Year 1 have been working super hard in preparation for our Black History Month exhibition, which will take place next week Tuesday.  Our focus this year has been on the inspiring British athelete Denise Lewis.  To celebrate her achievemenhts, we have explored the art of collage as our...

As part of our ongoing work in maths on understanding part and whole, the children engaged in a fun, practical activity with a strong cross-curricular link to physical education.  In this session, the children were each given a set number of beanbags and asked to throw them into a hoop placed o...

This week, Year 1 began exploring our new core text, Wild by Emily Hughes.  The children had a fantastic time roleplaying different sections of the story, and they did an amazing job!  As a result, they are now able to confidently retell the story in their books.

Year 1 have had a brilliant week in Phonics, especially writing their own sentences on the whiteboard.  They're becoming fantastic readers and are more than ready for Year 2!

This week in English, Year 1 have been reading the book Ruby's Worry by Tom Percival.  The children focused on identifying Ruby's different feelings throughout the story and discussed how her emotions changed as the worry grew and eventually disappeared.  To deepen their understand...

This week, Year 1 have been exploring repeating rhythmic patterns using contrasting sounds.  As part of our learning, we listened to a piece of music by the composer Carl Orff, which inspired us to think about rhythm and texture in music.  We then worked in small groups to create our own p...