Year 1

Tree Planting in Y1 and Y6

We had a wonderful collaborative afternoon on Thursday, with the Y1s and Y6s working together to plant 120 new trees up on the junior field. The Y6s were fantastic role models, and showed such kindness and consideration towards the Y1s, helping them to dig the holes and place each tree in carefully. We’ve planted the […]

Y1 Maths – x 2!

Today, the children have been learning how to multiply by two! We looked at the symbol ‘X’ and different ways we say this and what this means. The children used numicon ‘2’ pieces to show their working out.

Reading for Pleasure Challenge Winners

A huge well done to everyone who participated in our reading for pleasure challenges this half term, we were blown away by how much awesome reading took place across the school, and by how creative and resourceful the children have been in completing the different activities. From exciting new book covers, to whole stories written […]

Y1 – English – Superhero stories!

This term, the children have enjoyed reading Supertato and have now written their own Superhero story! We wrote a first draft in our learning books, edited them and we are now writing them up neatly in our very own books! The children will be bringing these home at the end of the week for you […]

Y1 – choose!

Take a look at the creations the Y1 children have made in their own choose time in the provision… We encourage the children to take their own photos of what they make and put their name on a post it note so we know who made them – they’re doing a great job of that!

Y1 Woodland Spirits

We learned about how lots of myths and legends talk about woodland spirits, and read a beautiful poem about the Green Man. The children then really enjoyed creating their own woodland spirits using natural materials in the wildlife garden.

Art – Y1

Today, the children have taken inspiration from the greats, Roy Litchenstein, who created Pop Art. The children started their own art work piece today using bubble wrap to create Ben Day dots which Litchenstein used in his own work.