Image of Farm Visit at School! Year 1 and Reception
29 June 2023

Farm Visit at School! Year 1 and Reception

Today Farmer Stacey and Farmer Sam visited Delph Side with some animal friends. We got up close and personal with lots of different types of animals including Henry the pony, Jean-Paul Goatier the goat and Candy Floss the lamb. The children enjoyed asking questions to the farmers about how they…

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22 June 2023

Year 1 Sports Day 2023

What a wonderful event! The children were fantastic participants in Sports Day today! We #enjoyed a range of different activities, #embraced new challenges and #evolved our team work! Thank you to all the parents, carers and family members who cheered these little ones on in the sunshine! You…

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21 June 2023

STEM Week Year 1

This week is British Science Week, organised by the British Science Association. It is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. Year 1 have become engineers building structures with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We absolutely loved building towers, houses, schools and even…

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15 June 2023

Trip to the Moon Y1

This week we have been reading a story by Oliver...

 

#wemakethedifference #embrace #evovle #enjoy

 

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6 June 2023

Y1 Victorian Day 2 with Visitor

Year 1 experienced a real life school day as a Victorian today! Mrs Dell visited Delph Side to immerse the children in the strict environment of a Victorian school. The classroom tables were changed to rows of desks! Boys and girls were not allowed to sit together! She brought a cane and a very…

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22 May 2023

Y1 Music Summer 1

“What songs can we sing to help us through the day?” has been this term’s focus during music lessons. We have learnt songs about getting ready and brushing our teeth. We have had fun with improvisation during the songs by adding claps, actions and using glockenspiels to play 3 musical notes.  We…

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18 May 2023

A Day in the Life of a Victorian Child Year 1

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. Miss Kinsella started the day introducing when the Victorian era was and how it link to the queen at that time, Queen Victoria, as it…

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10 May 2023

Y1 Comic Creators

This Summer term, Year 1 have been learning how to create a comic strip using a designing website on an iPad. Miss Kinsella and Mr Riley set the children the challenge of creating a comic called 'Superdog's Birthday!' Over the past few weeks, we have been using this website to familiarise…

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5 May 2023

Y1 Science Tree Hunt

Mr Riley took us on a tree hunt today! We explored all the trees on the playground looking at the different sizes, branches, leaves and needles and even discovered bumpy roots buried within the ground. We were asked if we thought the trees where evergreen or deciduous. Back in the classroom, we…

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4 May 2023

Year 1 RE- Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?

During Religious Education this term, we are exploring Judaism by answering the question "Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?" We are learning to empathise with Jewish children by understanding what they do during Shabbat and why it is important to them. Abbey Owl introduced the topic…

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1 May 2023

History Victorian Games and Playground Games

This term, we have been studying the Victorians. We have started our study by comparing our lives to theirs and what better place to start than with the things we love the most, TOYS! Firstly, we looked at what playground games they may have played and enjoyed and realised that some of these games…

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24 April 2023

Science Exploring Leaves Y1

This term we are looking at plants in Science. Last week, we explored the school grounds hunting for different leaves. We collected lots of different examples of leaves from trees, bushes and plants. Back in the classroom, we compared all the leaves collected in our table groups. We arranged them…

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