Year 1: Gallery
Y1 Pickly Hay, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 5:25pm
Year 1 enjoyed performing in their Christmas nativity play this year. They made us all very proud.
Sports, by Mr Brown
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:29pm
Throughout the year we will participate in sports competitions.
Our Y5/6 team took part in a tournament organised by the Liverpool FC Foundation.
In the English Schools under 11 football competition, we were unlucky to lose 1-0 to Upton Heath in a very close semi-final.
Music in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 11:34am
We started our new topic in music today, We are learning to find and keep a steady beat in music. We moved in time to a steady beat and copied back simple long and short rhythms with clapping. It was lots of fun at the start of the day!
Year 1 RE, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 11:30am
As part of our RE topic this term we have been thinking about what is meant by the idea of something 'precious'. We thought about gifts we give that have a cost to them and gifts that we don't pay for.
We realised that we are all a gift to our family and friends.
We wrote some gifts that we are going to give that don't cost anything and put these in a gift bag.
Some of our gifts:
I will be kind.
I will tidy my bedroom.
I will share.
I will be helpful.
I will smile at people.
We’re going on a bear hunt yoga, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 5:36pm
We practised our yoga poses through the story 'We're going on a bear hunt'.
No Outsiders, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 5:23pm
We used the Elmer story today to help us think about ways in which we are all different.
We made our own Elmers to remind ourselves that we are all unique and this is to be celebrated.
We thought about special qualities in ourselves and also in others.
Parent visitor in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 5:19pm
A huge thank you to Mr Knott who came into school this afternoon to tell us about the toys he played with when he was younger. We enjoyed looking at some of the toys he has kept from his childhood. He answered lots of our questions.
King’s students in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 5:26pm
A huge thank you to King's 6th Form students who were volunteering in Year 1 this afternoon.
We had lots of fun making cup and ball games as part of our history topic where we are learning about toys in the past.
Toys from the past in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 5:18pm
A huge thank you to Poppy's grandma who came into Year 1 today. We really enjoyed finding out about the toys she played with when she was younger. She brought in photographs of some of the things she played with. We had lots of questions to ask her too.
The children were fascinated to see Mrs Buckley and Miss Franklin playing Cat's Cradle!
Visitors in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 5:17pm
Thank you Pat and Mrs Lunt for coming into school today to tell us about what they played with when they were younger. We were able to ask them questions to find out more and develop our learning. We realised that some things are the same as the toys we played, some are similar and some are different.
Yoga in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 5:12pm
We have been learning some new yoga poses today including the following poses:
Dancer
Deer
Dog
Dolphin
Gate
Dragonfly
We are noticing how good it feels to stretch out our bodies. Balancing in some of these poses isn't easy!
What toys do you play with? Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 12:27pm
We enjoyed telling our friends about the toys we like to play with, developing our descriptive language and confidence at speaking in front of others. We are learning about toys past and present.
Forest Schools in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 11:46am
We used Forest Schools as a vehicle to deliver our science and geography curriculum.
Toys Past and Present in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 8th Sep 2024 @ 6:25pm
In our first lesson on Toys Past and Present, we started to describe the charcteristics of toys. We enjoyed describing toys from our class feely bag and our friends trying to work out what we were describing. We used words such as: hard, soft, fluffy, squishy, bendy, floppy, smooth, rough, bumpy, taller than ...., smaller than .... to describe things in the classroom that we like to play with. We linked this to items we like to hold that help us to feel calm.
Children will get the opportunity to bring in a toy from home to share with us all on Friday 20th September - more information on our class page.
Yoga in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 8th Sep 2024 @ 6:08pm
We warmed up safetly before our yoga lesson, making the most of the lovely weather and warming up outside.
Today, in our first yoga lesson, we practiced 6 yoga poses:
Sandwich pose
Spider pose
Snake pose
Shark pose
Star pose
Surfer pose
Star pose seemed to be the pose most children found the easiest. Shark pose was one of the trickier poses. We recognised the important of quiet and focus whilst performing our yoga moves.
Y1 Forest Schools, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 4:16pm
Year 1 enjoyed a fabulous day at Forest Schools today building a hedgehog house, a shelter for our characters, using dragon sneezers to start our own small fires and of course toasting marshmallows on an open fire. The end to a perfect day!
My Happy Mind in Y1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 6:19pm
Congratulations Year 1 in completing our My Happy Mind module on Appreciation. Everyone received their Appreciation certificate today.
We have enjoyed learning to notice what is around us and identifying what we can be thankful for.
When have you said thank you to someone recently?
Jessica said thank you to Mrs Marshall.
Gracie said thank you to the midday staff.
Isabelle said thank you to the cook for making the pudding.
Eli said thank you to grandma and grandad because they took him to their house and let him sleep over.
Deheer said thank you to Mrs Marshall for getting the fruit.
