Class of 2031 (Y1)

Today, we had a very exciting visitor in school. The author Sean Perkins came to visit the school. This morning, Sean read the school one of his amazing stories and this afternoon Year 1 and Year 2 took part in an imagination workshop. They all designed a tree house for a character to live…

During the afternoon, the weather was kind to us and we were able to see all of the animals outside. 

During our trip, Year 1 had the opportunity to hold a stick insect and a cockroach. 

We have had an amazing trip to wildlife oasis today. These photos show the first part of our day. Zack the animal keeper gave us a guided tour of the animals inside and we learnt some great facts. I wonder if anyone can tell their grown ups facts about any of the animals!

In DT this half term, Year 1 are learning about structures and joins. We have learnt three different ways to join cardboard; hole punching and string, slots and tabs. Last week we slotted cardboard together to make a bridge. Today, we used tab joins to create a building front inspired by the…

Year 1 had great fun measuring different objects with the scales.

Year 1 continued their Toy Story dances. Part of the lesson was to consider our facial expressions and body language for when we fall out with a friend and then make up.

In Year 1, we do lots of counting and thinking about numbers. This week we have been representing numbers using base 10, finding numbers on a 100 square and ordering numbers. Counting is a great activity to support your child’s learning, this can be done in any location; sat in the car, at home or…

This week Year 1 had a surprise extra PE lesson on Friday with Mr Lofthouse. Miss Whitaker loved seeing what Year 1 could do on the equipment!

Year 1 are all ready for their Nativity tomorrow and can’t wait for their families to see them perform. Here is a picture of each Year 1 child in their nativity outfits. 
 

All of Key Stage 1 have been practicing hard for next weeks nativity. Today, Year 1 we wore their costumes for the first time. Here are a couple of pictures, more photos will be added next week of each child in their costumes.

There are opportunities to read every day in Year 1. After lunch, we have a daily guided reading lesson. Each week children completed range of different activities including a guided reading session with an adult, an independent activity and chance to read a book of their choice from our reading…