Year 1 – No Pens Day! – 27.11.2025

27th November 2025Jade Sharrock

Year 1 spent No Pens Day focusing on the develop section of their Human Senses Unit in science. What a fantastic day they had, developing not only their knowledge and understanding of their unit but also they got the chance to showcase and apply their oracy skills too.

They started the day looking at the functions of our senses, sorting pictures and giving justifications to their choices. They then explored the functions first hand by taking part in taste, smell and touch experiments, which helped to broaden their vocabulary.

Next they had to investigate why our senses are important and how they keep us safe.

After watching a short clip and looking at some information, they used their linguistic and physical oracy skills to make a whole class safety video.

Mrs Wells then got the children to play a game of, Would You Rather? Here they had to decide whether they would rather have their sense of sight or hearing. This turned into a brilliant debate where the children had to use their cognitive skills to make their points clearly, listen and then respond.

After lunch they looked at sensory loss and assistive tools. The children absolutely loved using the braille boards and trying out some sign language. Miss Randle’s mam even came in to talk about her hearing loss and the children confidently asked her some questions. The amazing day ended, with us showcasing our work to our parents and carers, during our Cool afternoon.

Year 1 – Fibonacci Day – 25.11.2025

25th November 2025Jade Sharrock

Yesterday was Fibonacci Day, and year 1 have been developing their understanding of how they can use the Fibonacci sequence.

As a whole class the children identified the numbers that occur in the sequence, then used their developing arithmetic skills to complete number sentences to represent these numbers.

Mrs Wells discussed with the class that Fibonacci applied the number sequence to nature, following this the children become mathematicians representing the sequence numbers as petals on flowers.

Year 1 – Children in Need! – 25.11.2025

25th November 2025Jade Sharrock
On Friday for Children In Need year 1 focused on ‘challenge yourself’. They completed an obstacle course that tested their resilience. The children were super supportive of each other with lots of positivity. Teachers were super impressed with the children’s knowledge of the importance of being positive and the impact this can have on your mind and body.

Year 1 – Fact or Opinion? – 13.11.2025

13th November 2025Jade Sharrock

Year One have been learning about facts and opinions this morning, to support their non-chronological report work. The children had to listen to Mrs Wells read out a statement and they then had to run to the fact or opinion side of the classroom. To consolidate their understanding, they then continued to work practically and worked in pairs to sort different examples.

Year 1 – The Equator – 11.11.2025

11th November 2025Jade Sharrock

This afternoon, year 1 have been locating hot and cold places in the world in relation to the Equator. They then developed their atlas skills by looking at a map of the world and further identifying more countries.

Year 1 – A Decade! – 11.11.2025

11th November 2025Jade Sharrock

In History year 1 has been focusing on what is a decade. Firstly, the children discussed the decades from the 1950’s to 2020’s and identified what significant events happened, then categorised these into the correct decades.

Year 1 – DT Shelter – 11.11.2025

11th November 2025Jade Sharrock

On Friday, in DT year 1 created a design of a shelter of their choice including a bus stop, pet shelter and garden centre. They used a design criteria to recognise what their shelter must have including being waterproof, protecting animals and being sturdy for example. The children then used a range of materials to build a prototype explaining their choices as they built!