Year 1

Chinese New Year Workshop

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. ​

Moving, throwing and catching.

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

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.

Algorithms

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

Handwriting Award!

This week’s handwriting superstar!

Sketching Feathers

We used our observational skills to sketch peacock feathers.

End of term fun

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

Puppet workshop

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

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.

Exploring Puppets

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

Christmas Dinner

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.

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.

Music

We made our own story and added musical instruments.

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

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.

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.

Planting

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

Emotions

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

Children In Need Day

Remembrance day

Remembrance Day

We created beautiful poppy designs for Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day

We made poppies.

Potato Poppies

For Remembrance Day today we made potato print poppies.

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

Toys from the past (then)

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

Teach Rex visit

Diwali

We made a Diwali diya.

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.