PE in Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed their PE lesson on the MUGA this week. One of our exercises was learning to do, and perfect our skills at, a standing long jump. They all tried their very best.
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 6 July 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Y1 BAE STEM Workshop
Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed their turn with a Roving Robot Workshop run by BAE. It was all about team work and together groups programmed the speed of a robot to get the fastest time around the course.
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 26 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Our School Garden
Yesterday we explored our school garden. We recorded the types of flowers and trees we found. We took care to draw the shapes of the petals and leaves correctly to help us make a leaflet to identify them.
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 22 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Number Bonds to 10
Year 1 are busy learning number bonds to ten so we have a really quick recall of these number facts. We have been using a ten frame to make as many different ways as we could. Miss Moore has challenged her class to use the game called Hit the Button on the Top Marks website to improve speed! Why…
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 22 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Phonics Superstars!
This week year 1 have completed their phonics screening check. Every single child tried their best and have impressed us so much. We are all very proud of them and thankful for your support at home in reading with your child.
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 15 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Seaside history
This week we were very lucky to be able to handle artefacts from the past. We have a museum loan in Year 1. It was a brilliant opportunity for the children to handle the old objects. The children shared their knowledge of what they were and used their fantastic drawing skills to make detailed…
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 7 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Bread tasting
Today we began our new design and technology topic. We will be designing our ideal sandwich and making it. We will be learning the skills of peeling, spreading, chopping and grating.
We tasted four types of bread today to decide which was our favourite. We tried brioche, white, brown and…
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 7 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Trees!
Today, Year 1 Sacrament have been out in the garden to identify trees. We learnt about the different types of trees, evergreen and deciduous. Ask your children what the difference is… We also checked on our seeds. We can see some signs of growth!
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 7 June 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Sewing Seeds
Year 1S have been busy planting seeds. We have planted snap dragons, kale and cucumber in our newly weeded bed.
Year 1B have sewn the same seeds in the poly tunnel. We shall see which seeds have the best environment to grow!
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 24 May 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Y1S Beside the Seaside.
What a nice day to be beside the seaside!
Year 1 Sacrament have had a lovely time on their trip today. Their behaviour was brilliant and we have all learnt lots.
We learnt about steam trains, had an afternoon tea during Victorian times, made a seaside themed mosaic, dressed up for…
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 24 May 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Sewing in Y1S
As part of our DT lessons we are making a puppet. Last week we designed a puppet. We had to think about the colours we would use, the features our puppet would have and, most importantly, the materials we would use.
This week we sewed our puppets. The children were ”sew” amazing at…
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 18 May 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Making a Rosary
May is the month where we remember Mary. This week we made a decade of the rosary as a bracelet. The children were fantastic at threading their own beads! We hope this bracelet will become something to treasure.
Posted by /blog/author/tmoore on 18 May 2024
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG