Well done to everyone who took part in craft club this half-term. We had lots of fun completing activities such as making Christmas tree decorations, wooden gonks, cupcake decorating, paper aeroplanes and much more. We have had to use, and have improved, many of our essential skills such as listening Read more…
Year 1 have been learning about ‘part- whole models’ and how we can use them to help us think about fact families. We have used lots of manipulatives such as 5-wise, base 10 and cubes to show different fact families. This week, we have been using our knowledge of number Read more…
In Science last half-term, Year 1 learnt all about materials and their properties. This half-term we are using this knowledge for our new topic ‘Building things’. To link with our careers learning, today we had a special visit from Mr Singleton. Mr Singleton is our school site manager and he Read more…
Last year our school council set up a link with a local carehome. This week, our new school council re-established their link by visiting the residents with treats and games. The children showed such kindness, respect and maturity. We are very proud of them 😊
Year 1 have loved having dance this half term. We are learning all about rhythm and tempo and how we can link movements to different themes.
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…