Year 1

What an enjoyable morning the children spent in Year 2! They listened to the story ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds then explored it’s message to have a positive mindset and simply try things they think they cannot do. They created their own artwork using a dot as a starting point then wrote a…

Year 1 enjoyed a fantastic day dressed in red, white and blue celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We enjoyed a snack time treat of an ice cream and a wonderful lunch street party with the rest of the school.  We enjoyed listening to patriotic songs whilst we ate our special Jubilee lunch. 
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During ‘Science Week’ year 1 are investigating ‘Growth’.  We are growing beans but not in plant pots.  We are investigating growing them in bags.  We are watching daily to look for signs of germination. The clear plastic bag will enable us to see the growth clearly.  After a discussion we chose…

Year 1 had a fantastic time at Professor Pumpernickel’s Science show. We learnt about lots of different areas of Science in a fun and entertaining way.  The Professor’s demonstrations left us with our mouths open in wonder.  It gave everyone a real buzz about Science and how Science is behind…

As part of British Science Week Year 1 visited Strudda Bank Farm to learn about ‘Growth’. Farmer Kev and Farmer Vicky gave us a warm welcome and despite the rain we all had a fantastic time learning about crops, cattle, sheep, hens, owls, peacocks and even emus! It was a brilliant opportunity for…

This week year 1 have been learning about mental health.  What mental health means; how we can be kind to ourselves and others.  We made some ‘Kindness Cups’ and helped to fill our classmates cups with kind words. We all really enjoyed this. It was a great feeling to read and listen to what our…

Year 1 travelled to Bowness-on-Windermere to visit The World of Beatrix Potter.  In English we have been enjoying reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.  Today we enjoyed meeting other characters Beatrix Potter wrote books about.  We learnt that she painted her pictures first and then…

In English Year 1 are reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.  We identified all the food items mentioned throughout the story.  The children talked about the foods they were curious to taste for the first time. Today we enjoyed a Peter Rabbit snack time. We tasted carrots, radishes,…

Year 1 have enjoyed a wonderful week making their own Gingerbread biscuits.  In English we have been studying the Gingerbread Man as a traditional tale.  We have used Talk for Writing to immerse ourselves in the story.  We have created story maps, sequenced the story, written instructions for…

Year 1 have been busy writing letters to Santa.  Today we got wrapped up and walked to Egremont Main Street to post our special letters.  We were kindly invited into the post office to watch our letters being weighed and the stamps being put on. We then took our letter to the post box. We all…

Year 1 enjoyed exploring maths in practical ways.  We created our own part whole models.  We enjoyed playing skittles and using it to help learn number bonds to 10. We used the large P.E. dots to group in 2’s we then recorded counting in 2’s on the whiteboards. We counted in 2’s aloud as we jumped…

Year 1 learnt about why Remembrance is important.  We learnt about the significance of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.  In class we held a 2 minute silence and prayed for all those who have lost their lives. In Art we created finger print poppies.