St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 1: Blog items
Year 1 Blog - Friday 28th November 2025
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 3:50pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Number bonds
Phonics challenge - Common exception words
Counting – Can you count in 2s using the even numbers and then count in odd numbers? (1, 3, 5, 7...)
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we started our first Christmas story! We read 'The Robin Who Stole Christmas'. We described the robin using adjectives, described Santa HQ, made a wanted poster for the robin and wrote questions to the robin using question marks.
Phonics
We all have been practising reading and writing the common exception words for Year 1. Keep practising these at home!
Maths
We recapped the place value of numbers to 20.
We also completed another arithmetic together, talking about how we make a number sentence (three numbers and two symbols).
R.E.
We learnt about the word 'Advent' and made our own Advent promises. We also ordered the Nativity story.
In our 'Celebration of the Word' we delved deeper into Advent. We talked about patience and how we light the candles on the Advent wreath.
History
We wrote about the toys that we used to play with as a baby. We talked about the materials that they were made from.
Thank you for all of your parent sheets about your favourite toys as a child. We will be discussing this in the next few weeks.
D.T.
We wrote the insert for our Christmas card.
Computing
We made Kandinsky circles on Paintz.app
Science
We used Seesaw to write about what we saw whilst on our winter walk.
Forest School
There was great child-initiated play in our nature area. The old Christmas tree got decorated beautifully. We discussed why we weren't finding as many mini beasts and decided it was because of the weather. We had time at the end of the session to look at some of our nature related books in our lodge.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Grace
Super Learner: Imogen
Superstar Writer: Eilish
Bookworm: Connall
Marvellous Mathematician: Darragh
Special Mentions: Reo and Roman for helping others in Computing.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 4:11pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Mass - heavier and lighter
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 2s using the even numbers and then count in odd numbers? (1, 3, 5, 7...)
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story 'Astro Girl' about a little girl who wanted to be an astronaut like her mummy. We wrote about a job that we want to have and sequenced the story.
We also wrote Christmas lists for Father Christmas.
Phonics
Some of us continued to learn the phase 3 digraphs.
Some of us have continued to recap the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us learnt the two sounds that the split digraph u_e makes (oo and you).
Maths
We measured length using cubes and mass using balance scales.
R.E.
We read learnt about waiting and how it is important on the lead up to Christmas. We talked about Mary waiting for Jesus and wrote about a time that we have waited.
In our 'Celebration of the Word' we continued to learn about trust.
P.E.
We had a great dance session with South Ribble.
D.T.
We planned our Christmas card and decided whether we wanted a slider or a lever mechanism.
Science
We made the most of the frosty weather and went on a winter walk around the school grounds.
Forest School
We listened to a story about kind Mr Bear, he lives in the forest and helps all his friends but they started taking him for granted. We discussed how it's important to help others.
We practised tying knots in strawberry laces. Such concentration!
We then went into our nature area. Some of us did some bug hunting and we had some new identification sheets as last week someone asked Mrs Corbett to Google something to find out what it was!
Try to remember to bring named hats and gloves to school, especially on Wednesday.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Noah J
Super Learner: Evie B
Superstar Writer: Noah H
Bookworm: George and Ada G
Marvellous Mathematician: Isla-May
Special Mentions: Elsie and Connall for always being kind to everyone.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 3:22pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Ordering numbers
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 2s to 20?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story 'How to Catch a Star' by Oliver Jeffers. We used the connective 'but' in our sentences, drew a story map and re-wrote the story by ourselves.
Phonics
Some of us have started to learn the phase 3 digraphs.
Some of us have continued to recap the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us recapped the split digraphs that we have learnt up to now and then learnt the split digraph o_e in stone.
Maths
We compared length using 'longer' and 'shorter' and compared height using 'taller' and 'shorter'.
R.E.
We read The Visitation story and spoke about how Angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was also going to have a baby. We wrote in speech bubbles and learnt the Hail Mary together.
In our 'Celebration of the Word' we focused on two words - trust and faith. We realised that they are quite similar and that we need to trust people, just like God trusts us.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how we have a busy place, a middle place and a happy place. We drew pictures of our happy place.
P.E.
We learnt how to mirror each other's movements whilst pretending to be a robot.
We also had a brilliant session from Freddy Fit!
Art
We drew flowers on top of our handprints from last week. They look amazing!
Science
We sorted animals into their groups (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish).
