Dear Children and Families,

A very warm welcome to Year 1!

This year will be full of exciting new learning, a new classroom, new experiences and new teachers. I am Miss Reason, and although I am also new to the school, I am absolutely delighted to be your Year 1 class teacher. Alongside Mrs Jago and Mrs Dean, we are looking forward to supporting you all on what promises to be a wonderful year of fun, friendship and learning.

Our first few days together have been fantastic, and everyone has settled into Year 1 brilliantly. It has been lovely getting to know the children and seeing them embrace all the exciting changes with such enthusiasm. We already have lots of exciting activities planned, and I'm sure there will be plenty for the children to share with their families at home.

Our first topic this year is Seasons and Celebrations. We will be exploring how the world changes throughout the year and learning about different celebrations and traditions. There is so much to discover this term, and I am just as excited as the children to begin our learning journey together!

One of our key focuses this year will be phonics. We will be working hard to develop our reading and writing skills, and any support at home makes a huge difference. Children can help by sharing phonics games they play in school, reading regularly with an adult, and practising saying and writing their sounds. These skills are so important and help children across all areas of their learning.

In Maths, we will be building confidence with place value, as well as addition and subtraction within 10, helping children develop a secure understanding of these important early number concepts.

Over the summer, I worked hard to create a calm, welcoming classroom where children feel happy, safe and ready to learn. Throughout the year, we will enjoy learning in English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, RE, Art and many other subjects. There will also be lots of opportunities to explore, play, be creative and spend time with friends.

Year 1 is a little different from Reception, but because much of my teaching experience has been in the Early Years, I am passionate about making this transition as smooth, positive and enjoyable as possible. My aim is to ensure that every child feels confident, supported and excited about coming to school each day.

I am so excited to be working with your children this year and cannot wait to see all the amazing things they will achieve.

Here's to a fantastic Year 1 filled with learning, laughter and wonderful memories!

Best wishes,

Miss Reason

Year 1 2026-2027 Gallery 

Photos of our Autumn walk. 

 Year 1 2025 - 2026 Gallery

 Year 1 took part in the whole school sponsored speed goal kick event. We loved it!

In geography we are learning about the seaside. We painted some seascapes. 

In English in the summer term we are learning the story 'The Storm Whale.' 

Our seasons tree has changed in to a spring tree! We painted our own blossom trees.

At Easter we made our own crosses in RE.

When we read 'Handa's Surprise' we made our own animals using paper weaving.

For Enterprise Week Year 1 decided to make decorated biscuits. Our class raised £20!

In science week we found out which items can float and which will sink. We had lots of fun!

We have been learning about our senses in science. We tried to guess what was inside the smelling pots.

In science we investigated these noisy pots to guess what was inside. It was really tricky!

In computing we made summer jigsaws.

In computing we have been drawing our own pictures and learning how to code. We made the bubbles and fish move and disappear!

We have been learning about the weather. We made up our own weather forecasts and presented them to the class.

We went for an autumn walk to see how many changes we could find.

Archive of 2024 - 2025

We have been using a story map to learn the story ‘How to Catch a Star’. We made our own stars.

We have been learning about how our brains work through our ‘My Happy Mind’ scheme. The soft toys are all characters that are helping us to learn how to have a happy healthy mind. 

 
 

We have been learning all about autumn.

 

During anti-bullying week we learnt about caring for each other and how to be a good friend.