Category: year1

From Avatars to Art: Our Computing Journey So Far!

In Year 1, we have been busy learning lots of new skills in our Computing lessons! We started by learning how to use the laptops and iPads safely and confidently. We also learnt how to log on to some of the fantastic programs we use in school, including Purple Mash, Numbots, and Reading Eggs. Our …

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English in Year 1

In our English lessons this week, we have started a new unit in which we are learning about poetry. We began the unit by looking at some poems that are very familiar to us all – nursery rhymes! We talked about all the nursery rhymes we could remember and then had our very own karaoke …

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Art – Clarice Cliff

Year 1 have had a very exciting start to our new art topic, learning all about the artist Clarice Cliff! We began by looking closely at some of her beautiful pottery and noticed how she uses lots of shapes, such as triangles and squares, as well as bright, bold colours in her designs. We have …

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Maths in Year 1

This week in Maths, we have been developing our number skills and working out one more and one less than a given number. We have learnt that when you find one more than a number, the original number will get bigger and when you find one less, the original number will get smaller. We have …

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Science in Year 1

This half term in Science we are learning all about ourselves. We started the topic by thinking about the names of some of our different body parts. We drew around some of our friends and labelled the different parts of their bodies. We made sure to include lots of body parts like ankles, wrists and …

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Year 1 authors!

Due to a technical error, we have been unable to publish photographs this week. Over the past two weeks in English, we have been learning a range of skills to help us create books about ourselves.  We have created a page each day about our self,  our family,  where we live, our favourite food, our …

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