Year 1

Welcome back Year 1. We’ve had an exciting week in maths learning about money. We have been talking about the shapes, colours and sizes of all the different coins. We ordered them from smallest value…

We had a fun final day of Maths week today. We looked at 3D shapes and made some of our own. We also used 2D shapes to do some creative art work. We were able…

This week we have been learning about the Arctic Circle. We found out about the animals that live there and how they have adapted to their environment. We learnt new words such as camouflage, carnivore,…

In Year 1, we are delighted to be back at school after our Christmas break. We have already begun to do some fantastic new learning. Yesterday we found out all about Epiphany. We painted watercolour…

Today Year 1 walked to Clarence Park to look for signs of Autumn. We followed the route we had planned last week in our Geography lesson. We were blessed with sunshine but also managed to…

In Year 1, we have been talking about putting numbers in order and calculating one more and one less. We used the numicon to help us visualise the numbers.

In Year One this week, we have been exploring our sense of smell. We guessed what was in the “smelling jars” just by using our sense of smell. We got to mix lots of spices…

Year 1 have made an excellent start to the new school year. They have familiarised themselves with their new classroom and have quickly learnt to find all the new resources both inside and out. It…