🍊Welcome to Orange Class - Year 1
A warm welcome to all our Year 1 children and families. In Orange Class, we work as a team—celebrating achievements , building confidence , and encouraging independence 🌱. Our aim is to create a safe and supportive environment where children can thrive as lifelong learners and enjoy every step of the journey.
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Mrs Newey Class Teacher |
Mrs Batty Cover Supervisor |
Mrs K Wilson Cover Supervisor |
Miss G Carter ETA |
🏙️ This Half Term’s Topic: Bandages and Bravery
Welcome to Orange Class! This half term, our topic is “Bandages and Bravery” 🩹🧡.
We will be learning about real-life heroes from history, practising important English and Maths skills, and enjoying a wide range of creative activities. Below is an overview of what we’ll be exploring this half term.
📅 Year 1 Topics for 2025–2026
| Term | Topic |
|---|---|
| 🍂 Autumn 1 | Let’s Play |
| 🏡 Autumn 2 | Christmas Celebration |
| 🏙️ Spring 1 | Lowerhouses and London |
| 🩹 Spring 2 | Bandages and Bravery |
| 🌌 Summer 1 | Starry, Starry Night |
| 🐘 Summer 2 | Let’s Go on Safari |
📌 Key Information
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🏃♂️ PE Days: Tuesday and Friday
Please ensure children come to school in their outdoor PE kit. Earrings must be removed or covered with plasters. -
📖 Reading Books: Sent home daily
Please sign your child’s reading log—this earns them vouchers in class. -
✏️ Spelling Practice: Worksheets sent home every Friday
Weekly practice helps build confidence and fluency. -
📄 Parent Info Sheet: Available below with ideas for supporting learning at home.
🧠 What We’re Learning:
📖 English
This half term we will be learning about Fairy Tales ✨📚 and Instructions 📝.
🌟 Fairy Tales
Children will explore the features of traditional tales, including:
- Good and bad characters 😇😈
- How stories begin and end 📜
- Main events and story structure
We will be using story maps, story strings, character profiles and role‑play to help us understand the stories deeply 🎭.
📝 Instructions
We will learn what makes good instructions and write our own set of instructions about how to look after someone who is poorly 🤒❤️.
📚 Reading
- Reading is a very important part of Year 1 learning 📘✨.
- Children will bring home a reading book every Thursday, and it must be returned on Monday.
- Please read with your child at home and sign their reading record 🖊️ — this helps them earn rewards in class ⭐.
🔢 Mathematics
This half term we will be learning about:
- ➕ Number bonds to 10
- 🔄 Fact families
- 📏 Using a number line to 20
- 🎯 Estimating on a number line
- 🔢 Comparing and ordering numbers to 20
- ➕ Adding by counting on within 20
- ➕ Adding ones using number bonds
We will practise these skills through practical activities and fun maths challenges 🧠💡.
🕰️ Topic – History & Wider Curriculum
Our History question this half term is:
“Why were the experiences of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole different when they were alive?” 🕯️👩⚕️🌍
We will use stories, pictures and video clips to help us understand their incredible work and contributions.
🎨 Art: We will be drawing self‑portraits.
✝️ RE: Why Easter is important to Christians.
💻 Computing: Taking and editing photos using digital tools.
❤️ PSHCE: Our topic is Healthy Me — learning about our bodies and how to stay healthy.
⚽ PE: Working with a specialist PE coach to learn kicking and dribbling skills.
🥇 P.E. Information
PE days are Tuesday and Friday.
Children must come to school in their PE kit on both days 👟.
If your child wears earrings, please remove them before school or provide plasters. Staff cannot remove earrings for children.
🏡 How You Can Help at Home
- Read with your child every day and sign their Reading Log
- Support your child with weekly spellings ✏️
- Talk together about what they’ve learned in school
- Enjoy reading fairy tales ✨
- Learn facts about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole 🕯️🌍
- Practise counting forwards and backwards from 0–100
- Play counting games from 0–100: http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html
- Practise number bonds to 10: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Look out for our Parent Information Sheet below!
