Year 1: Blog items
The Dentist and the Crocodile!, by Miss Markey
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 10:27am
In English today, the children heard the story 'The Dentist and the Crocodile'. The children applied their phonetic knowledge to segment and blend words together and we discussed the different types of punctuation and their effect. They were also brilliant at answering tricky comprehension questions about the text and then used their new learning to write sentences using adjectives to describe the crocodile's teeth! Super proud of you Year 1!
Clapping using rhythm, by Miss Markey
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 2:03pm
In Music, the children used clapping techniques to form different rhythms, using different tones of pitch and tempo. We then applied this technique when we performed the song 'In the Groove'. The children had so much fun singing and clapping along to the rhythm!
Sign Language Club - Year 1, by Mrs Harris
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 9:30am
Year 1 Sign Language Club have been learning to sign their colours this week. This performance is just after 1 session! We'll have some fluent signers very soon! Well done! (Apologies for the camera wobble, Mrs Schultz was signing and filming at the same time!).
Sign Language Club, by Mrs Harris
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 5:53pm
Year 1 and 2 have had a very successful first week in Sign Language club. We have been learning the finger spelling alphabet so we can say ‘hello’ to all our friends and teachers in school! The children took an alphabet home so they can learn their family names too! See if you can spot our super signers, in and around school, they’re very keen to say ‘hello’ in sign language! ?
Miss Markey's Class say goodbye to Miss Mayes!, by Miss Markey
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 4:11pm
After 11 weeks, we finally said goodbye to Miss Mayes, our PGCE student. Miss Mayes has been an incredible role model, organiser, helper and dedicated trainee teacher in our class. We have thoroughly enjoyed her company and wish her every success in her next placement and future teaching career! Thank you and good luck Miss Mayes! X
Reading digital scales, by Miss Markey
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 12:14pm
Today Year 1 learnt about reading digital scales. They were taught how many grams were in a kilogram and then completed a practical activity using digital scales to predict and weight different objects using digital readings. Some children selected their own objects to weigh too! The children's favourite object to weigh was their shoe!
Drama with Mr Glen!, by Miss Markey
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 3:23pm
Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed Drama with Mr Glen today! We started with a story and a game and then... we pretended to be a ship, using the theme tune and song 'Wellerman', a famous sea shanty, to take turns at being different parts of the boat. We had some super singing and acting which linked well to our current book 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'. Well done Year 1.
Predicting weight!, by Miss Markey
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 12:12pm
This week in Maths we have been learning about weight. Today in Year 1, we were predicting how much different objects weighed. After the children had wrote their predictions, they used cubes practically to balance the balancing scales and work out how many cubes it took to balance each object. They showed some great counting and predicting skills! Well done Year 1!
Following Instructions - Jam Sandwiches, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:22pm
Year 1 had an amazing time today following instructions and making their fantastic jam sandwiches. We looked at what instructions are and how to write them, as well as looking at adverbials and imperative (bossy) verbs in the instructions! They looked (and tasted) brilliant!
Well done Year 1!
KS1 Nativity - Wednesday, 8 December 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 9th Dec 2021 @ 10:12am
Art Club with Miss Ward, by Miss Houlihan
Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 8:54pm
??? Year 1 and 2 used chalk pastels in Art Club with Miss Ward to create these beautiful firework pictures last week! They also learned about how to stay really safe on bonfire night ???
Art Club with Miss Ward, by Miss Houlihan
Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 8:53pm
Art Club made poppies, talked about what Remembrance Day is and why we wear poppies with Miss Ward today ???
Year 1 : Learning to bake, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 1:34pm
Year 1 began their cooking lessons yesterday, with half of Miss Markey's class measuring, mixing and working as a team to create some YUMMY cookies! Well done for all your super baking Y1M 
roll on the rest of the class today! 
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Learning Maths : Doubling, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 19th Oct 2021 @ 1:35pm
Year 1 have been learning about doubling in Maths. We used practical resources to correctly double numbers. Super work Year 1!
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Year 1 National Poetry Day, by Miss Adamczewska
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 1:46pm
National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year, National Poetry Day takes place on 7 October 2021, and the theme is Choice.
National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together.
The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language – and best of all, it’s open to absolutely everyone to join in, quietly or noisily in rewarding and enjoyable ways. As the artform’s most visible moment, it showcases the ways in which poetry adds value to society.
In this video you will have both Miss Markey and Mr Chamberlain classes...
Year 1 - Harvest Festival, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 2:39pm
Year 1 have been learning about the Harvest Festival this week! Within the lesson the children created their own Harvest Festival and were able to create a list of all the items there, as well as label all the different fruits and vegetables! Great work Year 1!
Year 1 - Acting Annie & Annie-Rose, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:41pm
Our English book for the start of the year has been Alfie Gets in First, the children have been fantastic at sequencing the story, working out the beginning, middle, and end, as well as beginning to use time adverbials such as firstly, next, after that, and lastly to describe what happens in the story! They also impressed with their amazing acting too, and put on a great performance of the story!
Year 1 - Plant Hunters, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:35pm
Our first topic this year in Science is learning all about plants, and to begin we started with a plant hunt around the school! The children explored to find the plants and ticked off all the ones they could find, well done plant hunters!
Year 1 - Measuring fun!, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:29pm
Last week in Year 1 we learnt all about measuring, and all the different ways we could measure length and height. The children loved measuring using cubes and paperclips, but especially loved measuring length using their handspans! We've even begun using rulers to measure using centimetres, well done Year 1!
Sports Day! Y1B, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 18th Jul 2021 @ 3:24pm
Year 1 had a fantastic sports day this week! We had such fun during the sack race, egg and spoon race and the sprint race! We're all very proud of the effort of everybody and loved to see everyone enjoy themselves!
Miss Dunlop and Mr Chamberlain
Sports Day! Y1A, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 18th Jul 2021 @ 3:08pm
Year 1 had a fantastic sports day this week! We had such fun during the sack race, egg and spoon race and the sprint race! We're all very proud of the effort of everybody and loved to see everyone enjoying themselves!
Miss Dunlop and Mr Chamberlain
Monday 5th July - Home Learning, by Miss Dunlop
Date: 4th Jul 2021 @ 7:54pm
Good morning Year 1!
I hope you all had a great weekend - here are your home learning tasks for Monday!
Once you have completed your activities, you can upload them to the School Spider or post pictures in the comment section.
If you need any support with this, please comment below or contact the school office.
I look forward to seeing your fantastic work!
Have a lovely day,
Miss Dunlop and Mr Chamberlain
Year 1 Home Learning Friday 2nd July, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 5:10am
Good morning Year 1!
It's Friday! Here are your home learning tasks for today!
Once you have completed your activities, you can upload them to the School Spider or post pictures in the comment section.
If you need any support with this, please comment below or contact the school office.
I look forward to seeing your fantastic work!
Have a great day and then enjoy your well-deserved weekend!
Miss Dunlop and Mr Chamberlain
Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 1st July, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 1st Jul 2021 @ 6:14am
Good morning Year 1!
Here are your home learning tasks for Thursday!
Once you have completed your activities, you can upload them to the School Spider or post pictures in the comment section.
If you need any support with this, please comment below or contact the school office.
I look forward to seeing your fantastic work!
Have a lovely day,
Miss Dunlop and Mr Chamberlain