
Year 1
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5
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Hello and welcome to Year 1!
Your teacher this year is Miss McMullan and your LSA is Miss King
Day of the week | What should I bring to school today? |
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Monday | Homework Bookbag Water bottle |
Tuesday | Bookbag Water bottle |
Wednesday | Bookbag Water bottle |
Thursday | Bookbag Water bottle |
Friday | Bookbag Water bottle PE Kit Reading Record and Phonics Book |
Click the link below for details of the Year 1 curriculum.
Year One Phonics Screening check will take place in June 2023 for all Y1 pupils nationally. Please watch the video clips below to find out more about phonics and how to support your child with reading at home.
- What is phonics and Read Write Inc?Please explore the video link below to support your child with phonics and reading at home.
- How to pronounce the soundsWatch the video below to listen how each of the sounds are pronounced during phonics.
Useful Websites to continue your learning at home:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
There are also lots of learning games on Purple Mash. Your child’s teacher will be able to provide login details for your child.
Year 1 Chatter





Science learning walk
We went on a learning walk of our school grounds to see what leaves, flowers and trees we could see.
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Exploring Purplemash
Today we explored Purple mash with our own logins. We changed our avatars and background and tried out some of the activities.
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Self portraits
Today we used mirrors to look at our facial features and create our own self portraits.
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Following a picture map
Today we followed a picture map around our school grounds to find the treasure.
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Weather painting
In year 1 we created pieces of artwork in the style of David Hockney.
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Research lesson
For our painting topic we are researching David Hockney and looking at some of his artwork and painting techniques.
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Maths – finding half
Today we completed a practical activity using bread to find half of shapes.
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Science week
This week we looked at the different seasons and what months are in those seasons. We also did an experiment to how far our germs can spread when we sneeze and cough if we dont cover them up.
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PSHE
Today we discussed during circle time things we put on our body and how they can make use feel.
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Free standing structures
Today we used different objects and materials from around our classroom to make free standing bridges that could take the weight of our chosen animal toy.
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Maths – number patterns
Today we had a challenge in maths, we needed to arrange ourselves into different number patterns, we looked at multiples of 2, 5 and 10.
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Snap shot of the UK
We used our atlas to firstly identify the four countries that make up the UK. We then used them to locate and identify the four capital cities.
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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
Key Stage 1 have been busy for Children’s Mental Health Week by taking part in peer massage, Cosmic yoga, mindfulness colouring and dance.
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LLP Reading Festival
Year 1 enjoyed our zoom with JARVIS, we enjoyed hearing his story and learning to draw with him. It was very interesting!
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Toys old and new
Year 1 took a trip to the Museum of Liverpool to learn about toys from the past and from the present.
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Bonjour!
Bonjour! Year 1 have had a lovely day, we have eaten French treats and learnt some French phrases.
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ELF Walk
To raise money for the Wish Upon a Star charity we completed our Elf Walk and brought in our sponsorship money. It was a lot of fun, we had elf hats, we danced, sang and played instruments.
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Money
In year 1 we have been learning about money, we used tens frames to make an amount.
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Making number lines
In Year 1 we used blank number lines and cubes to make number lines to 20 accurately.
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Using tens frames
In maths we used different manipulatives and tens frames to add numbers within 20.
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Remembrance Day
Each class made a poppy to add to our outside Remembrance Day display.
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Maths party day
Today was a lot of fun! We made playdoh numbers, cheerio towers, shapes with straws and shape monsters!
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Local area fieldwork
We took a trip around our local area, we looked at landmarks, discussed places we recognised and have visited. We also stopped at key points and created a meaningful map of what we could see.
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