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13 June 2025

Celebrating Phonics Screening in Year 1

Congratulations to everyone in Year 1 who has worked so hard to do their best in the Phonics Screening Test. We are very proud of everyone. A big thank you to all our families who have continued to support learning at home. 
 

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6 June 2025

World Ocean Day in Year 1

Year 1 have been busy learning about the effects of plastic in the Ocean. They collected plastic bottle tops and used them along with other plastic products to create an octopus. They listened to the story ‘One Plastic Bag’ to learn how some plastic items can be repurposed and made into different…

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5 June 2025

Environment Day in Year 1

Today Year 1 celebrated Environment Day. The day encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. Year 1 created posters to promote reduce, reuse and recycle. Year 1 created a world made from handprints and talked about how we can use our hands to be kind to the Earth. 

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21 May 2025

Can you build with bread?

Year 1 were challenged to use bread as a building material.  They used icing sugar to create cement. They decided to toast the bread to make it more sturdy to build with. The children planned their designs before they began constructing them.  They worked together in small groups to create the…

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16 May 2025

Miles in May for Danica

During May some Year 1 children are completing a Miles in May challenge. They are walking, cycling or scooting as much as they can to raise money for their class charity ‘Danica’s Dream Fund’. They are all getting lots of miles in and we are very proud of their commitment to fundraising. 
 

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8 May 2025

VE Day Celebrations in Year 1

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating VE Day. In the morning they received a visit from Sandra Edwards. Sandra explained about her role in the British Legion and the good work of this charity.  Year 1 were particularly excited to hear how she was one of 76 women and 76 men to be awarded Maundy…

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13 March 2025

Fun at the Farm

Year 1 had a fantastic day visiting Strudda Bank Farm as a part of British Science weeks. The children loved learning about life on the farm. They found out about all the crops that are grown and how the farm reuses it’s resources and keeps waste down. They loved meeting some new born lambs and…

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7 March 2025

Year 1 Take Part in the Biggest Ever Football Session

Today Year 1 enjoyed taking part in the biggest ever football session. It was great fun practising football skills together. Year 1 enjoyed finishing off with a penalty shootout. 
 

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6 March 2025

World Book Day 2025

What fun everyone has had today on World Book Day! Everyone came to dressed up as a character from a book or wore their pyjamas to school. Each class has celebrated the joy of reading today in different ways then paired with another class to share a book. 

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6 March 2025

Y1 World Book Day Shared Family Read

Today Year 1 celebrated World Book Day by inviting our families in for story time. After enjoying a whole class story everyone shared books together. It was amazing to see everyone reading for pleasure. Thank you to all our families for coming to join us.

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27 February 2025

Rainbow Wraps

The Year 1 chefs have been busy creating some tasty ‘Rainbow Wraps’. They learnt to peel and grate carrots, courgettes and apple. They found out why colourful natural foods can be healthier. Year 1 found out that ‘ribboning’ means to slice food such as vegetables into long, thin strips. It was…

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14 February 2025

Year 1 Wear Red for Love and Justice

Today Year 1 wore red to promote the Pope’s message of love and justice in the world. They created their own Valentine’s cards after listening to the story of St. Valentine to surprise family members at home with. 
 

 

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