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...

This week in PE, Year 1 have been learning all about throwing and catching.  Our main focus was on using the correct position for a chest pass.  The children practised standing with their feet shoulder-width apart, holding the ball at chest height with both hands and stepping forward as th...

Last week in English, Year 1 experienced an alien invasion and Beegu left a note saying that she was not supposed to land on Earth, and she is now lost!  This week, we tried to find Beegu, but we could not, so we decided to create a LOST poster.  We have put our LOST posters around the sch...

This week in English, Year 1 have been working hard on writing in the first person, inspired by our class book 'The Storm Whale'.  The children have been imagining themselves as the main character in the story and expressing their thoughts and feelings through their writing. We also...