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  • 05/05/23

    The King's Coronation

    The children in Year 1 enjoyed their golden time this week, with cake and squash yummy enough for royalty!
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  • 17/04/23

    Exploring patterns and textures

    It's the first day back to school after the Easter holidays and Year 1 are hard at work exploring patterns and textures in our environment. Using a crayon, we rubbed over the texture to see what pattern it made on the paper.
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  • 14/03/23

    Van Gogh inspired paintings

    The children have been learning about different painting techniques in their art topic this half-term. The final piece inspired by Van Gogh was created today, with some fantastic finished results!
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  • 14/03/23

    Using animation in Computing

    Year 1 have really enjoyed their computing topic this half-term. They have been learning how to create a story, add animation and add sound using Purple Mash. 
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  • 02/03/23

    World Book Day 2023

    All Year 1 children have had a fantastic day for World Book Day. Here they are showing their books they chose for the book swap - they are absolutely thrilled to have a book they can keep!
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  • 28/02/23

    Signs of spring and new life

    Donaldson and Freedman went on a walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring and new life. There were so many signs of spring to discover!
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  • 28/02/23

    Planting a beanstalk

    In English this term we are learning to follow and write instructions to plant a beanstalk. Today the children worked with their learning partner to give each other instructions on how to plant their bean.
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  • 07/02/23

    Dragon eyes

    Year 1 have been working hard this week to design and make their own dragon eyes out of clay. 
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  • 30/01/23

    Using tone and shade in Art

    In Art this term we have been learning all about using tone and shade to create depth and interest in our pictures. This week we extended a photo of a dragon's eye, using shape and tone that we could see in the picture.
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  • 27/01/23

    Non-chronological reports

    In English, this week, we have been learning about non-chronological reports. The children worked collaboratively to explore the features of the reports and put the pieces back together.
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  • 17/01/23

    Repurpose day

    This week, the children across school have taken part in a repurpose day. They have learnt about ways they can save energy as well. As part of the repurpose day, the children in Freedman class made dragon pencil holders using toilet roll tubes and egg cartons. In Donaldson class, the children made t...
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  • 21/12/22

    Christmas Fun

    During the last week of the autumn term, the children in Year 1 took part in lots of different Christmas activities. On Wednesday, they made some Christmas crafts with their grown ups, enjoyed their Christmas lunch, followed by watching a pantomime and were very lucky to be visited by Santa, who del...
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