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.
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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…
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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…
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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!
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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!
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Gardening
Year 1 Sacrament had an outside science lesson today. We weeded our flower bed and prepared the soil ready for sewing seeds next week. We discussed what a seed needs so it can grow, while we worked. We will keep you updated on our progress.
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Trees in the school garden
In science we are learning about plants and trees. This week we learnt about trees and the different parts of them. We made bark rubbings of the trunk. We investigated different types of trees to see if all the bark was the same. Ask us about what we discovered!
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Making sock puppets in Y1 Sacrament
As part of our Design and Technology lessons this half term we are learning all about puppets. We made sock puppets and had great fun playing with them. We hope you enjoyed seeing them too!
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RNLI Sponsored Walk
Year 1 are learning about charity. We are doing a mile a day in May to raise money for the RNLI.
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