St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 1 Blog - Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 12th Mar 2026 @ 4:38pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Subtraction
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We continued with our Mother's Day writing.
Maths
We continued to explore halves, focusing on halving a shape into two equal pieces.
We also completed an arithmetic using the manipulatives.
R.E.
We role played the Widow's Mite where Jesus was extremely happy with an old widow for giving her small fortune to the temple.
P.E.
We had an amazing Freddy Fit session!
Science
We made paper aeroplanes for British Science Week.
History
We wrote facts about another nurse from the 1800s - Edith Cavell. We compared her to Florence.
P.S.H.E.
We recognised how we have close family who live with us, and extended family who we are related to but we do not live with.
Art
We painted roses for our Mother's Day cards. We then drew spirals on top with pen.
D.T.
We sorted food into fruit and vegetables. We found that fruit have seeds in them!
Japanese lesson
Yuichi and his students taught us about Japanese dolls. We made our own dolls using paper cups.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: George
Super Learner: Isla-May
Superstar Writer: Hartlley
Bookworm: Imogen
Marvellous Mathematician: Oscar
Special Mentions: Felicity, Noah B and Rupert for their amazing writing about Florence Nightingale.
Thank you to everyone who came to our Mother's Day assembly. We are so proud of the class!