History
We compared toys from the present-day. We wrote what was the same about them and what was different.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Ada C and Ada G
Super Learner: Jack
Superstar Writer: Thomas
Bookworm: Noah B
Marvellous Mathematician: Indie
Special Mentions: Lucas and Felicity for their flower sketching in Art.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 3:34pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Fewer, more, the same
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 5s to 50?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story of Bob - the man on the moon. Bob's job is to clean the moon as pesky aliens kept making it dirty! We used adjectives and verbs to describe our own alien, then we ordered the story, focusing on using the days of the week in the correct order. See our pictures here.
We also wrote our own firework poems using onomatopoeia sounds.
Phonics
Some of us started phase 3, focusing on the single letter sounds - j, w, v, x, y and z.
Some of us have recapped the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us started to learn the split digraphs - a_e in game, e_e in Eve and i_e in slime.
Maths
We have been comparing numbers using the vocabulary of 'more', 'fewer' and 'equal to'.
We also practised our number formation. See our pictures here.
R.E.
We read the Annunciation story where Angel Gabriel visited Mary to tell her about Jesus. We role played the story in groups and talked about how Mary might have felt.
In our 'Celebration of theWord' we focused on Jesus stating that Church is a special place to go to, which is for praying and for talking to God.
P.S.H.E.
We talked our how we all have a 'busy place' that our brain goes to when we are worried or scared. We thought of different things that we could do to get back to our 'happy place'.
Art
We printed handprints in our sketchbooks using a layering technique.
Science
We identified different animals.
History
We explored the differences between toys from the past and the present.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Zara
Super Learner: Noah J
Superstar Writer: Felicity
Bookworm: Elsie
Marvellous Mathematician: Hartley
Special Mentions: Evie E and Rupert - for their fantastic artwork
Year 1 Blog - Thursday 23rd October 2025
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 3:48pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challanges - One more and one less
Counting – Can you count in 10s to 50 forwards and backwards?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read a new Winnie story - Winnie's Haunted House.
We focused on using bossy (imperative) verbs to write a set of instructions for making a potion. We identified different verbs, wrote a group set of instructions and then our own.
We also had a brilliant time at the library!
Phonics
This week, we all focused on tricky words and recognising all of the phase 2 and 3 sounds.
Maths
We continued to recognise numbers between 20 and 30.
We completed another arithmetic using cubes to help us to count.
R.E.
We read Laudato Si and wrote sentences explaining how we can look after our world
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on kindness, linking into our RE. We talked about kind words and how we can be kind by praying.
Computing
We had our first online safety lesson. We talked about why we need to ask permission to do certain things online.
Art
We made Winnie pictures with pastels.
Science
We compared ourselves to our friends. We used the words 'same' and 'different'.
Geography
We labelled our own maps.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Imogen
Super Learner: Ariana
Superstar Writer: Stan
Bookworm: Jack
Marvellous Mathematician: Noah B
Special Mentions: Isaac and Rory for spotting symbols on a map in Geography.
Have a great half term and we will see you back on the 3rd of November.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th October 2025
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 4:00pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challange - Counting backwards
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 5
Counting – Can you count in 10s to 50 forwards and backwards?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week our story has been ‘Winnie the Witch’.
We have written a description for Winnie using adjectives, performed out loud becoming the character of Wilbur the cat, written our own speech bubble by Wilbur and sequenced the story.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt phase 5 ph in elephant, ew in chew, ew in few and oe in toe.
Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We continued to recognise numbers between 20 and 30.
We have explored different equipment for counting in tens.
We have absolutely loved listening to two songs this week to help our learning. Here are the links if you want to listen at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedvwH6Ay18 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwcCyXsGN7E&list=RDcwcCyXsGN7E&start_radio=1
R.E.
We said the words of the Our Father together and recognised how God is important to us all.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on Peace as well as looking after God’s World. We sang a beautiful worship song about looking after everything God has made for us.
Computing
We learnt how to upload our own pictures onto Seesaw.
Art
We sketched objects from Mrs Armstrong's home. We took our time and concentrated on adding detail.
Science
We conducted a smelling experiment. We had to guess which smells were in the jar!
P.E.
This week we have played small games using our kicking skills as well as having a go at shooting in the goal!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Jack
Super Learner: Isaac
Superstar Writer: Oscar and Reo
Bookworm: Evie E
Marvellous Mathematician: Roman
Special Mentions: Judah for his amazing sketching in Art and Amelie for always being a good friend to everyone.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th October 2025
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 3:30pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challange - Counting on
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 4
Counting - Use your fingers to practice your number bonds to ten. Count your fingers to work out the answer each time! Test yourself with a partner.