Ella said thank you to her mummy and daddy because they took her to the shop after school.
Marnie said thank you to her brother and sister when they played hide and seek and she couldn’t find mummy.
Finley said thank you to the teachers when they give him toast.
Lea said thank you to Mrs Davies for tying her laces.
Aedan said thank you to his family because they always look after him.
Sienna said thank you to mummy because she helped her when she dropped something, mummy helped her pick it up.
Bob said thank you to Mrs Davies when she helped him build a tower.
Libby said thank you to her mummy for keeping her safe.
Sofia said thank you to her mummy for taking her to gymnastics.
Amishka said thank you to her mummy and daddy for looking after her and being kind to her.
Tilly said thank you to mummy for buying her a new water bottle.
Caitlin said thank you to nanny and grandad for giving her nice food.
Deheer said thank you to Mrs Davies because she let her play a game.
Aria said thank you to the cook when she gave her lunch.
Nella said thank you to mummy when she got her a hot chocolate from Starbucks.
Sienna says thank you to her mummy when she got her a milkshake.
What experiences are you grateful for?
Jessica – being at school
Sofia – being with Jessica at AmaSing
Sienna – going to the park with daddy
Marnie – Fridays and going to the caravan
Gracie – movie night with mummy and daddy
Deheer – going to the cinema with Libby
Lowrie – mummy and daddy listening to me read
Amishka – cuddles from mummy and daddy
Ella – snuggling up to watch TV with my family
Isabelle – going to the park with daddy
Marnie – playing at the park with grandma and Freya
Aedan – being at school
Aria – being at school
Eli – painting with grandad
Lea – going to Legoland
History in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 6:14pm
Today we have enjoyed learning about a range of explorers including:
Neil Armstrong
Christopher Columbus
Richard Garriott de Cayeaux
Krystyna Chojnoqska-Liskiewicz
Sophia Danenberg
Felicity Aston
We imagined being the different explorers, thinking what we might see on our expedition, what we might be thinking about, how we might feel. We agreed they were all very brave! Some of us would like to be explorers when we are older.
Year1 snow day ☃️❄️, by Mrs Marshall
Date: 22nd Jan 2024 @ 8:34am
Year 1 loved playing in the snow last week 😃
My Happy Mind and Z of R, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 5:21pm
The tool we are practicing this week as part of Zones of Regulation is 'Stand tall'. We practiced doing this together.
Congratulations to our Year 1 children who received their Celebrate certicates today after completing Module 2. We recapped today on our learning about character strengths before moving on to our new module called Appreciate.
As part of our myHappymind work today we have learnt what appreciate means and stopped to think about the people in our lives that we are grateful for. We also reflected on where our own happy places are.
Some children that shared their happy place were:
Lea - Slovakia, seeing her grandma
Deheer - India, seeing her cousins
Aedan and Miss Harris - home
Babe - at Debbie's exploring the toys
Bob - Mexico
Ella - at her cousin's house
Amishka and Marnie - at the park
Isabelle - at grandma and grandad's house
Lawrie - in his toy area playing with his brother
Jessica and Caitlin - at AmaSing
Maise - Greece
Freddie - France and breaktimes
Gymnastics in Y1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 4:20pm
Today we used the apparatus, putting our own sequences together. Our sequences had to include 3 of the following - travelling, balancing, rolling, balancing, shape.
Gymnastics in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 5th Jan 2024 @ 5:12pm
Year 1 were incredible at following multi step instructions in gymnastics with Mr Bell today.
Explorers in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 5th Jan 2024 @ 4:58pm
We have enjoyed learning about a very famous explorer called Christopher Columbus. We discovered that he was an explorer amd compared what life was like in the 1400's to life now.
The children enjoyed pretending they were Christopher Columbus and telling us what they were thinking as people around them told him it wasn't a good idea to go exploring. We imagined being on one of the three ships setting off on their exploration and learnt about what life would have been like on the ship, what they ate, where they slept, how they kept themselves safe, how they communicated with each other and their family and friends and the work that they needed to.
Thank you to the Kings students for playing the Columbus board game with us this afternoon to help us remember our learning from the morning.
Year 1 Twinkly Nativity, by Mrs Marshall
Date: 3rd Jan 2024 @ 2:59pm
Here are some lovely action shots of our Year 1s in their Christmas nativity :)
Learning in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:06pm
We've had a busy week in Year 1 learning new songs for our Christmas performance. They're really catchy and keep coming into our mind! Mrs Turnbull worked with us to create something we are going to be wearing for our performance.
In PE we have been learning how to punt a ball (striking the ball with our instep), which was lots of fun. We all got so much better at it as we practised!
We finished our history topic today, using our knowledge of toys from the past and toys in the present to do posters showing what we would have in our museum.
Our tool of the week is having a drink of water and asking an adult if we can go for a walk.
