Year 1

On behalf of staff and governors, we wish you all a safe and fun summer.  We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday 3rd September 2019, ready for the challenge of a new academic year.  

    With the wonderfully varied British weather comes an abundance of plant growth. Year 1 continue to get to know our Forest School, investigating the plants, learning how to enjoy nature. Understanding how to move safely around the site, ensuring they look after both themselves and the p

Today, the whole school took part in the Soccer Aid Playground Challenge. The School Council and our Rights Respecting Group planned the Playground Challenge. Everyone showed off their football skills while completing the obstacle course. Alongside the Playground Challenge, each year group ran the d

This week in Year 1 we took advantage of nature to create some placement art. In class the children were asked; Can you create a repeating pattern using natural materials? This lead to a lively discussion around sorting, what different characteristics you may find in nature and how that may inform h

After a gloriously warm weekend, the children have all come into school today with a positive outlook but with, understandably, a little apprehension regarding their new classes. Once the first hurdle of getting to their new classrooms was achieved (which went very well!), the children listened to M

Though not everyone has enjoyed the wet weather of late, the plants have certainly benefited. Year 1 children took advantage of this and were set off to collect leaves, grasses and interesting objects. Once they’d gathered their items they then put them together to create their own woodland scene. P

In design and technology the children have designed and made a healthy packed lunch. This included a scrumptious sandwich and a fruit kebab. The children grated, cut and peeled all the ingredients themselves. Article 24: We all have the right to nutritious food.

June 5th is ‘World Environment Day’ led by the United Nations with the aim of raising awareness and putting actions into place which will help protect the world in which we live. There are many ways in which our lifestyles have a negative impact upon our environment.  However, there are many ways i

In Year One the children have been reading The Light House Keepers Lunch and their job today was to design a disgusting sandwich to keep the annoying seagulls away.  They had great fun smelling a variety of pungent foods and thinking of adjectives to describe each one. Article 12 – We all have the

This term Year One are reading The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage. The children looked at different objects from the story including a picnic basket, a cat and various items of food. Also, they created a scene from the story and acted out the voices of Mr and Mrs Grinling and