This week, Year 1 started reading our exciting new core text, Wild by Emily Hughes.  In our English lesson, we looked closely at describing the main character. Our teacher helped us picture her: a round face, two round eyes, freckles on her cheeks, a short neck, and long, tangled green hair...

This week, in RE Year 1 have been exploring the theme of saying sorry through prayer. The children thought carefully about times they may have needed to apologise, and used their ideas to write their own beautiful, heartfelt prayers.   They then had the opportunity to share their prayers a...

Year 1 have been learning about plants in their Science lessons. They have been busy exploring the outdoors, where they observed different trees, carefully drew what they saw, and labelled the different parts of a tree. It has been a wonderful opportunity to develop their scientific observation skil...

During PE with the coach, Year 1 has been busy practising for Sports Day on Friday. They have shown great determination, been excellent team players, and have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in all the games and activities. We are very proud of their positive attitude and enthusiasm, and we look forw...

This week in English, we introduced our new core text, The Gruffalo. To engage the children and encourage curiosity about the story, I presented them with a mystery envelope containing clues from the text, including owl feathers, claws, sharp teeth, nuts, and a snake. The children carefully exami...

In today’s lesson, the children explored different plants and identified which plants we can eat and which we cannot. They were able to recognise and name the different parts of a plant, including the roots, stem, flowers, seeds, fruit, and leaves.  The children also sorted foods by the p...