First music lesson with Mrs Naylor!

We are enjoying our first music lesson with Mrs Naylor! #smithdownmusic @SmithdownPrimR

Tidying up in Year 1 today

Thank you to these helpful children who were the best at tidying up today! @SmithdownPrimY1

Year 1 have been naming the body parts in science…

Year 1 have been naming the body parts in science this week. #smithdownscience @SmithdownPrimY1

Year 1 have had great fun labelling the body parts in science today…

Year 1 have had great fun labelling the body parts in science today. Well done! #smithdownscience @SmithdownPrimY1

Science activities for you today Year 1!

Lots of exciting science activities waiting for you today Year 1! #smithdownscience @SmithdownPrimY1

Labelling human body parts today with year 1

We’ve been having lots of fun labelling human body parts today #smithdownsci @SmithdownPrimY1

Well done reception!

We have got ready for PE. Well done reception! We can’t wait for our lesson. #smithdownpe @SmithdownPrimR

Thank you to all the families who came to our stay and learn session today

Thank you to all the families who came to our stay and learn session today.

Today we explored an adult Bible and children’s Bible

Today we explored an adult Bible and children’s Bible. The Bible is the special Christian Holy Book #smithdownre

PE

Smithdown PE

Before starting our new Art topic ‘Spirals’…

Before starting our new Art topic ‘Spirals’ – we had a quick practise drawing them on the playground with chalk. What do you think? Are we ready to start creating them in lots of different ways? #smithdownart

1MS had a go at drawing spirals for our new art topic!

1MS had a go at drawing spirals for our new art topic! We had lots of fun?

We have been learning to draw spirals

We have been learning to draw spirals. This superstar made a spiral using the Lego #smithdownart

This superstar worked all on her own to make a new class jigsaw.

This superstar worked all on her own to make a new class jigsaw.

In PE, we have been looking at different ways of running…

In PE, we have been looking at different ways of running. We ran like Soldiers, Penguins and Sonic the Hedgehog!

Eating apple dipped in honey…

On Friday we celebrated Rosh Hashanah by eating apple dipped in honey #smithdownre

Making some spirals out of play dough!?

After looking at spirals in art, these superstars decided to make some spirals out of play dough!?

We enjoyed using Google Earth ?

We enjoyed using Google Earth ? to explore the school and the local area from an aerial view #smithdowngeog

Little Red riding hood and the Wolf

We really dressing up and getting in role as Little Red and the Wolf #smithdownreaders

Harvest donation table…

We visited the Harvest donation table to see what food and toiletries we could donate!

This morning we learnt a Harvest song in our music ? assembly

This morning we learnt a Harvest song in our music ? assembly. We are really enjoying practising this song about this special time of year #smithdownmusic

Thank you to @NFUEducation for Harvest Live 2023!

Thank you to @NFUEducation for Harvest Live 2023! We learnt a lot and we especially enjoyed the visits to the farm.

Donating food to the Harvest food bank

These superstars enjoyed donating food to the Harvest food bank #smithdownextra

Artwork inspired by Yinka Shonibare

Look at this amazing artwork inspired by Yinka Shonibare #smithdownart

We walked around our local area today and took pictures of different

We walked around our local area today and took pictures of different, important places of interest #smithdowngeog

Predictions about our new story

Wow 2GH, I am so impressed with your predictions about our new story. You also asked some really inquisitive questions @misshath2 @SmithdownPr

We have been learning all about animals in science today

Year 1 celebrated Diwali and made some beautiful diva lamps.

Year 1 enjoyed making diva lamps to celebrate Diwali.

Year 1 had a visit from zoolab

Year 1 were very excited to have a visit from lots of animals today!

year 1 Zoolab visit

Year 1 had a visit form lots of animals today to celebrate our learning in science.

Santa Dash 2023 ??????‍♀️????‍♂️

This Friday, 8th December 2023, we will be having our very own Santa Dash! A chance to squeeze in an extra fitness session whilst having some festive fun ??‍♀️????‍♂️?????

Watch this space! ?

1MS found some clues about our new story, what will it be about??

