Year 1

Today Year 1 had a wonderful surprise visit today from Santa and Mrs Christmas. Everyone received a present and were bursting with excitement. The Christmas spirit is strong in Year 1. Many thanks to Cumberland council and Egremont Winter Wonderland for the magical surprise.
 

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

The Infant children have had great fun at playtime this morning using the new playground equipment. It was lovely to see them all sharing, taking turns and having lots of fun with their friends.

Year 1 and Year 2 attended Mass today. They learned all about how they need to live a life of love because God is love and he wants us to live this out this in our lives. The children led the parish family in the singing of two hymns: ‘My God is so Big’ and ‘Thank you Lord for this New Day.’ The…

Year One celebrated diversity and being unique by joining in Odd Socks day. We talked about choosing respect and being happy being ourselves. 

Year One had an awesome time dancing and celebrating friendship with their friends as part of anti bullying week. 

Yoga Zen Den
Year One enjoyed our very own yoga zen den in our PE lesson this week. We learnt lots of new yoga pose stretches and breathing exercises. We also practised some brain break activities to help us to relax and be mindful. 

Design and technology 
As part of our making sliders topic, we have been researching different types of sliders. We looked at how they are used in pop-up books, drawers, curtain rails, train tracks and rollercoasters. We used what we found out to help us make our own sliders.

In history Year 1 have been exploring the different shops and services within their local area. They learnt to categorise the shops with the different supplies and services they offered. They enjoyed walking down Egremont mainstreet to investigate. Next they will use this information to compare…

Year 1 have been learning that October is the month of The Holy Rosary.  They learned how to use the Rosary to say prayers by holding a bead at a time. Year 1 found out that a decade means a group of 10 and that this is how The Rosary is organised. They created their own Rosary bracelets to offer…

Today Year 1 celebrated World Mental Health Day.  Year 1 shared photos of activities they enjoy doing at home to make them feel good. They shared that not everyone will enjoy the same activities and that’s ok. In class they created some mental health cards to take home to give to special people.…

In history year 1 are learning about ‘Changes within living memory’. In school the class have mapped the area around school.  At home these children created their own maps to show their local areas. Fantastic work everyone.