Year 1 – Aqua and Sky
Jan 10 2025
Welcome back to the new year! This term got off to an interesting start when we had a unknown visitor entering the classroom and leaving a terrible mess! The children put on their detective hats and made notes about the crime scene. This will lead us into our new text Beegu by Alexis Deacon which …
Dec 19 2024
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 Christmas and Hanukkah enjoy the celebrations. Thank you for your continued support. The Year 1 teachers
Dec 12 2024
Hi everyone, Not long to go now! The children are excited for the Christmas break and are busy making cards and decorations for their families. In English, we are reading The Jolly Christmas Postman and exploring the language used to describe the postman’s journey. The children made story maps of all the houses the postman …
Dec 04 2024
This week the children’s hard work paid off when they gave a wonderful performance of ‘Whoops-A-Daisy Angel’. Everyone spoke clearly and the singing was amazing. It was good to see the children having so much fun and we feel very proud of them all! Thank you to all the parents that came to watch. In …
Nov 22 2024
Hello, This week in Year 1 we have been learning the traditional tale of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We started the week exploring the story before creating our own individual story maps with captions and pictures. We ended the week acting out scenes from the story. In Maths this week we have been practising doubling …
Nov 08 2024
Good afternoon, Hope you all had a lovely half term break. The children have enjoyed being back at school and settled back in well. In English, we have read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have discussed the story and written about what they like and dislike. They looked for patterns and …
Oct 25 2024
Hi everyone, We have made it to the end of the first half term in Year 1, and it’s been a long one – 8 weeks!! Your children have been amazing! They have settled in and adapted to the routines and expectations of Year 1. This week in …
Oct 18 2024
This week in English we have been looking at the book ’10 things I can do to help my world’ by Melanie Walsh. We started by looking at the vocabulary and discussing the ideas before we wrote a sentence about something we could do to help our world. We then made posters about the different …
Oct 11 2024
For Science this week we have been learning about our five senses sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. We have been doing experiments to see if we can correctly identify different smells, correctly identify different tastes and also guess what we are feeling in the feely bag! In English, we have been publishing our writing …
Oct 04 2024
This week in Year 1 we have continued reading our class text, Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers and have been thinking all about our bodies and how important they are. We explored the names and wrote labels for each part of the body while discussing how amazing our bodies are! In English, we used …