Year 1 Blog - Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 8:25pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Counting in coins

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

Counting – Can you find some 2p coins and add the amount together?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We continued The Lumberjack's Beard. We spent the week pretending to be Lumberjack Jim, who was apologising to the animals. We wrote a sorry letter as a group, then independently, and role-played the story on Seesaw.

Maths

We made amounts using coins and added two amounts together.

R.E.

We continued to describe key events in Jesus' life.

Science

We identified the parts of a plant.

See our pictures here.

P.E.

We practised the sack race.

In tennis we started to hit the tennis ball over the net.

Art

We sketched feathers.

See our pictures here.

Computing

We started to code! We used the code.org website to follow simple coding instructions.

See our pictures here.

Geography

We recognised the features of a hot and cold place.

P.S.H.E.

We discussed goal setting and set ourselves a class goal - always to be kind to one another.

Forest School

There was a lot of great discussions about building our obstacle courses. We took care when moving the logs around.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Elsie

Super Learner: Oscar

Superstar Writer: George

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Connall                                                                                                        

Marvellous Mathematician: Tommy

Special Mentions: Isaac for his excellent RE and tennis skills. Evie E and Ada C for playing nicely at lunchtime.