Class of 2028

Year 1 have been exploring directions and map reading this week. We have been playing a game to become human compasses, pointing North, East, South and West. We created our own compasses with labels to help us remember and then worked in small teams to follow a set of directions across the the…

We may be mini in size but we are mighty mathematicians in Year One! This week we have worked tirelessly to recognise 2D and 3D shapes. We have fully #enjoyed using the feely bag to see if we can use the sense of touch to recognise shapes. We have been talking about how many different ways we can…

Year 1 chose their class DMPs (Delph Side Member of Parliament) this afternoon!  After a presentation about what this is all about and a discussion about things we would like to change or make even better in our school, votes were cast and the two successful candidates were voted in to…

In Year 1, we love talking about all the exciting things we get up to outside of school life. We celebrate new achievements and goals as well as positive experiences we may have had. Children bring in things they have created and would like to show off and parents/guardians send photographs for us…

This term, Y1 will be exploring Seasonal Changes during Science lessons. Today, we started the lesson listening to a story called Seren's Seasons. Seren can’t wait to put on her snow boots and build a snowgirl. She just needs to wait for the right season. This story has been linked to your Y1…

Happy New Year! Year 1 kicked of the first school day in 2023 sharing all their news from over the Christmas holidays. Everybody was keen to share what they had been doing and the special memories they have made over the past few weeks. This afternoon, we #enjoyed a new Jigsaw game that Jigsaw…

If you did not manage to catch this year's Christmas performance here is a filming of the dress rehearsal. An amazing performance from all of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Merry Christmas!

In Year 1, we can’t hide the excitement for Christmas and we are looking forward to the Christmas Fayre! We have been creating beautiful baubles to sell as well as getting creative in other parts of the classroom. We have been very busy working hard to write and read words from the Tricky Words…

This Autumn term, we have been learning all about animals including humans. The past few weeks we have been focusing on humans and body parts. We have played Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes related games and Fred Talk games to help us discover what we use certain body parts for. For…

Over the past few weeks, Year 1 have been reading the story Blue Penguin. A heart-warming story about friendship and belonging from the award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek. "I feel just like a penguin," says Blue Penguin. "But you're not like us," said the other penguins and they left him all…

This week Year 1 have been learning a new iPad skill to create digital art using the tools on ilearn2. They #enjoyed learning how to re-create a mosaic with pixels, especially following the plan to make some well know characters and cartoons. See if you can spot any on the children’s…

Year 1 have been impressing everyone with their maths skills lately. This week we have been exploring part whole models and number lines. We have used many concrete resources to represent the relationship between a ‘whole’ and its component parts. These 4 wonderful volunteers #embraced the role of…