Author: Mrs Thompson

This week has been another busy one. From Shrove Tuesday to World Book Day, we have had so much to celebrate!

On Tuesday we celebrated Shrove Tuesday by discussing the true meaning behind the pancakes. We learnt that Shrove Tuesday marks the start of Lent, where Jesus made a sacrifice for 40 days and 40 nights. We made our own paper pancakes and discussed what we might sacrifice over Lent, so we can be just like Jesus and become closer to God. We also learnt about Wales’ patron saint, St David. We made our own Welsh flags and created dragons using junk modelling.

Today, we celebrated World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite book characters, from Mary Poppins to the Worst Witch. We had a lovely time reading to children in Reception and listening to our favourite stories being read to us by both Mrs Palmer and Miss Battams. We even designed book covers for our own versions of our English focus book, Billy and the Beast.

Don’t forget to check out our updated RE blog here too!

Have a great weekend,

Miss Battams 🙂

What a busy first week back to school after the half term break! In Year 1 this week we have been making shapes from other 2D shapes, learning about old toys in History and locating the UK on maps in Geography.

Take a look at some pictures of what we have been up to this week:

Thank you for all the generation donations at our cake sale too. We raised a record amount of money! Thanks to the parents who helped out with the cake sale and parents that donated those delicious bakes too.

Miss Battams 🙂

What a way to end the half term! We have had lots going on in Year 1 this week. We started the week by having an intruder in our classroom. We used the clues left in our classroom and descriptions from eyewitnesses to create a wanted poster for the beast.

It was Safer Internet Day on Tuesday and we enjoyed creating our own avatars for an online game, including usernames and passwords. We discussed why we have to keep certain pieces of information private whilst being online.

It was also Children’s Mental Health Week this week. This year’s theme was ‘Growing Together’. We used the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to show how the caterpillar grew both physically and mentally, into a beautiful butterfly. We also created some stars to show our goals and aspirations for when we grow up.

After half term, we will be focusing on toys in History. If you have any older toys you wish to share with the class, please feel free to bring them in. Here’s the curriculum overview so you can check out what else we will be learning about in Spring 2.

Have a restful half term and enjoy the break,

Miss Battams 🙂

This week in Year 1, we celebrated Number Day. As we have been looking at shapes in Maths this week, patterns fitted in nicely with our learning. We made lots of different patterns using things around the classroom, patterns which included both different shapes and colours.

In English, we have sadly finished our book ‘I want my hat back’ by Jon Klassen, writing some excellent stories with our own innovated versions. Next week, we will be starting our new book, ‘Billy and the Beast’ by Nadia Shireen.

Thank you for the children who have handed in their RE homework. If you haven’t already, please could it be handed in by next Friday (11th February).

Have a restful weekend,

Miss Battams 🙂

This week has been another busy week for Year 1. In PE this week, we played our first ever game of dodgeball. It was great fun and we enjoyed putting our throwing skills into practice.

In RE we have been finishing off our topic of Special People. We have been learning who were special people for Jesus and why he was also a special person. We will be moving onto our next topic, Meals in preparation for Lent. Keep your eyes peeled for the updated RE blog post soon.

In Science, we have been describing how materials of objects we have found around the classroom feel. We have been using lots of exciting adjectives such as ‘squishy’, ‘bendy’ and ‘stretchy’. This has then linked nicely to our learning about 3D shapes in Maths this week. We have been looking for different 3D shapes in everyday objects around the classroom.

As we have a lovely parent reading volunteer now starting with us in Year 1, most of the children’s reading books will be changed on a Monday. Please discount the stickers that have been stuck in your child’s reading records about book changing days. This does not apply anymore. The rest of the class will change their books throughout the week with Mrs Ruffell.

Have a restful weekend,

Miss Battams 🙂

We’ve really enjoyed returning to school after the Christmas break! Yesterday was the Feast of Epiphany, when the Wise Men or Magi visited Jesus. To celebrate the Epiphany we read stories, made crowns and reenacted the reactions of the Magi visiting God’s own son.

Please make sure children have their PE kits ready for Monday as they will have their first PE lesson of the year. With the colder weather, please pack a pair of warm jogging bottoms and a hoodie for the children to wear with their PE tops.

We are also starting our new RE topic, Special People. Read more about it here and don’t forget to complete the new RE homework too.

Miss Battams and Mrs Brunt 🙂

It’s here, it’s Christmas time! We have had such a festive week. We started by watching the dress rehearsal of the EYFS production, which we really enjoyed. We then had our own dress rehearsal and performance. We were a little nervous but we think it went well. Well done to all the children for being such superstars!

We then had a visit from Father Christmas himself! We were so excited, we each got a present from him too.

There will be no homework set this week as it is the Christmas holidays next week. In the meantime, please find a copy of our updated curriculum overview ready for the Spring term. We will be focusing on materials in Science, printing in Art and aerial photos and large scale maps in Geography. If you have any books or artefacts you’d like to share with the class, please bring them in.

Have a peaceful break and a lovely Christmas.

Miss Battams and Mrs Brunt 🙂

What another busy week in Year 1 . We have really enjoyed practicing our Christmas play and are really looking forward to sharing it with you this week. Please find below a letter that went out on Friday regarding costumes and timings.

We have also been busy recapping our numbers to 100, counting forwards and backwards. It would be great if you could continue practising this at home too and playing games, such as Snakes and Ladders, which involve counting.

This week, we will be focusing on our RE learning and the theme of ‘Waiting’. We will explore some of the Joyful Mysteries such as the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel and the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth.

Miss Battams 🙂

It’s been another busy week in Year 1 this week. Our Christmas play rehearsals are in full swing and we look forward to practicing on the stage in the hall next wee. If you have any outfits or props that we could borrow, please feel free to send them in.

We have also really enjoyed making lots of creations for our new display area, using junk modeling. If you have any recycled materials/junk modelling you could share with us at school, we would be most grateful.

Don’t forget to check out the updated RE blog here for our latest RE homework task. Well done to the children who have already completed it 🙂

Have a restful weekend, Miss Battams and Mrs Brunt

This week, we have really enjoyed emerging ourselves in our learning about superheroes, thanks to our new book in English, ‘Send for a Superhero’. We have been writing question sentences with question marks and using adjectives to describe our own superheroes that we created.

In Maths, we have been focusing on subtraction. We have been acting out subtraction stories and then writing them up, using pictures/drawings to support our learning.

In PE this week, we focused on the season Summer in our dance learning. We studied a video of waves on a beach and recreated it within small groups. We had to work in unison to ensure we completed each move together, at the same time. We also worked as a class to use the canon effect to recreate the motion of a wave, which was a little tricky but fun to practice!

Please see the updated RE blog here as we move our focus on to Waiting as part of Advent.

Have a restful weekend,

Miss Battams and Mrs Brunt 🙂