1MS loved learning a Chinese dragon dance last week!

We enjoyed making puppets with our families yesterday!

We have made dancing Chinese dragons for Chinese New Year.

Valentine Day cards for our family.

Chinese Lanterns for Chinese New Year tomorrow.

Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day!

Wow what a performance in our Y1 music assembly!

We loved making smoothies in Year 1! We had so much fun!

Year 1 have been on a nature hunt

For our first lesson about plants we have been on the playground to look for plants, seeds and animal evidence.

Fantastic Family Picnic

A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.

An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.

Year 1 had the best time at the picnic last week. We had lots of fun!

Some more pictures from the picnic!

1CP had the best time at the farm on Thursday!

1MS had the best time at the farm!

Year 1 loved Spanish day!

Cheque Presentation

A massive thank you to all parents and children who donated money to Alder Hey. The children on the school council were very lucky to be invited down to Alder Hey for a cheque presentation.
The money raised is going to help brighten the lives of children and their families, all over the country, who require the help of Alder Hey.

Black History Month ‘24

Some AMAZING entries for the Merseyside Police competition! Children have worked hard creating lovely pieces of work with great messages as well. Well done to everyone who has submitted already. Last day tomorrow (Friday 13th September).

Super Reading!

We are enjoying our new phonics groups and have worked so hard on our fluency this week.

1MS enjoyed exploring more than and less than!

1CP enjoyed looking at more than and less than!

Year 1 have been looking at the Local Area!

Year 1 have been practicing their jumping skills in PE!

We are city finalists!

Year 1 we are so proud of you. The boys represented school for the first time and made it all the way to the city finals!

We got into role as Rapunzel and answered some questions in character!

In Year 1, we have been looking at computers and went around school to find different types of computers!

In 1CP, we got into role as Rapunzel and answered some questions!

In Year 1, we have been using skittles to help our understanding of taking away!

In computing, we had a go at labelling different parts of a computer!

In Maths,we reinforced our counting skills through finger painting!

In PE, we practiced jumping using the ladders!

In computing we loved using the laptops to explore and used our knowledge of computer terminology.

In Year 1 we loved having Ms Ronak give us a talk all about Diwali!

In PE, we practiced skipping and jumping!

To celebrate Diwali, we made some Rangoli patterns!

In maths this week, we have been comparing length and height!

We started our new PE topic ‘Dribbling’

We learnt all about Remembrance Day and made some poppies to help us remember❤️

Year 1 loved our camp fire today! Thank you to everyone who came along! A big thank you as well to Miss McFarlane!

City Finalists

Our Year 1 boys did us all so proud today. We finished fifth in the whole city! You are all superstars! Your played so well and your behaviour was exceptional! #teamsmithdown

1MS went for a walk around the Local Area. We spotted lots of different places!

In History, we have been looking at old toys. We had fun playing with them and thinking about how toys have changed!

1JR loved their walk around the Local Area! We spotted lots of different places!

We loved our Christmas Dinner on Wednesday!

We loved having the parents in last week for our Winter Craft morning! Thank you to everyone who came!

Year 1/2 had lots of fun in the snow this morning!

Year 1 celebrated Chinese New Year

We were visited by some Chinese dragons. We had a great time!

1JR enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year!

Year 1 have been looking at where food is from and we looked at where different fruit came from!

Year 1 went on a Shape Hunt around our school. We found lots of 2D and 3D shapes!

More pictures from our shape hunt!

On Safer Internet Day, Year 1 made some online safety superheroes. We made some amazing characters and learnt a lot about keeping safe from scams.

We looked at number lines in Maths and had a go at making our own!

Year 1 loved celebrating World Book day!

Year 1 all looked amazing in their costumes yesterday for World Book Day!

Year 1 loved crazy hair day. Thank you everyone for the chocolate donations, they will be used for our easter bingo!We are also looking forward to comic relief next Friday!

1MS loved getting dressed up for Red Nose Day and wearing our red noses!

1JR loved celebrating Red Nose Day!

