Blog by Tag: Year 1

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Number Day with some help from Year 6. They enjoyed playing a selection of number based games together. It was lots of fun rolling the dice and counting along in Snakes and Ladders but not so much fun sliding down the snakes! Year 6 supported the children when needed and…

This morning, our Year 6 class joined the Year 1 children to celebrate Number Day with lots of fun maths games. The older pupils did a fantastic job supporting the younger ones, helping them count and number play games. Everyone especially enjoyed spending time together, where there were plenty of…

Year One have had a wonderful time following their structure designs and building their own structures. Through the design process they carefully chose what materials they were going to use, how to join them together and create a sturdy shape. They were all very careful to use a design with a wide…

Year One have enjoyed learning about structures in their Design and Technology lessons. We have looked at different types structures around us and around the world including the Eiffel Tower and Leaning Tower of Pisa. We were very excited to explore building our own structures using a variety of…

Year 1 performed ‘The Nativity’ beautifully. Amazing performances all round with fantastic narration, clear speaking parts and sensational singing. The Christmas story was well told and the audience were blown away with their dance moves. Congratulations to Year 1. 

Year 1 found out all about Kevin Sinfield and why he does the 7 in 7 Challenge every year in memory of his friend, Rob Burrows. The children loved seeing him set off on his West Cumbrian leg of the event and couldn’t wait for him to come to Egremont. They spent some of the morning making posters…

Supporting Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 Challenge

We are incredibly proud of the hard work, kindness and enthusiasm our children have shown while supporting Kevin Sinfield on his inspirational 7 in 7 ultra-marathon challenge.

As Kevin passed through Egremont, the children gathered to cheer him…

Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon at the Carnegie Theatre watching the pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They were fortunate enough to have the whole theatre to themselves. Everyone enthusiastically chanted, booed and cheered and were truly full of the Christmas spirit by the end…

Year 1 had a great day celebrating St. Andrew as it will be his feast day on Sunday 30th November. St. Andrew is Year One’s Saint. They found out about his life and why he was special. Year 1 created Scottish flags, made their own shortbread biscuits and even enjoyed some ceilidh dancing. 
 

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Year One enjoyed a fantastic trip to the magic show. It was full of lots of exciting magic tricks and lots of laughs. Iylah was even chosen to be the magician’s assistant for one trick and did an amazing job spinning plates. We all had so much fun. 
 

Year 1 loved their first music lesson with Zozo learning all about African Drums known as Djembe. It was great fun learning new songs and listening to Zozo’s stories with fun actions. We can’t wait for his next visit. 
 

Year 1 enjoyed role-playing shopping in the past. Mrs Robson’s mum visited class to help explain the differences in how shopping was different in the past. Year 1 had great fun experiencing the differences through role playing being shopkeepers and customers. They used the scales to weigh out the…