in using the app, please get in touch. ### Year 1 Notices #### Homework Children will be given a reading book and a reading diary. Please sign their diary each time you listen to your child read. Diaries will be checked weekly and their book will be changed when required. You can also help your child by: - Listening to them read as often as possible & discuss the books. - Join a library. - Practice learning number bonds to 10. ### Year 1 Newsletters Y1 Autumn Curriculum leaflet 460 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/hillary-primary-school/files/documents/y1-autumn-curriculum-leaflet.docx) [Embedded content](https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.schudio.com%2Fhillary-primary-school%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2Fy1-autumn-curriculum-leaflet.docx) Transition booklet 1b 11.76 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/hillary-primary-school/files/documents/transition-booklet-1b.pdf) Transition booklet 1c 11.12 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/hillary-primary-school/files/documents/transition-booklet-1c.pdf) 1a Transition Booklet 10.93 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/hillary-primary-school/files/documents/1a-transition-booklet.pdf) [Google Classroom](https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h) ### Parents - [Apply for a Nursery Place](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/apply-for-a-nursery-place) - [Arbor](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/arbor-1) - [Calendar](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/calendar) - [Hillary Health Hub - Parents](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/hillary-health-hub-parents) - [Late/Absence Procedures](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/lateabsence-procedures) - [Latest News](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/latest-news) - [Letters](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/letters) - [Lunch](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/lunch) - [Newsletters](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/newsletters) - [Parent Notices](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/parent-notices) - [School Clubs](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/school-clubs) - [Term Dates](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/term-dates) - [Transition - Year 6 to Year 7](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/transition-year-6-to-year-7) - [Tuck Shop](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/tuck-shop) - [Uniform Information](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/uniform-information) - [Useful Forms](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/useful-forms) - [Useful Links](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/useful-links) - [Year Pages](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages) - [Rainbow Room](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/rainbow-room) - [Nursery](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/nursery) - [Reception](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/reception) - [Year 1](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-1) - [Year 2](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-2) - [Year 3](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-3) - [Year 4](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-4) - [Year 5](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-5) - [Year 6](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/year-6) - [Senior Choir](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/parents/year-pages/senior-choir) [ ![palfrey infant school](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/images/logo/Hillary_Primary_School-white.png) ](https://hillary.walsall.sch.uk/) [HillaryPrimarySchool](https://www.facebook.com/HillaryPrimarySchool#) [@PrimaryHillary](https://x.com/@PrimaryHillary) © Hillary Primary School. 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