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  • Future meteorologists!

    Published 15/05/25

    Over the past couple of weeks we have become expert weather forecasters in our geography lessons and we are delighted to inform you that the sun is here to stay for a while! This week we also looked at how meteorologists use special equipment to forecast the weather.

    In science, for our topic on plants, we have been looking at the trees in our playground and carefully observing the leaves to decide whether they are deciduous or evergreen. We also combined our maths skills to measure the leaves using cubes (please see pic above!).

    In art, we used our paper sculpture skills to create a ‘Tree of life’ (It appears to have been a very tree themed kind of week!)

    In our English lessons, we have continued our topic on traditional tales with a focus on the ‘Hare and the Tortoise’.  With this, we have looked at the prefix ‘un’ and the suffix ‘er’ and included these in our sentence writing.

    Finally, in maths, after a unit on multiplication, we have started division and have practised sharing objects in equal groups. We then moved on to representing the objects by drawing counters and groups.

    We are also looking forward to our trip to Hobbledown on Friday to support our science learning (animals). Only one more sleep to go! Have a super weekend.

    The Year 1 team.

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  • Capacity, sculptures and plants!

    Published 30/04/25
    Year 1 have had a great start to the Summer term! We have made the most of the sunshine too and taken some ofour learning outside of the classroom.  In English, we began out topic of traditional tales. We read a range of these and spotted som
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  • Measuring, Sponsored bounce, and Easter!

    Published 02/04/25
    What a super end to the Spring term we have had in Year 1! In maths, we have been learning all about length and height. We have learnt how to use a ruler and measure in centimetres, and then used our measuring skills to make a piece of art! In
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  • A local visit!

    Published 20/03/25
    It has been a very busy couple of weeks in Year 1! Last week, we finally completed and sent home our loom boxes displaying the specific crafting techniques that we have been learning in our art lessons. We also had a very interesting enrichment
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  • World Book Day!

    Published 06/03/25
    Year 1 have had a lovely first two weeks back since half term! Today we have enjoyed dressing up as part of World Book Day and we wrote about our chosen characters. We also shared books with Year 5 classes as well.  In English we have
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  • Fruit salads, more flight and Beegu!

    Published 13/02/25

    We have had a great few weeks in Year 1.

    In DT, we have been designing and making our own fruit salads! We used our chopping and peeling skills to make the salad, and tasted them afterwards. Yum!

    Over the last few weeks in English, we have been reading the story ‘Beegu’. We acted out the story and created story maps, and then used our inference skills to write about how a character is feeling. We have also practiced writing sentences using the conjunction ‘because’.

    In maths, we have been learning about doubles and near doubles, and have used numicon and tens frames to practice these. We have also practised subtraction within 20 by counting back and using our number bonds!

    In history, we have been finishing our topic ‘The history of flight’. This week, we looked at the future of flight, how aircraft might change in the next 100 years. We then designed an example of how aircraft might look in 100 years!

    We have had a great first half of the spring term. We hope you have a lovely half term break!

    The Year 1 team.

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  • Wild Things, addition and flight!

    Published 29/01/25
    Another busy couple of weeks in Year 1! This week, we have continued our writing using ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ as inspiration. Over the past few weeks we have used past tense verbs (ed) to write the beginning of the story, used our
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  • Past tense and Place Value

    Published 15/01/25
    Welcome back to the Spring term! Year 1 have returned to school eager to begin their new topics. In English we have read Where the Wild Things Are and acted out freeze frames. We then ordered the story using pictures from the story and then drew o
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  • Christmas potions!

    Published 12/12/24

    Its almost Christmas in Year 1! This week we have had lots of fun. Moles and Hedgehogs have enjoyed their final forest school sessions with marshmallows and a fire!

    In English, we have started reading ‘Room on the ‘Broom’. We have loved making our own potions in carousel!

    In History, we have been looking at significant explorers. This week, we learnt about Neil Armstrong and the children loved making their own rockets!

    In maths, we have been learning all about shapes. We explored lots of different shapes and did a shape hunt around the classroom, finding rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.

    In science, we have continued our topic ‘materials’. This week we learnt all about what a waterproof material is and conducted our own experiment for choosing the best material for an umbrella.

    We have loved singing our Christmas songs too! Have a lovely Christmas holiday!

    The Year 1 team.

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  • Forest school, Materials and subtraction!

    Published 28/11/24
    Another busy week in Year 1! This week we enjoyed having our Forest School session in the sunshine (see pic above of Hedgehog class making hedgehogs out of pinecones!) In science, we investigated some of the properties of different materials an
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  • Forest school fun!

    Published 14/11/24
    Year 1 have had a fun filled 2 weeks since half term! Moles and Otters class have enjoyed being outdoors for their forst school sessions and Hedgehogs are looking forward to their session next week. They have been enjoying creating leaf sparklers, de
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  • Signs of Autumn!

    Published 23/10/24
    Year 1 have had a lovely final two weeks of a very busy first half term! In English we have been finishing our work on The Snail and the Whale and wrote some sentences describing a setting using our senses.  In science, we tasted 5 differe
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