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read 'Maya's walk' which is about a little girl who spots different objects whilst on her walk. We focused on adjectives this week, which help to improve our writing. Maya used fabulous adjectives in the story.
We spotted adjectives, wrote our own adjectives and then wrote an adjective poem about flowers.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt phase 5 ue in statue (you sound), aw in paw and wh in when.
Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We have focused on recognising numbers between 20 and 30. We made sure to say that the numbers have two tens, rather than one ten.
We also completed our first arithmetic together!
R.E.
We spotted key words which describe God. We talked about Him being kind, powerful and invisible.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on being resilient and not giving up. We also talked about loving one another, as Jesus taught us.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt how to help our Team H-A-P when they aren't working properly and how happy breathing calms our brain.
Computing
We continued to learn how to use a keyboard. We typed our own name.
Art
We sketched shells as we found out that some shells have a spiral pattern!
Science
We identified which body parts are responsible for our senses.
We also went on a senses walk around school, identifying what we could see, smell, hear and feel.
P.E.
We put our throwing skills into action by playing games of dodgeball in the hall.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Eilish and Isabelle
Super Learner: Felicity
Superstar Writer: Connall and Noah B
Bookworm: Harriet
Marvellous Mathematician: Ada Cobham
Special Mentions: Grace and Tommy for always looking after Darragh in class.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 3:55pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challange - Represent objects
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 3
Counting - Use your fingers to practice your number bonds to ten. Count your fingers to work out the answer each time! Test yourself with a partner.
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read a beautiful story called 'Chasing Rainbows' which is about finding the good in different situations. We had a colour hunt in the classroom and wrote sentences about which colours we could see, we wrote about what we do in the rain and in Autumn, then we made kindness rainbows which were decorated with kind words.
See our kindness rainbows here.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt phase 5 ir in girl and ue in blue.
Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds: ai and ay, then ee and ea.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We have been identifying teen numbers and saying how many tens and ones are in each one.
R.E.
We wrote a Creation poem about God's wonderful world.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on Autumn and our Harvest celebration.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how happy breathing helps when we are struggling.
Computing
We learnt how to type on a keyboard!
Art
We used different medium to showcase our amazing spirals.
Science
We identified our different body parts.
P.E.
We practised kicking a ball.
Forest School
We started our session with a game of 'Duck,duck,goose'.
We then went into our nature area and had a go at making shelters. We had a go at two ways, leaning branches against trees or tying a rope between trees. There was a lot of determination, problem-solving and imagination on display. The shelters were ready just before Storm Amy hit!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Indie
Super Learner: Noah H
Superstar Writer: Reo and George
Bookworm: Stan
Marvellous Mathematician: Connall
Special Mentions: Zara for coming to school with a smile on her face, even with her sore arm!
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 4:23pm
Home Practice
Your child's Sumdog log in should now be in the front of their brown reading record book. Please try and log in this week.
Maths challange - Counting objects (larger numbers)
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 2
Counting - Please practise counting different objects around your house. Or even try to go for a walk and count how many leaves you can find!
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read the story 'Dogger' and we all felt really sorry for Dave who had lost his toy dog. We identified the characters, described Dogger using adjectives and sequenced the story.
Phonics
Some of us have started phase 5 and learnt the ay, ea, ie and oy sounds.
Some of us have been recapping phase 3 sounds, including ch and sh.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We have been learning how to partition numbers into tens and ones using base ten, both visually and practically. We have been focusing on numbers to 20.
R.E.
We read the beginning of the Nicene Creed and talked about how God made things that are visible and invisible.
In Prayer and Liturgy we spoke about the importance of the words in the Lord's Prayer. We also focused on being calm and compared this to Jesus calming the storm.
Geography
Some of us went on a walk around our school grounds to spot different features. We will continue this next week.
Computing
We learnt how to log onto Sumdog using the QR code on our log in sheet. We all had a go at the Maths challenges and played the different games.
Art
We made pastel spirals on black paper so that the colour could stand out.
P.E.
We have learnt how to throw underarm with a beanbag and a ball.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Isla-May
Super Learner: Elsie
Superstar Writer: Ada C
Bookworm: Evie B
Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas
Special Mentions: Imogen and Noah H for always showing kindness to each other and to the whole class!
