Year One have had a special visit this morning from Nexus to teach us all about the new metro trains and how to keep safe. They loved listening to the story of Alexa the train and gave some very sensible and detailed answers to the safety questions asked. They also learnt 5 golden rules to follow when going on the metro. Well done Year One!
In worship this week, we have been looking at our school Vision, Ethos and Values statement to see what it means to us and others in our school community.
Year One have looked at each part and discussed how they think it all fits together so that they could share their ideas with parents to help them understand it too. They think that our vision, God has a plan is at the top of our display and it helps us to remember what it is that we are working towards.
Our Ethos, Aspire, Believe, Connect are the key ways in which we can go about achieving this vision. Our 7 Values of Love, Growth, Wisdom, Strength, Trust, Peace and Friendship are the things that we are working on and developing everyday to support the vision that God has for us.
Year 1 enjoyed a yummy Christmas dinner, this week, with all their friends, thank you to our amazing school cook, Nicola! 🎅🏻🎄
Walking in a St Oz winter wonderland!
What an amazing experience for our children in year 1, we have had the most magical time making memories with friends & family.
We shared a story around the fire and enjoyed a hot chocolate, we made jingle bells, decorated Christmas decorations, did our best poses for the selfie station, found magic keys in the forest, played with snowballs and met Santa in his grotto.
Thank you to everyone for all your hard work and a BIG thank you to Mrs Whittle for providing all at St Oz with a memorable experience 🎅🏻🎄⛄️❄️
Wow year 1 know how to party, we have had the BEST afternoon! The children have enjoyed pass the parcel, musical statues, stars and snowballs and lots more! 
Year 1 had the most magical afternoon at the panto, OH YES WE DID! The children have laughed, danced and sang their little hearts out! 
Year 1 enjoyed a muddy afternoon in the nature garden for forest school. The children worked in pairs to observe their surroundings and record their findings as part of their Geography topic, Our wonderful world.
The children also helped Mrs O’Doherty tidy the nature garden ready for our winter wonderland, team work makes the dream work. Well done Year 1!
Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed their PE unit this term! Most recently children looked at dance moves from the noughties and learnt the Ch-Cha slide. Once children had mastered this, they were asked to use these movements as inspiration to create their own dances.
Finally, we performed our dances for each other and said what we liked about them.
Wowzers! Year 1 enjoyed a brilliant Christmas STEM day on Friday. The children responded so well to their think and plan part of the day, carefully considering which design they wanted to take inspiration from and using their phonics to record their ideas.
After that, children put their plans into action – we were so proud of how they tried to stick to their design during the making process. Finally children were able to evaluate the decoration they had made and were able to communicate well about their final product.
Massive well done to all the children – absolute super stars!
What a lovely way to end Christmas STEM day, on Friday, with a story from Mrs Smith. Next term year 1 will be starting the topic ‘bright lights big city’ and will be learning about London, so what better book to read than ‘Paddington’s Christmas post’. The children demonstrated fantastic listening skills and thoroughly enjoyed the story. Thank you Mrs Smith 🎅🏻🎄
