Blog Author: Nikita Carvill

Year 1 had a great day at Imagine that. From slime, to science experiments, to art and imaginative play. 
Everybody had so much fun! 

To conclude our History topic, Victorians, the children wrote a letter to Victorian children to explain how things have changed in modern day life. The children wrote about changes in things such as, everyday materials, toys, cars and school. 

Year 1 had a great Math's lesson, learning how to partition larger numbers in to 10's and 1's. It was incredible to see how quickly they grasped it and applied this knowledge in to their practical activity.

Today, we spent all day exploring the Victorian era. We identified some similarities and differences between ways of life comparing life back then to today.

Did you know that not all Victorian children went to school? Some of the children from poorer families went to work in factories, coal…

Today, our enthusiastic year 1 children had a fantastic practical lesson exploring the incredible diversity of leaves on the trees in our school grounds. 

 The children embarked on an exciting journey of discovery, learning about the unique shapes, colours, and textures of the leaves…

Year 1, delved in to the world of programming during their last Computing lesson. We learnt some new key vocab such as programming, de-bugging and tinkering. The children completed a cutting and sticking activity which showed the importance of following instructions. We later learnt that the world…

Today, our Year 1 students had a blast as they experienced a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild!

Year 1 have started planning their next independent write. In our story a little boy goes on a bus journey with Grandma and what better way to experience all those feelings, sounds, smells and conversations than going on our own bus journey.

We started at the bus stop, paid the bus driver,…

Year 1 have been learning all about different families in Jigsaw. We discussed our own families and how other families can look very different. The children enjoyed asking each other questions and widening their understanding of the meaning 'family'.

Great work Year…

Year 1 had an exciting Science lessons. We used all the key information we had used over the last couple of weeks to identify and categorise images of animals in to Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles,Birds and fish. We also used key vocabulary to explain why we thought the animals would belong to that…

This week in Maths, Year 1 have been learning all about measuring height and length. We carried out some practical activities using different objects to measure height and length. 

Year 1 enjoyed a juicy Jigsaw lesson, we looked at we can keep ourselves clean and healthy. We discussed how germs stay on our hands and how we can prevent spreading them. 

We then looked at some common house hold items and catergorised them in to 3 different groups based on where they…