
Year 1
WELCOME TO YEAR 1
In Year 1 our teachers encourage us to reach for the stars and always try our best.
Our Year 1 Team: Mrs Power,(Miss Ruglen) Miss Swift, Mrs Carpenter, Miss Hall, Miss Ronak, Miss Wilson, Mrs Hincks and Mrs Lawson.
We hope to become super readers but we need your help. Please try and read with your child every night. Really focus on asking questions about their book as this will help them with their reading comprehension.
Information for Parents
Click here to view our Autumn Term Overview 2024
Click here for Miss Swift’s timetable
Click here for Miss Ruglen’s (Miss Power’s) timetable
PE
PE kit consists of navy shorts or leggings, a sky blue polo shirt and trainers or pumps.
Year 1CP have PE every Thursday.
Year 1MS have PE every Monday.
Keep up to date with all our latest news by looking at our class page and logging into our parent app.
Year 1 Chatter



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

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 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!




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.



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


Year 1 celebrated Chinese New Year
We were visited by some Chinese dragons. We had a great time!
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We loved having the parents in last week for our Winter Craft morning! Thank you to everyone who came!



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


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







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






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


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






Fantastic Family Picnic
A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.
An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.
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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.
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Santa Dash 2023 ??????
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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 ??????
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Watch this space! ?
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year 1 Zoolab visit
Year 1 had a visit form lots of animals today to celebrate our learning in science.
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Year 1 had a visit from zoolab
Year 1 were very excited to have a visit from lots of animals today!
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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
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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
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Artwork inspired by Yinka Shonibare
Look at this amazing artwork inspired by Yinka Shonibare #smithdownart
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Donating food to the Harvest food bank
These superstars enjoyed donating food to the Harvest food bank #smithdownextra
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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.
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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
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Harvest donation table…
We visited the Harvest donation table to see what food and toiletries we could donate!
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Little Red riding hood and the Wolf
We really dressing up and getting in role as Little Red and the Wolf #smithdownreaders
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We enjoyed using Google Earth ?
We enjoyed using Google Earth ? to explore the school and the local area from an aerial view #smithdowngeog
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Making some spirals out of play dough!?
After looking at spirals in art, these superstars decided to make some spirals out of play dough!?
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Eating apple dipped in honey…
On Friday we celebrated Rosh Hashanah by eating apple dipped in honey #smithdownre
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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!
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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.
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We have been learning to draw spirals
We have been learning to draw spirals. This superstar made a spiral using the Lego #smithdownart
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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Well done reception!
We have got ready for PE. Well done reception! We can’t wait for our lesson. #smithdownpe @SmithdownPrimR
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Labelling human body parts today with year 1
We’ve been having lots of fun labelling human body parts today #smithdownsci @SmithdownPrimY1
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Science activities for you today Year 1!
Lots of exciting science activities waiting for you today Year 1! #smithdownscience @SmithdownPrimY1
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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
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Year 1 have been naming the body parts in science…
Year 1 have been naming the body parts in science this week. #smithdownscience @SmithdownPrimY1
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Tidying up in Year 1 today
Thank you to these helpful children who were the best at tidying up today! @SmithdownPrimY1
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First music lesson with Mrs Naylor!
We are enjoying our first music lesson with Mrs Naylor! #smithdownmusic @SmithdownPrimR
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