Year 1 Visit Egremont Library
Today Year 1 enjoyed visiting Egremont Library. We explored all the non-fiction and fiction sections. We also found out that some people visit the Library to use computers. We shared books together and then enjoyed a whole class story of ‘Slinky Malinki’ by Lynley Dodd. Tracey the Librarian made…
Number Day in Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Number Day to help raise money for the NSPCC. We had great fun playing Snakes and Ladders with Year 6. We learnt to take turns and count the steps we rolled with the dice. We will definitely play more games together as it was such a success.
Celebrating St.Bridget’s Day
Year 1 enjoyed celebrating St. Bridget’s Day. We enjoyed going to Mass and then sharing the story of St. Bridget. We wrote about what makes St. Bridget special. In the afternoon we made our own St. Bridget’s crosses using art straws, we used textiles to create a collage of St. Bridget’s cloak and…
All aboard the Book Bus!
Year 1 had a magical time on the Book Bus. They were amazed how many books were inside. Claire the Librarian showed us around. We all chose a book to bring into class. We will enjoy sharing our books together. Year 1 definitely agree that Claire has an amazing job driving a Book Bus.
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Y1 Play Wheelchair Basketball
Year 1 had a fantastic time learning how to play Wheelchair Basketball. This was a fantastic experience for everyone. We quickly learnt the skills needed to manoeuvre the chairs and soon were playing tactically. A P.E. lesson to remember!
Year 1 Visit to Keswick Museum
We had so much fun on our wonderful trip to Keswick Museum. We enjoyed our fossil workshop, learning about fossils and the geology of Cumbria. We found out all about the continents millions of years ago and that once Cumbria was in the Southern Hemisphere and was covered in tropical rainforest.…
Learning About Our Parish Family
Today Year 1 welcomed Mrs O’Neil into class. Mrs O’Neil is a cleaner in our school and is also an aunt of one of the children in the class. In R.E. we are learning about who is in our parish family and the roles people play. Mrs O’Neil explained the difference between doing a paid job and job…
Year One Maths
Year One have been having great fun using the frames to represent numbers and support their Maths work. We love working practically in Maths.
Super Structures in Year 1
Year 1 are exploring structures this term. We are working to answer ‘How can you stop a tower from toppling over?’ We are investigating what needs to be in place so that a structure can remain standing on its own. We created some freestanding structures using different materials to explore and…
Y1 Epiphany Crowns
Year 1 learnt about the Epiphany. They found out that this is also known as the Three Kings Day. It is a Christian feast day which falls on the 6th January. It is a special day when people celebrate how a star led the Three Kings (Wise Men) to visit the baby Jesus after he had been born. After…
Year 1 at the Pantomime.
Year 1 had a great time at the pantomime ‘Sleeping Beauty’ today along with Reception and Year 2. They had fun joining in with the chanting and laughing at all the jokes and unusual costumes. There were lots of happy, smiling faces on the way home.
Golden Ticket
Congratulations to Archie who found a ‘Golden Ticket’ when we visited Egremont Library. The ticket was hidden within a book as part of celebrations for Roald Dahl Day. Archie was lucky that it was within his chosen book. The Library have sent Archie his prize of his own Road Dahl book to keep!…