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 7:16pm
Home Practice
Sumdog log ins will be sent home next week! We will go through logging in with the class in Computing.
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 10. Can you count backwards too?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read 'Five Minutes Peace' by Jill Murphy. We identified the main characters in the story, sequenced the events and wrote simple sentences about the story.
Phonics
We started our phonics groups this week! We have been so impressed!
Maths
We started our Place Value unit. This week's focus has been counting objects and writing the corresponding number.
We have been playing a lot of Topmarks counting games in class. If you would like to play these at home, here is the website link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
R.E.
We re-read the Creation Story and sequenced the events together.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on being kind, both to God's wonderful world and the people around us.
Geography
We sorted urban and rural places.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how our brains change when we practise a skill. We drew a picture of a time we learnt a new skill.
Computing
We learnt about the different parts of a computer and a laptop - the screen, keyboard, mouse and trackpad. We then had a go at using a website that we will use in future computing lessons - paintz.app.
Art
We made our own spirals on big pieces of paper. We focused on different sizes and using different medium. Then we went outside and drew spirals with chalk.
Forest School
What a lot of great child initated learning. We collected apples, used leaf cutters to make shapes, climbed trees, balanced on the tyres and watched how water travelled down the hill. Some of the boys decorated an old Christmas tree. Lovely imagination, problem solving, friendship and teamwork was on display.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Noah J
Super Learner: Elsie
Superstar Writer: George
Bookworm: Ada C
Marvellous Mathematician: Noah B
Special Mentions: Felicity, Amelie and Elsie (again!) for their amazing spirals in Art.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 3:45pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Counting objects
Phonics - Reception revision 1
Don't worry if you can't access Sumdog yet (including log ins). We will be going through this at our Meet the Teacher on Thursday.
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 10.
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read a beautiful book called 'Find Your Happy'. We talked about who or what makes us happy and all had a go at writing a sentence to identify what makes us happy.
Maths
We have been learning how to use lots of different maths manipulatives: tens frames, counters and base ten. We practically made different numbers up to 20.
R.E.
We read the Creation Story in Genesis and talked about how God made our world a day at a time. We had a lot of fun making our own world using dabbers.
P.E.
We practised our underarm and overarm throwing.
Science
We went outside to spot signs of Autumn. We found orange leaves and lots of different minibeasts.
Geography
We talked about the differences between a rural and an urban place.
Computing
We learnt how to use an iPad. We dragged and dropped objects using our new skills.
Art
We sketched our self-portraits using mirrors and our new sketching pencils.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Rupert
Super Learner: Lucas
Superstar Writer: Tommy
Bookworm: Ariana
Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas
Special Mentions: Grace for her beautiful manners and Eilish for doing extra learning at home by going on an Autumn walk.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 5th September 2025
Date: 5th Sep 2025 @ 12:52pm
We are so proud of how well everyone has settled into Year 1!
Reading - Your child has new books in their book bag. Please try and read at least three times each week.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day. Books will be changed every Friday (or more often if wanted!)
English
We have read two lovely stories this week: A Letter From Your Teacher and Our Class is a Family.
We have been talking about how we might be feeling different emotions surrounding starting a new school year, and how this is okay! We also drew and labelled our families.
Phonics
We have been joining in with our phonics songs. We have also been reading real and nonsense words.
Maths
We have been counting in ones and practising our number formation. We have also been spotting patterns and making groups of numbers.
R.E.
We looked at different Bibles and recognised that they are special books which contain special stories. We talked about Jesus and God and recited our prayers.
P.E.
We went onto the playground and practised rolling, throwing and catching different sized balls.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt all about our brain in My Happy Mind. We drew pictures of our brains in our journal.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Judah and Evie E
Super Learner: Reo
Superstar Writer: Ada G
Bookworm: Imogen
Marvellous Mathematician: Louie
Special Mentions: Thomas for helping the Reception children into class and Isla-May for always keeping the classroom tidy!
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 18th July 2025
Date: 18th Jul 2025 @ 2:08pm
A big thank you to you all from all of us for your hard work and lovely gifts.
We are so proud of how far the class have come this year!
We will miss everyone so much!
Have a lovely summer and we will see you in September.
Special Mentions of the Term:
Huxley
Reuben
Nelly
Jaxon
Year 1 Blog - Friday 11th July 2025
Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 8:45am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Positional language
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 20, forwards and backwards.
Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We have been writing non-chronological reports about bears. We used the facts that we gathered on Friday and drew fantastic pictures.
We have also been writing beautiful messages for Mrs Wood's card.
Phonics
Some of us have been practising spotting our sounds in our reading books.
Some of us have started to identify the different air spellings: air in chair, ear in bear and are in care.
Maths
We have been comparing turns (full and half turns) and using positional language (forwards, backwards, left and right).
Science
We made the most of the weather and drew around our shadows!
Art
We went outside and sketched what we could see.
D.T.
We learnt how to complete a simple running stitch.
Year 6 production
A big thank you to Year 6 for letting us watch their production!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Joshua Wright
Super Learner: Jaxon
Superstar Writer: Ella
Bookworm: Seb
Marvellous Mathematician: Joshua I and Luca
Special Mentions: Lara for her super answers in Maths.
Please could all reading books be returned next week, Mrs Anderson will be collecting them in!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th July 2025
Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 7:01pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Missing number questions
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 20, forwards and backwards.
Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read a story about another polar bear called Leaf who, like Lars in The Little Polar Bear, was lost and wanted to return home. We role-played how Leaf was feeling, wrote sentences using exclamation marks and question marks, and researched facts about polar bears on the iPads.
Phonics
Some of us have been applying our phonics sounds when reading.
Some of us have continued to identify the different ear spellings, focusing on the ear sound in here.
Maths
We have continued to complete addition and subtraction number sentences. We furthered our learning by understanding how to calculate missing number questions, using our fact family knowledge.
R.E.
We had a Collective Worship with Miss Gravili. We talked about how to be helpful.
P.E.
We went outside and completed a fitness orienteering session.
We also had a fantastic rugby session with Dave.
Science
We observed the change in temperature using thermometers. We identified how to read the scales together then compared the temperature in shaded areas to sunny areas.
PSHE
We discovered that we have three places that we go to depending on how we are feeling: a busy place, a middle place and a happy place. We want to stay in our happy place as much as possible but sometimes our brains go to our busy place. We recognised that we can use different techniques, such as happy breathing, to move between our places.
D.T.
We explored different joining techniques - gluing, stapling and using split pins.
Moving up morning
We had a great time in our new classroom. We made our new peg names ready for the next year.
Over summer, please complete the book that your child has been given!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 27th June 2025
Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 5:05pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Add within 20
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Practise the counting to 20 game with your family. Try and count backwards too!
Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read our new book Little Polar Bear, which is about a polar bear called Lars who floats away from his father whilst he's asleep! We described the North Pole, wrote speech bubbles for the characters and wrote sentences explaining what we would do if we were Lars.
We also finished our special person writing. They will up on display during our open morning!
Phonics
Some of us have compared different u spellings.
Some of us have been comparing ear in hear and eer in deer.
Maths
We have been adding and subtracting numbers to 20 using part-whole models and tens frames. We have also been focusing on using known number sentences to form fact families.
R.E.
We listened to different types of music, such as Gospel music, and discussed which was our favourite and why. We all loved 'My Lighthouse' by Rend Collective!
PSHE
We talked about times that we show different emotions and how it's okay to feel sad, confused and angry sometimes.
Art
We made our final minibeast collage using painted card. We made ladybirds, wasps, caterpillars and butterflies.
Moving up morning
We had so much fun in Year 2! Mrs Corbett and Miss Gravili learnt all about us.
Dance from the Heart
We performed brilliantly on Wednesday! A big thank you to everyone who came to watch us.
Rock Steady
A big well done to Harry, Lara, Zac, Jesse and Rudy for being amazing rockstars!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Genevieve
Super Learner: Cara
Superstar Writer: Luca
Bookworm: Hannah
Marvellous Mathematician: Freya
Special Mentions: Lara for believing in herself!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th June 2025
Date: 19th Jun 2025 @ 8:37pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Please catch up on previous Sumdog challenges.
Counting - Practise the counting to 20 game with your family. Try and count backwards too!
Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read Paddington. We ordered the story using pictures and drawings and re-wrote the story neatly.
We also started to write about a special person in our life. We described them using adjectives and identified why they are special to us.
Phonics
Some of us have recapped the different oo spellings.
Some of us have been learning the five different ur spellings: ur in fur, ir in girl, er in feather, or in work and ear in heard.
Maths
We measured length, width and height using cubes and rulers.
R.E.
