Week Eight

We began this week by watching KS2 perform their Carol Concert which was great! We also got to see ‘Rock Steady’ in action and were especially proud of our Year 1 rockstars - you were amazing! 
In English, we have been writing recounts about our roles in the nativity. We worked really hard (despite the Christmas craziness!) In maths, we have been working to find and create shape patterns with 2D and 3D shapes.
We made Christmas crowns in art and looked awesome in them for our delicious Christmas lunch on Wednesday! We also had a KS1 Christmas party that afternoon in the hall!

As if that wasn’t enough excitement, our naughty elf decided to treat us to cake decorating (he must have heard we collected all of our hedgehog rewards!) We enjoyed some Christmas computing activities, and then on our final afternoon we could choose to play, watch a Christmas movie or do arts and crafts.

Thank you so much for the cards and lovely gifts. They are really kind and we appreciate it very much. We hope you have a special Christmas break and a very happy new year. See you in 2026! Love from Mrs. Lawless and Mrs. Harding x

Week Seven

What a busy week it's been! We started the week with our first Nativity performance to the whole school! Tuesday and Wednesday was full of excitement (and nervous butterflies) as we prepared to perform for our grown ups! We thought that Year 1 did an amazing job, and we are really proud of everyone for taking part. Singing, dancing, speaking, talk animals... whatever your role - you were awesome! A big thank you to parents for all of your support with this - we hope you enjoyed the show!

Individual photos are below. Group photos can be accessed here.

In class, we have been doing some Christmas writing (cards, tags, handwriting, phonics and more!) In maths, we have been exploring 2D shapes creatively, and enjoyed making some Christmas pictures! We learned about 'gifts' in R.E and the Three Wise Men, and we created our own nativity scenes which we labelled independently. In Jigsaw, we learned about 'friendship' and thought about the qualities we have that make us a great friend. Friday brought more excitement with the tag day for The Rainbow Centre, and Christmas craft is in full swing - we hope you like the gifts coming your way! Our naughty elf has been up to no good again... you can find evidence in the elf diary below!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! 4 days to go! 

Week Six

This week we were visited by a very naughty elf! He's been playing tricks on us every day - but he did bring us an advent calendar, and a big blow up penguin... so we will let him stay! 

We have been using question marks in our writing this week - coming up with interesting questions for our cheeky elf! In maths, we have been learning more about 2D shapes. We have been naming, identifying and sorting!

We have been super busy this week preparing for our nativity performance which is just around the corner!!! We are full of excitement, but did some 'winding down' in yoga this week. In D.T, we designed and made a hanging tree decoration - we hope you like them! We learned about the 'good news' in the Christmas story in R.E, and 'trust networks' in Jigsaw. We had great fun at 'Presents for Parents' - so many surprises coming your way! 

Next week, we have our dress rehearsal to the school on Monday morning, and are really looking forward to the big shows on Tuesday and Wednesday at 2pm. Children can be collected from the playground afterwards, once they are changed.

Have a super weekend! 

Week Five

This week we have been using our phonics to help us write independent sentences! We have been creating story maps and re-telling the story 'The Lion Inside'. They're almost finished, and Year 1 have been so proud of their hard work so far! We also painted some super lions this week! We've been working on full stops, capital letters, letter formation AND describing words! In maths, we have been learning all about 3D shapes! We have been naming, building and sorting!

We had great fun in science this week, spotting signs of autumn and winter! We headed outside and made seasonal crowns with our amazing findings. In Jigsaw, we learned about 'bullying', and designed T-shirts to help us remember to show love and kindness to our friends. We enjoyed yoga for P.E with Mrs. Harding, and in R.E this week we learned all about the special time of 'Advent' and what this means for Christians. Talking of Christmas... we have been super busy preparing for our nativity performance! Not long to go now...! Please can we have costumes in on Monday, if not in already - thank you!

Week Four

This week in phonics we have been learning the  long /oo/ written as 'ue', and 'u-e'. In English, we started reading 'The Lion Inside' - exploring the text and writing simple sentences to describe what we can see. We have been superstars in maths - mastering our number sentence and symbols, and even writing perfect number sentences into our books! We were super proud of how great these were!

In history this week, we learned more about Thomas Percy from The Gunpowder Plot. We created 'wanted' posters for the King, using information in his famous proclamation from 1605! We enjoyed our last yoga lesson for P.E with Miss. Glenister this week, and in art we enjoyed painting little penguins! For our Jigsaw lesson, we learned about 'differences' and created our own gingerbread men characters to celebrate all the things that make us special. We developed our 'select' and 'drag' skills in computing, and did some super handwriting to finish off the week before our busy learning time on Friday. 

We said a sad farewell to Miss. Glenister at the end of the week, who we will miss so very much! Good luck Miss. Glenister in your next adventure - thank you for everything! 

Week Three

This week we have been reading 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. We identified our phonics sounds in words from the story and did some amazing sound button work! We have also been learning the target phoneme /oo/ written as 'ew'. 

In maths, we have been using a number line to solve subtractions. We found the backwards jumps tricky at first, but got there with some practice but we were superstars by the end of the week! 

We learned about the seasons and autumn weather in science, and in P.E we enjoyed yoga skills with Mrs. Harding. For art, we used acrylic paints to create some amazing poppy paintings that we were really proud of!

Friday was lots of fun celebrating 25 years of Children In Need. For our class challenge, we tried 25 balloon bounces and had lots of fun doing it! 

Every child should now have taken home a letter for their nativity part and costume requests. Please let me know if it didn't make it to you! Have a great weekend!

Week Two

This week in phonics we have been learning the phoneme /oa/ written as 'o' and 'oe'. We have also been identifying and using sound buttons to segment and 'firework' words. These were helpful for our amazing poetry writing in English this week. We wrote acrostic poems which Year 1 were so proud of! 

In maths, we have been finding 'fact-families', writing number sentences linked to part-whole models. We have also been subtracting by crossing out, and working on explaining our reasoning. 

In history, we have been really excited to learn more about The Gunpowder Plot and how it ended! We worked in groups to re-tell the story through 'freeze frames', then sequenced the photographs to make our own timelines of events. Some amazing acting skills! 

We had lots of fun salt-painting firework displays in art, enjoyed developing our yoga skills in P.E and creating firework art in computing with our super mouse skills! In Jigsaw, we began our new unit all about celebrating difference. We learned about 'similarities' and found lots between ourselves. We have started singing our Nativity songs this week - the countdown is officially on!... 

Have a super weekend everybody!

Week One

This week in phonics we have been learning the  /oa/ written as 'ow' and 'o-e'. In English, we have been reading 'Room on the Broom' by Julia Donaldson. We have been writing character descriptions for the witch, using amazing describing words and phrases! We also enjoyed making 'nature wands' and watching the animation version of the story at the end of the week.

In maths, we have been working on subtraction within 10. We have been building, reading and writing subtraction number sentences, and even learning to 'check' our answers with a calculator for the first time.

We enjoyed our first yoga lesson for P.E this week, and our first music lesson of the term introducing rhythm and pitch.

In art, we made some super silhouette cats using stencil, sponge and acrylic paints. They look meow-velous! 

This term we have swapped geography for history, and enjoyed learning about who Guy Fawkes was, and why we celebrate bonfire night! We explored items Guy Fawkes might have used - and how they are different to objects we might use today. 

Friday was bubbling with excitement for Halloween - hope everyone has a great time later!