Year 1 Blog - Friday 27th February 2026

Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 9:15am

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Shape patterns

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 have solely focused on neat handwriting this week, practising our letter formation and using the correct spellings.

We wrote about our half term and our trip to the library.

Maths

We spotted and created our own repeated patterns. We also sorted criteria into groups.

R.E.

We recapped Jesus being tempted in the desert and how it links to Lent. Mrs Armstrong tempted us with marshmallows, just like Jesus was tempted by the devil.

We also read the passage of Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We made a welcome poster for Jesus using our new word of 'Hosanna'.

P.E.

We started to learn how to underarm throw and catch. We threw beanbags into hoops and practised throwing to a partner.

See our pictures here.

Science

We identified signs of Spring on our walk around the school grounds.

P.S.H.E.

We identified what it means to be an active listener. We found that we have to make eye contact, ask questions and make sure that there are no distractions.

Computing

We started our Seesaw unit and focused on how to add captions to our pictures. We chose our favourite page in our sketchbook and wrote a caption.

Art

We began to explore watercolour paint.

See our pictures here.

Library

We had a great trip to the library! We read lots of different dinosaur books.

See our pictures here.

Forest School

We made shelters with tarps and mats. We had to secure the tarps onto the branches or find other ways as we weren't using ropes. There was great team-work and collaborations. Some children made lassoes whith some skillful knot-tying.

We identified the different flowers growing in our nature area.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Harriet

Super Learner: Roman

Superstar Writer: Oscar

Bookworm: Noah B

Marvellous Mathematician: Rupert

Special Mentions: Evie E and Thomas for their throwing and catching in PE.

Our phonics workshop is next week (Thursday 5th March at 3:15), so please come along if you can! We will be explaining the phonics screening check and showing you how we teach a phonics lesson.