In English this half-term, we have been re-writing ‘The 3 Little Pigs.’ Each day we have focussed on improving adjectives and verbs within the story, as well as structuring our sentences well. The children have also used COOL time to explore the story further by reading the book, drawing and Read more…
Since starting Year 1, the children have been learning basic skills for computing. We began by finding out what technology is and doing a technology hunt, then found out a bit more about online safety before we started using the computers and learnt how to log in to purple mash Read more…
As Year 1 received over 500 dojos last half-term, they were rewarded with a special treat day. We took part in a carousel of activities which included creating leaf pictures, watching something fun and decorations biscuits (and eating them of course!) Miss Lomax, Mrs Asif and all the year 1 Read more…
On the last week before half-term, the whole school took part in finance week. Year 1 were very lucky to have two special visitors from two different banks, who were able to tell us all about their careers and what banks are for. They also helped us with our task Read more…
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 1 have began to learn some French. We have learnt to greet people by saying ‘Salut’ or ‘Bonjour’, learnt how to say my name is (Je m’appelle) and began learning some songs including ones in which we count on French. We are really Read more…
Thank you so much to all the adults that joined our shared learning today. We had lots of fun showing you our Writing about walking through the woods in different seasons, performing our seasons song and creating our art work with you. Thank you for all your support
Willows have had lots of fun in Forest School this week. We used our crafts skills to create Art work related to our Geography topic ‘Weather Patterns’.
This year, all children have been introduced to ‘Skills builder’. These are a set of 8 essential skills that are important for career success. Each half-term, the whole school will focus on understanding and developing 2 of those essential skills. This half-term, we are focussing on listening and speaking. Through Read more…
Year 1 have had lots of fun learning new football skills in PE this half-term. We have also been able to practise lots of our ‘Skills builder’ skills such as listening and teamwork.
In Science, Year 1 have been learning about materials and their properties. We have really enjoyed taking part in a number of experiments, including finding out if various materials are transparent, translucent or opaque, if materials float or sink and if materials are waterproof or absorbent. The children made some Read more…