Blog by Tag: Year 1

Year 1 had a great time running with Marathon Man Gary McKee to support raising funds for Hospice at Home. It was a wonderful afternoon with every class cheering everyone on to do their best. 
 

Year 1 have been exploring Tens and Ones using Base Ten equipment to enhance their understanding. In partners they used Part Whole Models to explore partitioning Tens and Ones. Everyone grasped partitioning and enjoyed creating their own questions for their partner to answer using the Base 10…

Year 1 enjoyed their visit to Egremont Library. Tracey, the librarian, welcomed everyone. Year 1 had a great time browsing through the different fiction and non-fiction books. Once everyone made their selection, we all enjoyed a story together. Finally, Tracey let everyone stamp their books out…

During Science Week, Year 1 became engineers! After reading the story of The Gingerbread Man, we took part in an exciting investigation inspired by engineering fairy tales. The challenge was to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river without getting wet. Working in small groups, the children…

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. They spent the day sharing their favourite stories. Year 1 designed and created their own bookmarks. It was lovely sharing story time with Year 6 for even more stories. 
 

The Laudato Si group have really enjoyed taking part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2026. They have been carefully counting the birds they see in our school grounds to help build a picture of bird life across the UK.

They are now going to continue their birdwatching at home to see if they can…

Year 1 and Year 2 had a fantastic time at the Friendship Disco to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week. Everyone danced til they dropped and looked after each other along the way. 
 

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.