We learnt that there are Christians all over the world and that we should work together to make the world a better place.
PSHE
We talked about how sometimes reaching our goals might take a long time, but if we persevere we can achieve them. We wrote about a goal that might be hard to achieve and how we can ask for help getting there.
We also started to talk about different emotions.
Art
We used different materials to collage minibeasts.
PE
We continued to develop our overarm throwing skills. We threw to a partner and played noughts and crosses.
We also had a great tennis session. We worked brilliantly in our teams!
Computing
We learnt how to use two instructions inside the loop block to shorten our instructions.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Dean
Super Learner: Luca
Superstar Writer: Harry and Zac
Bookworm: Seb
Marvellous Mathematician: Arianna
Special Mentions: Faisal, Lilly-Mae and Izzy for their amazing tennis skills.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 13th June 2025
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 9:30am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Measuring length
Phonics - High frequency words
Counting - Measure different items around your house however you can and count in either twos, fives or tens to find the answer.
Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We started to read our new book - Paddington! We wrote some super sentences about Paddington, wrote our own sentences for making a marmalade sandwich and then made our own sandwich following the instructions.
Phonics
All of us have been practising putting sound buttons on our words ready for our phonics screening.
Maths
We measured mass using the balance scales and measured height and length using cubes.
R.E.
We learnt two new words this week - parish and community. We thought about all of the different people that make up the Church parish and wrote questions for people like Father Michael and Mrs Wilson, who are a part of our parish.
Science
We used our senses to identify any signs of summer.
PSHE
We learnt how to set a goal that we can achieve as a class. We decided to set a goal of using lead-ins in our handwriting.
We also talked about how change can be tricky to overcome. We drew pictures of ways that we can make ourselves feel better if change gets too much for us.
Art
We sketched minibeasts and then used pastels to add detail and colour.
We also made Father's Day cards for our Dads.
PE
This week, we learnt how to throw overarm. We threw beanbags as far as we could and practised throwing into hoops.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Jesse
Super Learner: Rhodes
Superstar Writer: Hannah and Giovanna
Bookworm: Bobby
Marvellous Mathematician: Buzz
Special Mentions: Seb and Genevieve for always making good choices in challenge time and Freya and Arianna for amazing phonics with Mrs Sheen.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 3:40pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Ordering numbers to 20
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Play the counting to 20 game with your family, see who wins!
Reading - Please try to read remaining books over half term.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We wrote amazing fact files about David Attenborough and Eugenie Clark, two people who work hard to ensure that the animals on our planet are looked after.
We also wrote pledges on orange ribbon, describing how we can help the Earth.
Phonics
All of us have been recapping the phase 3 and phase 5 sounds ready for our phonics screen.
Some of us have continued to learn the different ways to make an or sound. We learnt oar in roar, our in pour, augh in taught and ough in bought.
Maths
We continued to share objects into groups. This week, we shared between three, four and fives different groups and some of us even began writing division number sentences!
R.E.
We focused on reciting the words of The Sign of the Cross. We also drew our own cross to represent Jesus Christ.
Science
We recapped the differences between evergreen and desciduous trees before going outside to see if we could spot any of them. We used their leaves to distinguish between them.
History
We matched up facts about famous explorers.
PSHE
We learnt about how to engage our brains by being calm and showing good listening. We learnt how to set goals so that we feel good when we achieve them.
We also started to identify how our needs change as we grow up. We compared babies to toddlers, children and adults.
Art
We sketched different minibeasts in our sketchbooks.
PE
We continued to practise our underarm throwing using smaller objects like beanbags and tennis balls.
Tough Kidder
We had so much fun during Tough Kidder!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Arthur
Super Learner: Seb
Superstar Writer: Jessie H
Bookworm: Harry
Marvellous Mathematician: Jaxon
Special Mentions: Bobby for being brave during Tough Kidder, Emma and Amelia for always concentrating on their morning work.
Please practise reading as many real and nonsense words as you can at home.
Past booklets can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=phonics+screening
Year 1 Blog - Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 21st May 2025 @ 4:25pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Halving
Phonics - High frequency words
Counting - Play the counting to 20 game with your family, see who wins!
Reading - Please try to read remaining books over half term.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We looked at the story 'Dear Earth' and thought about how we can make the world a better place. We wrote a prediction about the story, described our earth and wrote a short poem.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt the dge digraph making the j sound in hedge and the ce digraph making a s sound in choice.