Year 1 have been learning all about Kitty Wilkinson. We discovered how she helped create the first wash house and how people used to clean clothes!

Year 1 have loved celebrating Eid today in school! We enjoyed our special school lunch!

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Year 1 loved making sun catchers for Eid yesterday!

We have had lots of fun this morning making rice crispy cakes. We hope you have a lovely break!

Today Year 1 have celebrated Earth Day! We picked up litter, then using recycled materials we wrote Earth Day!

In Year 1, we have been learning all about Kitty Wilkinson and other famous figures who have been inspirational and helped change how we live. We have learnt so much!

Year 1 walked into a surprise this morning! Someone had been in our classrooms and made a big mess!

We made some predictions and thought about what happened in our class and who might have done it.

Year 1 had a visit from a police officer to help investigate what happened to our classroom. He needed our help to find out who did it!

In English, we found Goldilocks and asked her some questions.

In Geography, we have been looking at Antartica and looked at how penguins gave adapted to living there.

In Geography , we looked at a hot continent . We found it on google maps and then sorted some features of the continent.

In Geography , we made some leaflets about Antartica.

To celebrate our school turning 150 years, we have been looking at toys and how they are different from 1874 to now.

In Year 1, we have been comparing toys from 1874 to now and looking at how they are different.

To celebrate 150 years of our school, Year 1 have made our school using Lego and blocks.

150 Year Celebration

What a lovely picnic this afternoon! A big, huge thank you to all children, parents and staff for all the work and effort everyone has put in for our 150 year celebration. Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate this afternoon.

150 year celebration picnic

Thank you to everyone wo helped make our family picnic such a success, from the generous items on our community table to the fantastic Henna work in aid of Alder Hey hospital to the very generous sharing of food with staff, the day was fabulous.

Celebration Picnic

A few more picnic photos

We made a timeline of different toys throughout the years!

We looked at some images and thought about what we already know about the Great Fire of London.

We learnt about a man called Samuel Pepys and wrote some questions to find out more information!

We had butterflies in our class and released them on Friday! We watched our caterpillars grow and loved watching them fly away.

Year 1 gardening club had a great time visiting the garden centre!

Year 1 have been learning about the Great Fire of London! We thought about how the fire would have been put out!

Year 1 loved celebrating Smithdown Primary Schools birthday! We enjoyed our cake and party games!

Year 1 had the best time time having ice-cream and going on the bouncy castle!

Year 1 had a great time making smoothies in our DT lessons!

Y1 Computing

Y1 took a walk to the computer suite today to practice switching the monitors on and off again safely. We then explored using the mouse to click. We even got to play a bubble game!

Y1 Art

Look how proud we are of our spiral artwork in Y1!

Hands Sign Language

How lucky are we in Y1 to be learning sign language with Hands. We have practiced some greetings this week.

Longer or Shorter?

Y1 have been exploring the school to find objects longer or shorter than a piece of string.

PE – Jumping

We have worked so hard in PE practising our jumping skills and using this to help us skip. Keep it up Y1!

What are seasons?

We kicked off science in Y1 by thinking about what seasons are. We sang the months of the year song to understand which months are in which season. We realised we are currently in Autumn! If anybody spots any signs of autumn outside of school, please bring in to share with the class. We spent the afternoon observational sketching pumpkins, adding seasonal features on our play dough mats, practising cutting skills to make our own season picture and  painting some season signs.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We have had a fabulous week in English learning all about the very hungry caterpillar. We have made predictions, rehearsed a story map and have started to write our own sentences!

Spirals

We practised drawing artwork like Yinka Shonibare’s on our whiteboards today. Next week we will recreate this piece of art in our books using pencil and chalk.

Body parts

Lots of fun in science this afternoon exploring the names of parts of our body. We drew around outdoors with chalk, labelled diagrams and worked scientifically to measure how many cubes/paper clips our hand length was. We then compared this with our friend’s measurements.

Shorter or Taller

Y1 investigating items that were shorter or taller than others.

