2025 - 2026

Year 1 had great fun learning their 2, 5 and 10 times tables on Numbers day and throughout the week. They also designed a number T shirt which showed great creativity!

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After a bit of a false start — and some Christmas delivery delays — Year 1 have finally made their Moon Buggies!
The children showed wonderful patience and resilience while waiting for their resources, and as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait!

Once everything arrived, the classes had a fantastic time designing, building, and of course, playing with their Moon Buggies. Their enthusiasm and creativity really shone through, and the finished buggies look brilliant.

Year One have been learning about texture and form in art. We have explored how to use one pencil in different ways to draw planets, showing texture and form.

Year one have been learning all about the number 20. They have used different resources to make 20 in different ways.

Last Wednesday afternoon, 5^th November, the children in year one had a special treat in the hall. After learning all about why we celebrate Firework night and the Firework code they were lucky enough to be able to have sparklers in the hall. They enjoyed this immensely, many of the children saying that they had never held a sparkler before.

Year 1 had a fantastic time at the Golbenkian theatre watching Stickman. There was lots of laughter and lots of Panto style opportunities for the children to join in!

Unfotunately, not a lot of photos as we weren't allowed to take them during the performance but rest assured once the children started watching there were lots of happy faces and laughter.

Year 1 enjoyed learning how to throw and catch in their PE lesson. They become more and more confident and managed to throw and catch with control by the end of the lesson.

Year 1 have been busy learning all about compasses and  how they helps us to find direction. Also, how we can use a compass when we go on walks, explorations, or even when reading a map. The children were fascinated by the fact that a compass can help us not to get lost and learn more about the world around us!

Year 1 have had a fantastic first week and have shown that they are ready to learn! We have based our learning this week around the seasons, discussing changes in school and the world around us. The children have learnt about the learning pit and have been given various challenges that they had to solve using their resilience, aspirations, independence and engagement to solve them. 

The children made seasonal habitats for different animals, drew, painted and printed pictures to depict each season in the style of different artists. The children enjoyed using different percussion instruments to make their own seasonal music, using rhythm and pulse. And many other challenges throughout the week. Well done Year 1!