Some of us have been learning the different ways to make an or sound. We couldn't believe that there are ten different ways! We focused on oor in poor, ore in shore and al in walk
Maths
We identified halves of shapes and objects. We learnt to use the 'one for you, one for me' technique to share equally between two groups. We also used part-whole models to show this practically.
R.E.
We completed our Pentecost topic by learning how to spread the Good News, just like the disciples did. We created our own list of ways that we can help others.
Computing
We are becoming super coders! We learnt how to use a loop block to make our instructions more simple.
Geography
We sorted animals into their habitats, whether they live in a cold climate or a hot climate. We also talked about how animals can adapt to their environment.
PSHE
We thought about times where we have shown that we can relate to other people, through being kind and caring. We also thought about who we might need to relate to in our lives.
Art
We made our own birds! It was great to see so many different ideas.
PE
We had a fantastic cricket session with Dave. We learnt how to knock over wickets and how to use a cricket bat.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Harry
Super Learner: Honey
Superstar Writer: Hannah
Bookworm: Ella
Marvellous Mathematician: Faisal
Special Mentions: Rhodes for being so kind to everyone and Arianna for helping her friends.
Have a lovely half term! Please practise reading as many real and nonsense words as you can at home.
Past booklets can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=phonics+screening
Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 4:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Arrays
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Make an array and count each row/column in twos, fives or tens.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read our new story this week: Someone swallowed Stanley. We made a wanted poster for Stanley and wrote sentences explaining how to look after our environment.
We also wrote a recount about our trip to Martin Mere.
Phonics
Some of us have compared the different aw spellings - aw in saw and au in haunt.
Some of us have been learning the different u spellings: u in umbrella and oo in shook.
Maths
We continued to make arrays to help us solve multiplication problem questions. We are so quick at making them now! We also learnt the difference between a row and a column.
R.E.
We discovered that different countries celebrate Pentecost in different ways. We focused on England, Italy, France, Ukraine and Vanuatu, and wrote Pentecost party invitations.
Computing
We learnt how to create instructions using positional language such as forwards, backwards, left and right. We used these to create simple code to help Scrat reach his acorn.
PSHE
We discussed how we can relate to each other and how sometimes it can be quite tricky to get along with everyone. We learnt a friendship song and identified ways to relate to people who are different to us.
Art
We made feathers using the materials available in the classroom. We used our art skills of ripping, tearing, cutting and gluing.
Martin Mere
We used our scientific knowledge to investigate plants and compare mammals. We also had fun playing on the playground.
A big thank you to everyone who came to watch our sports day! We appreciate your support and we are so proud of each child!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Faisal and Emma
Super Learner: Zac
Superstar Writer: Harry
Bookworm: Amelia
Marvellous Mathematician: Seb and Genevieve
Special Mentions - Luca, Reuben, Hannah and Izzy for their super coding!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 9th May 2025
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 8:59am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Counting in tens.
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - We have been making groups of objects this week (groups of twos, groups of fives and groups of tens). Please practise this at home and count in your patterns.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read The Lumberjack's Beard. We made a story map together and re-wrote the whole story in our books.
Phonics
Some of us have been recapping phase 4 clusters at the start and end of words.
Some of us have learning the different ar spellings: ar in car, al in palm and a in rather. We also had the discussion about the south of England's pronunciation of bath and path.
Maths
We continued to solve different multiplication problem questions, this time using arrays. We used the maths resources to make our own arrays for each question.
We also completed lots of arithmetic questions. Most of us even got onto some arithmetic ninja challenge questions!
R.E.
We learnt about Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit came to the disciples. We identified the five main symbols of the Holy Spirit and made some beautiful artwork for the classroom.
P.E.
We have continued to practise for sports day this week!
Computing
We learnt how to log onto our new website: code.org. We started to learn how to follow simple coding instructions using a drag and drop motion.
PSHE
We continued to learn about how to be healthy, focusing on daily hygiene.
Forest School
In our session this week we did some cloud gazing on blankets using our senses to really experience being outside.
We also had a go at making shelters, we found some mini beasts, and we noticed new flowers growing.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Bobby
Super Learner: Jaxon
Superstar Writer: Faisal, Joshua I and Rudy
Bookworm: Honey and Arianna
Marvellous Mathematician: Lara
Special Mentions - All of Mrs Sheen's multi-skills club for showing their super tennis skills!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 2nd May 2025
Date: 1st May 2025 @ 4:47pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Doubles
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Practise counting in ones, twos, fives and tens.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read The Lumberjack's Beard. We found out that the lumberjack had been chopping down all of the animals' houses! We acted out how the bird was feeling and wrote an apology letter from Jim.