Autumn

In science we have been looking at Autumn. We had lots of fun making leaf people, hedgehogs and leaf rubbings.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We made our own Hungry caterpillars practising writing days of the week and drawing pictures of what the caterpillar ate each day.

We had lots of fun in PE practising jumping, hopping and skipping.

In science we have been learning about different body parts.

We had lots of fun at the cake sale.

Cake Sale

Thank you so much for all your donations towards MacMillan Cancer Support. Children had a lovely time – a lot of cake was enjoyed : )

Comparing more or less

Today we built towers using different cubes and compared them using the ‘greater than’ ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’ symbols.

Spiral Artwork

This afternoon we created artwork inspired by Yinka Shonibare. We worked so carefully!

Facial features

Y1 have been exploring, identifying and naming facial features. We labelled diagrams, created our own facial monsters and practiced vocab with our Mr. Potato heads. We’ll be lining this to our senses soon!

Clicking skills

Y1 have been developing skills of mouse clicking and dragging by exploring sketchpad.

We made a underwater or jungle setting for our wild thing story.

We had lots of fun in PE this week practising our coordination and jumping.

Printmaking with Spiral Shells

In Art we practised drawing shells and printmaking with spiral shells

Music Fun!

We enjoyed playing the claves today in music!

Diwali

We really enjoyed our Diwali workshop this morning.

Diwali

We had lots of fun at the Diwali workshop.

We had lots of fun acting out our story Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are

We made crowns to be like the character Max from our story Where The Wild Things Are. Max is the main character from our story and he is king of all the wild things.

Diwali

We made a Diwali diya.

Teach Rex visit

Toys from the past (then)

We loved investigating (and playing) with toys from the past.

In history we had lots of fun looking at all the old toys and playing with them.

Potato Poppies

For Remembrance Day today we made potato print poppies.

Remembrance Day

We made poppies.

Remembrance Day

We created beautiful poppy designs for Remembrance Day.

Remembrance day

Children In Need Day

Emotions

We were learning all about our emotions today and looking at the different inside out characters to support our understanding.

Planting

This afternoon we have been planting some plants outside for winter.

Largo and Presto

In music we have been looking at largo (slow tempo) and presto (fast tempo). We have been using our voices and bodies to move/sing in this way. Today we enjoyed using our bodies as instruments and changing tempo to match the beat.

Welly Walk

Y1 PK went on a Welly Walk to Crown Street Park. We followed directions – North, South, East, West and spotted what we could see. We also looked for signs of Autumn and that Autumn is changing into Winter.

Music

We made our own story and added musical instruments.

We could also use the key vocabulary Presto, Largo,Tempo and Moderato.

Welly Walk 02/12/25

Y1 PK enjoyed a Welly Walk to Crown Street Park. We investigated what we could see travelling North, East, South and West. We also looked for signs of Autumn and how Autumn was changing into Winter.

Local Area Walk

1JR have had lots of fun this afternoon on our walk to our local park. We looked at what we could see when looking north, east, south and west. We also looked at how our environment has changed for winter.

Christmas Dinner

Exploring Puppets

This morning we have been investigating different types of puppets. We looked at what they are made from and how they move.

Puppet Making!

Thank you to our parents for joining us this afternoon to make our puppets. We loved it! Thank you also to our Year 5 helpers.

Puppet workshop

Thank you to all the families who helped us make our puppets.

We had a magical surprise, fun in the snow and delicious s’mores!

End of term fun

Sketching Feathers

We used our observational skills to sketch peacock feathers.

Handwriting Award!

This week’s handwriting superstar!

Algorithms

We have been practicing making an algorithm. We had to move around the grid to get to the fruit.

Materials

we have loved starting our new topic in science, materials! We went on a search around the classroom to find items made of glass, plastic, metal and wood.

Moving, throwing and catching.

In PE we have been practicing some key skills. We have practiced moving, throwing and catching with increasing accuracy.

Safer Internet Day 2026

For Safer Internet Day we learnt about voice assistants, which are a type of computer program. We learnt about what they can and can’t do. We then compared to humans and what they can do. The important thing to remember is that voice assistants are not real people. ​

Chinese New Year Workshop