Year 1 Blog

During continuous provision we really developed our independent printing skills.

Using polystyrene sheets we copied our favourite sketch using felt tip onto the smooth surface. We then used a pencil to make a slight indent into the material. Using specialist printing inks we applied the ink using a roller onto the surface of the newly made printing tile. After that we gently…

A creative, crafty collection by  Astrid, Ruby T, Nathan, Tayla, Ella and Robyn.

We had a fab time sketching manmade materials and God's wonderful world in glorious sunshine ready to develop our images into a print.

Super handwriting this week from our newest handwriting stars ... Aidan, Cayden and Julian. Can you now rise to the challenge of using your cursive writing in all learning? 

What a lovely thing to witness - three boys choosing to share books in our reading corner during continuous provision, decoding words and asking each other questions.

Well done everyone for their tremendous effort with our weekly number spelling assessment. Don't forget to practise this daily to really master this skill and to shine on a Friday. Check your child's book bag for their highlighted areas to focus upon.

Using only six houses the children had to design a number of plans featuring their proposals of houses including terraced houses, detached and semi detached homes. Here is an example of our ideas.

Fabulous reading at home with lovely comments from Mum linking experiences covered in the books and of course her improving comprehension skills using the bookmarks. Thank you so much keep up the monster effort.

Today year one have been using their imagination to become the troll character before being interviewed. Nathan's interview went a bit like this... "What is your name?" Jake the Eater. "How old are you?" 24 " Where do you live?" Under the scary bridge! "What things do you like to do?" I like to…

The children have worked as part of a team to produce this stunning artwork using twigs sourced from our Eco garden, scraps of pink tissue paper scrunched up to produce the pink apple blossom and apple green leaves. The children have then enhanced the display by creating labels about the parts of…

Too hard to pick just one blog star this week so we have two! Well done to Connie and Heidi for this great progress in their handwriting. Their next challenge is to apply this awesome handwriting to all their learning and then maybe get nominated for Pride Award!