This week in English, started our new text, ‘One Day on our Blue Planet…in the Outback’ which takes us on a delightful journey through the Australian Outback. The children enjoyed looking at the images in the story and we worked on the skills of using adjectives in our sentences. The children also made predictions about …
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Year 1 – Aqua and Sky
Jan 30 2026
A Peek at the Pacific
This week in English, we have continued with our text, ‘One Day on our Blue Planet…in the Outback’ and have been creating our own version of the story. The children had lots of fun deciding which Pacific animal could be saved by our main character, the dolphin, and worked hard to develop their sentences. In …
Jan 28 2026
Diving into the Ocean!
This week in English, we have been exploring our new text, One Day on our Blue Planet…in the Ocean by Ella Bailey. This delightful text forms part of a series of books and takes us on the next part of our journey around the world to discover more about our oceans and the animals that …
Jan 21 2026
Let’s visit the Savannah!
In English this week we have continued with our text ‘One day on our blue planet … in the Savannah’. We have focused on the animals that live in the Savannah and how they survive. Within this we looked at the three categories; carnivore, omnivore and herbivore and began to group the animals within these. …
Jan 09 2026
Welcome back!
We hope you had a very enjoyable Christmas break and welcome you back to the new year! Our new topic for this half term is Animals around the World and we are looking forward to identifying and ‘visiting’ different continents of the world. Our new text is One Day On Our Blue Plane … in …
Dec 19 2025
Have a wonderful winter break.
Hi everyone, We would like to thank you for your kind wishes and generous gifts. Your children have had a wonderful first term in Year 1. Have a wonderful winter break and for those celebrating the religious festivals of Christmas and Hanukkah enjoy the celebrations. Thank you for your continued support. The Year 1 …
Dec 05 2025
What big eyes you have!
In Phonics, we have continued to revise the Phase 5 sounds and the harder to read words. We have been using our segmenting and blending skills to read and write words. We have also spent time thinking about sentence structure, including capital letters, full stops, finger spaces. We are encouraging the children to check their …
Nov 28 2025
Halving and doubling.
Hi everyone, In English this week, the children explored the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. They used the Aiden Chambers’ talk grid which encourages children to discuss what they like, dislike about the story; they look for patterns and puzzles in the writing. The children enjoyed creating a story map and using it to …
Nov 21 2025
Which bowl is best for the job?
Hi everyone, In English this week, we introduced another version of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We compared the two versions and looked for similarities and differences. We explored all the characters and asked the children to describe them. We revisited adjectives and how we use them in our writing to improve it. The …
Nov 14 2025
Who’s been eating my porridge?
Hi everyone. In English this week, we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children discussed what a fairy tale is and recalled the different tales they know. Using the text, we created a story map and used it to help us to role play the story. The work completed this week will support our …