Phonics
Some of us have been focusing on our phase 5 tricky words.
Some of us have learnt the three ow spellings: ow in clown, ou in cloud and ough in drought. Then we compared the two oi spellings: oi in spoil and oy in toy.
Maths
We have been learning how to make equal groups of objects, leading onto calculating the doubles up to 10 (double 10 = 20).
Then, we solved multiplication problem questions which required us to make equal groups of objects.
R.E.
First, we listened to Jesus' journey to Emmaus. We wrote our own speech bubbles, showing how the apostles felt when they walked beside Jesus.
Then we read about His ascension. We made some beautiful cloud mobiles. We drew pictures of the event and decorated the classroom with them.
Forest School
This week we did some wild weaving. This is really good for developing our fine motor skills, creativity and imagination. We carefully put the rubber bands on the base and then used grasses, leaves and flowers in our piece of work. Usually we do not pick anything but today we could pick a few things. At the end of the session we had a reflection, we told whoever was next to us what we liked about their work.
We also discussed the cotton tree seeds and how they are all being dispersed by the wind.
P.E.
We have been practising for sports day this week!
Geography
We identified features of a cold place, such as Antarctica. We spotted lots of ice, snow and animals, such as penguins.
Art
We sketched feathers and added detail using pen, pastel and charcoal.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Cara
Super Learner: Huxley
Superstar Writer: April
Bookworm: Seb
Marvellous Mathematician: Nelly
Special Mentions - Reuben for always helping his friends. Emma for always listening and working hard in class.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 25th April 2025
Date: 25th Apr 2025 @ 9:00am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Recognising coins
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Practise counting in tens from 0 to 100, forwards and backwards.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We started to read our new book - Lumberjack's Beard. We described the setting of the story and explained how the bird was feeling using a speech bubble. The bird was very angry that the lumberjack chopped down his tree!
Phonics
Some of us have been focusing on trigraphs, focusing on air in chair and ear in clear.
Some of us have continued to explore the different oa spellings, focusing on ol in cold and oul in shoulder.
Maths
We continued our counting lesson from before half term, this time, focusing on counting in tens. We spotted the pattern on a number square and filled in missing numbers.
Then, we recapped the different coins and notes that we use.
R.E.
We started our new topic - To the ends of the Earth. We ordered Jesus' life events together from His birth to His death. We made a board game and played it in pairs.
Science
We took pictures of plants that are in our outdoor areas at the moment. In a few months, we will do the same again and make a comparison to see if anything has changed!
Geography
We started our new topic - hot and cold places in the world. We learnt about the equator and how the countries that are close to it have a hot climate. Then we identified hot and cold places on a world map.
Art
We started our new topic - birds. We sketched pictures of different birds in our sketchbooks, focusing on their different features.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Arianna
Super Learner: Emma
Superstar Writer: Lara
Bookworm: Luca
Marvellous Mathematician: Izzy
Special Mentions - Zac and Rudy for always helping in the class and Genevieve for her amazing use of scientific vocabulary whilst spotting similarities and differences.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th April 2025
Date: 4th Apr 2025 @ 4:03pm
Welcome to your final Friday blog of the Spring term!
Home Practice
See Easter pack.
Counting - Practise counting in twos from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We explored the life cycle of a pea plant, from a seed to fully grown pea pods. We watched a video explaining what they need to grow and wrote a set of instructions. Then we planted our own seeds in a pot, which we each took home to grow outside.
Phonics
We have focused on reading and spelling our tricky words.
Maths
We counted in ones, twos and fives. We wrote the numbers in the sequence and spotted patterns with the numbers.
R.E.
We continued to read the Easter story and wrote a thank you prayer to Jesus for sacrificing himself on the cross.
Science
We filled in some more of our weather chart. It was cloudy on Monday, compared to the sunny weather that we had the week before.
Art
We sketched the new plants that have grown around our school grounds.
We also added more detail to our beach landscape painting.
DT
We made our smoothies! We followed our plan and evaluated them on Seesaw.
Golden Assembly special mentions for the Spring term
Amelia, Arianna, Luca, Joshua I, Freya and Genevieve.
Have a wonderful Easter break!