To celebrate National Storytelling Week, Year 1 took part in an online workshop with author. Annemarie taught us how to explore the magic of storytelling through music and rythm. As she read through her book ‘I am Nefertiti’ we explored how we could use our bodies to make music to Read more
In collective worship this week, we talked about self-efficacy, which means believing in ourselves and knowing that we can do things, even when they feel tricky. We watched the story of The Hare and the Tortoise and talked about what it teaches us. The hare thought he would win because Read more
In Art, we have been looking at how we can use paper to create 3D sculptures. We have made paper based 3D art forms using techniques such as rolling and folding paper.
Willows had lots of fun at their Christmas party this week. We played lots of games, ate party food and showed the adults our fantastic dance moves. Well done to the children on a fantastic first term, and thank you to all the parents for your support. Wishing you all Read more
When we arrived at school this morning, there was a rocket on our school field, which must have landed over night. When we arrived in the classroom we could see on our class screen that we had been sent a special mission. The mission was to plan for building a Read more
Year 1 are loving our Mini Muay-Thai lessons this half-term. We are improving our fitness and learning the basics of martial arts. Our lessons are supported by videos from Kelly Haynes, who is a British champion of Muay Thai Boxing. We are also putting lots of work into our essential Read more
As a reward for a fantastic first half-term in Year 1, and receiving enough dojos, Year 1 have enjoyed a treat morning. They put their creative skills to the test, completing leaf pictures, Autumn colouring and biscuit decorating. Well done on a fantastic start to Year 1! All the staff Read more
This half-term focus ‘Essential skill’ has been Teamwork. This afternoon we gave Year 1 lots of challenges to put their teamwork skills to the test! In the challenges given, they had to communicate well using speaking and listening skills. They also had to be creative and problem solve, together. We Read more
Today we are celebrating Hello Yellow, we have focused on our 5 ways to well-being and completed some activities. We have moved our bodies, we have given money to charity, time to one another and ourselves and we have also connected with our minds, bodies and each other. Just some Read more
Today during our maths, Year 1 have been learning to use the greater than and less than symbols. We enjoyed a practical maths lesson to begin to understand how to use these symbols. We then had a practice of writing the symbols with numbers on our pads! The children did Read more