Year 1

The children have really enjoyed writing about Peter Rabbit over the last few weeks. They have worked hard to write carefully for a reader, thinking carefully about what a sentence needs and applying their phonic knowledge to help them spell. Their sharing of writing with their friends in the…

On Friday Year One children were very excited to welcome Ada's Mum Kat to our classroom to talk to us about her amazing job of being an archeologist. The children listened intently as Kat explained what her job involves and they asked some great questions to deepen their understanding. This…

In Maths lessons this week, the children continued to work practically to explore partitioning, addition and subtraction facts of the teen numbers. Their confidence in number is improving day by day and the children are working hard to recall the key number facts they have learned. They love the…

Year One children became weather presenters this week! As part of our 'Seasons and Weather' unit in Science, the children used their knowledge of weather symbols to tell others what the weather was going to be like that day. They have learned about the names of different types of clouds and how…

Year One children have been developing their drawing skills this week. Using their knowledge of 'Line' from an Art unit last term, the children have been looking carefully at photos and pictures of famous buildings and trying to replicate these in a pencil sketch. They have learned about the…

In their Maths lessons this week the children have resumed their learning about shape and their properties. We focused on 2D shapes last term, so we are looking at 3D shapes this time. The children are learning to recognise and name cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres. They have really…

Happy New Year to you all!

It was great to see all the Year One children settle quickly and happily back into their learning at school this week.

In English, we have started reading Beatrix Potter's classic Tale of Peter Rabbit. It has been great to hear that some children have some of her…

What a wonderfully busy last week of term in Year One!

The children took part in three performances of 'The Nativity' for the school, parents and families. They played the important part of the shepherds in the story and sang their hearts out throughout! Well done, Year One! You were amazing…

In History lessons Year One children are developing their understanding of the past and present. They can recognise some events and ways of life in the past and compare this to what is happening now in the present. They were really keen to make their own family trees and to discuss the history of…

Year One children have loved reading the story 'Coming Home' by Michael Morpurgo in their English lessons. This beautiful story of a tiny robin making the long and often treacherous journey home in time for Christmas has really captured the children's imagination and they can't wait to see what…

What a brilliant day of cooking we had in Year One on Thursday!

The children were so excited to be reading and following the recipes to make jam tarts and to learn new chopping skills such as the 'claw' and 'bridge' to chop vegetables. We used a wide range of ingredients to make the dips,…

In RE lessons this week, the children have explored Creation, from the Christian worldview. They listened carefully to stories that explained how Christians believe that God created the world over 7 days. To help them remember what was created when, the children made their own 'Creation Wheel'…