7th June

This week in Maths, we have been learning to identify and add equal groups to multiply. In English, we have started to share our new story 'The Last Wolf' by Mini Grey and we have been trying to use higher level vocabulary in our writing. In Science, we have been talking about litter and how it is dangerous for wildlife and the environment. On Thursday, we had a lovely time at sports day. The children were fantastic! They showed great determination and resilience during each activity.

17th May

This week in English, we have been creating posters to save Black Rock and identifying vocabulary choices in our example text. In Maths, we have been learning how to solve word problems. In P.E. we have been learning to balance when walking on a line, on a bench and on a beam. In R.E. we have been talking about Baptism and how families welcome new babies

10th May

This week in English, we have been working hard to write the end of our return narratives while including words with suffixes -er -est -ing and -ed. In Maths, we have been learning about place value of numbers to 40 and have been learning how to identify number patterns using number lines. In R.E. we have been learning about how different faiths celebrate the birth of a baby. In History, we have been learning more about the Wright Brothers and have been sequencing their journey to building the Wright Flyer.  

8th March

This week, we have had lots of fun making out moving story book of Humpty Dumpty as part of our whole school Design and Technology week. We have creating, making and evaluating our project day by day while learning about mechanisms.

We have had a lovely time celebrating World Book Day. Everyone looked fantastic! The children wrote their own book review and talked to their friends about their favourite stories. We shared many of the books that were brought in and even joined a live zoom with an author.

9th February

This week in English, we have been continuing to discuss our class story - Hermelin by Mini Grey. We have been learning to use word with the prefix 'un' and suffixes 'er' and 'est'. In Maths, we have been learning to subtract from tens and ones using the part part whole model. In Science, we have been learning how to describe different materials and in History, we have been learning about school life in the past.

19th January

This week in Maths, we have been learning to compare and order numbers to 20. In English, we have been writing a character description of Hemelin the detective mouse and in our reading lesson, we have been sharing and discussing the story of Mr Wolf’s Pancakes.  In History, we have been learning about the difference between the past, present and future and in R.E., we have been exploring the story of Jesus calming the storm.

12th January 2024

We have had a lovely first week back. In English, we have been exploring our new class text - Hermelin by Mini Grey. In Maths, we have been learning about numbers to 20 and how to use efficient counting methods.  In History, we have started our topic exploring the history of St Paul's and in R.E., we have been learning the names of the disciples.

15th December

This week we have been very busy preparing for the school nativity performances. In English, we have been writing our instructions to catch magical creatures. In Maths, we have been finishing our work on positions. In Science, we have been learning about the life experiences of people who are audio or visually impaired. In R.E. we have reviewed the nativity story and completed our end of unit assessments

8th December

This week in English,  we have been planning and writing our first draft of our instructions. In Maths, we have been continuing our work on positions and ordinal numbers. In Geography, we have been learning about Wigan and exploring where Wigan is located on a map. In R.E., we have been learning about St Nicholas. We have been very busy practising our songs for the nativity.

1st December

This week we have been working really hard to improve our handwriting and presentation. In English, we have been learning about instructions in preparation to write our own next week. In Maths, we have been learning about ordinal numbers and in Science, we have been identifying things that you can hear. In Geography, we have been matching famous landmarks to capital cities of the UK and in R.E., we have been sequencing the story of the wise men’s journey to meet Jesus.

24th November

This week in Maths, we have been revising our work on place value, addition and subtraction using a range of strategies. In English, we have been learning about instructions and have been exploring imperative (bossy) verbs. In Science, we have been learning about the different parts of the eye and in Geography we have been looking at the landscapes of the UK. In R.E. we have been learning about Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem.

17th November

This week in English,  we have been working very hard writing our own version of Rapunzel. In Maths, we have been solving subtraction problems using pictures and in Science, we have been matching our senses to our body parts. In Geography, we have been learning about the four countries and four capital cities of the UK.

10th November

This week we have learning about Remembrance Day and learning about why we wear poppies. In English, we have been continuing our work on fairytale narratives and preparing to write our own version of Rapunzel. In Maths, we have been learning to subtract by crossing out and using the part part whole model. In Geography, we have been locating the UK on a world map and exploring the globe using google earth. In R.E., we have been talking about gifts that money cannot buy and remembering that Jesus is the greatest gift.

3rd November

This week, we have been exploring our new topics in Science, Geography and R.E.. We are starting to learn about the Senses in Science, The UK in Geography and Christmas in R.E.. In Maths, we have been using pictures to write number sentences. In English, we have been sharing our new class text 'Rapunzel' by Bethan Woollvin and we have been working hard to write sentences with full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.

20th October

This week in English, we have been writing messages to the toys in the story of Old Bear. In Maths, we have been using the part part whole model to add single digit numbers. We have been completing our end of unit assessments in History, R.E. and Science. We hope you have a lovely half-term break. See you on Monday 30th October.

13th October

This week we have been continuing our work on Old Bear in English. In Maths, we have been using the whole part part model in addition and in Science, we have been learning to identify the three different types of clouds - cirrus, cumulus and stratus. In History, we have been sorting information about the moon and space into fact and fiction and in R.E. we have been learning about Christian Aid and the charitable works they do around the world. 

6th October

We have had another great week in Year 1. On Wednesday, we celebrated harvest festival in the school hall and sang our harvest song ‘The famer plants the seed’. In English, we have been retelling the story of Old Bear and learning about the structure of a finding narrative. In Maths, we have been working on number bonds within 10. In Science, we have been plotting the amount of rainfall on a bar chart. In History, we have been finding information about the moon landing from historical sources. In R.E. we have been learning about the Jewish celebration of Sukkot.  

22nd September

We have had a great week in Year 1 this week. In History, we have been learning about the 1969 Moon Landing and we have been writing questions to Neil Armstrong. In English, we have been looking at grammar and language choice in our class text Old Bear in preparation to write our own finding story. In Maths, we have been learning to compare and order numbers to 10. On Thursday, we marked the International Day of Peace with a special assembly and wrote prayers.

15th September

We have had a very busy week in Year 1. In English, we have been sharing our class story – Old Bear by Jane Hissey and exploring how the characters were feeling when their friend was missing. In Maths, we are continuing to count forwards and backward from 0-10 and we are learning how write numbers in words. In History, we have discussed our new topic of the 1969 moon landing and sequenced pictures of flying inventions in chronological order, from hot air balloons to commercial aeroplanes of today. In R.E., we have learned about harvest festivals around the world and in Science, we have been talking about the seasons and the changing weather.

8th September

Welcome to Year 1! We have had a lovely time seeing our friends again and meeting our new teachers. We have talked about the rules and routines in Year 1 and the children are settling in well. This week the children have started place value in Maths and have been finding missing numbers in number sequences. We have explored our new class Christian value – Thankfulness and we have said what we are thankful for. This year P.E. is on Monday and homework, spellings and reading books are given and collected in every Friday.