Ombersley Endowed First School

Classes

Pre-School - Little Acorns

Reception - Oak Class

Year 1 - Elm Class

Elm Class 2026/27

Year 2 - Beech Class

Year 3 - Chestnut Class

Year 4 - Ash Class

Welcome to Year 1

Hello and a warm welcome to Year 1 at Ombersley First School!

The Year 1 team consists of:

Miss Morgan - Class teacher

Mrs Godbold – Teaching Assistant

We aim to ensure that all children experience a smooth and seamless transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1, thereby building on the foundations that the National Curriculum depends on.

Year 1 is the most exciting year in the school! During the Year, our pupils will be exploring ideas, discovering different ways to learn, and will be enjoying a variety of fantastic and new experiences. We will endeavour to instil a love of learning in each and every one of the pupils, and to inspire children's imaginations using our terrific topics!

What does our curriculum look like in year 1?

Phonics

In year 1, we use Floppy Phonics.
If you would like to support your child at home, you just need to type in Oxford Owl and login in using our details:

Username: omber-elm
Password: ombersley2023

Maths

In year 1, we follow the White Rose scheme of learning.
We also do a Mastering Number starter every day which helps with our fluency.
Our topics for maths are:
Autumn term - Place value within 10, addition and subtraction within 10 and geometry.
Spring term - Place value within 20, addition and subtraction within 20, place value within 50, length and height, mass and volume.
Summer term - Multiplication and division, fractions, geometry (position and direction), place value within 100, measurement (money), time.

Writing

In year 1, we follow the I Am a Clever Writer scheme of learning.
We also do spelling tests weekly which children will come home with at the start of each half term.
Our topics are:
Autumn term - lists and captions, the place value of punctuation and grammar, non chronological report and a recount.
Spring term - Narrative, non-chronological report, setting description and story weave.
Summer term - Narrative, Instructions, recount, and persuasive advert.

We use Get Set 4 PE for our lessons in PE.
We also have specialist coaches in to support us in our learning.
Our topics are:
Autumn term: Ball skills, fundamentals, sending and receiving and dance.
Spring term: Dance, gymnastics, invasion games, gymnastics.
Summer term: Net and wall games, OAA, athletics and fitness.

Computing

We follow Purple Mash for our computing lessons:.
Our topics throughout the year are:
Online safety, grouping and sorting, pictograms, Lego builders, maze explorers, animated stories, coding and tech outside school.

History

We follow Kapow for our History.
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Geography

We follow Kapow for our Geography.
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