Category: Year One Update

We had a lovely afternoon making miniature gardens with our grown ups! We were very excited to bring in the things that we needed and really enjoyed making them. We loved looking at each other’s gardens and were really impressed with everyone’s ideas! Thank you to everyone who was able… Read More»

On Wednesday 15th May we would like to invite adults into school to help us make miniature garden models. Letters have been sent home with more details but here are some examples from last year!    

This afternoon a group of children from each Year One class took part in a Science workshop. The workshop was delivered by children from Year 7 at Witton Middle School who attend Science Club. The workshop involved three different activities- making a paper raft and seeing how much lego could… Read More»

We are having a very busy time learning about Kenya! We have been looking at maps to find out where Kenya is and have been writing facts all about it. We were very lucky to have Mrs Hull come to each class to talk about her holiday to Kenya. She… Read More»

As part of our ‘Toys’ topic, we have been doing a very exciting DT project. We have been designing and making our own animal hand puppets! We started off by Mrs O’Hara coming to visit us to explain to us about sewing and to show us how we would stitch… Read More»

We have been learning about nocturnal animals this week and as part of this we were very lucky to have a visit from Jayne and Holly from Clent Hills vets and they brought a hedgehog and bat with them! Jayne had a written a lovely poem to introduce us to… Read More»

We had a lovely time at the Lido Park yesterday morning. We were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed exploring for signs of Autumn. We also used our senses to describe things that we found. We were very excited to collect things to put in our ‘treasure bags’ to… Read More»

In our RE lessons, we have been learning all about Christianity. As part of our learning we visited St. Nicholas’ Church. Revd. Laura was fantastic and made our visit really interesting. She told us all about the church and then answered questions we had thought of in a previous lesson. We… Read More»

As part of our senses and looking after ourselves work, we were very pleased for Jacqui and Karen from the School Health Team to come in today to talk to us about how we look after our teeth. We listened to a presentation and talked about the rules for cleaning… Read More»

We have had a great fortnight learning all about Pirates! We have learned all about Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake, the five oceans and Black Beard! We have also been busy following instructions to make our own pirate hats and eye patches and making predictions about whether objects float… Read More»