Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 Blackbirds and Starlings

Blackbirds: Mrs Downes (Class Teacher: Monday - Wednesday & Friday), Mrs Dobroaia (Class Teacher: Thursday), Mrs Vale (Teaching Assistant: Monday pm, Tuesday - Friday), Miss Bell (Teaching Assistant: Monday am)

Starlings: Mrs Lloyd (Class Teacher), Mrs Dobroaia (Teaching Assistant Monday - Wednesday am & Friday) Miss Bell (Teaching Assistant: Wednesday pm & Thursday) 

PE: Wednesday morning

Forest School: Thursday afternoon with Mrs Bishop 

Starlings: Autumn 1, Spring 1 and Summer 1 

Blackbirds: Autumn 2, Spring 2 and Summer 2

Autumn 1

This half term our Topic is 'Super Me'. 

What we've been learning in Year 1 - Autumn 1!

Week Beginning 13.10.25

Our Art work this week was inspired by the artist Brianna McCarthy. We carefully thought about the shapes, lines and colours used to create portraits in her style.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zww87v4 

Science was super TASTY! We focused on our sense of taste, learnt about taste buds and tried foods with a sour, sweet, savoury, bitter and salty taste. 

Week beginning 7.10.25

This week we have been continuing our learning with comparing numbers in Maths, exploring the world of The Trapdoor in Drawing Club and inventing a new  character for Trapdoor from clay, creating some Paul Klee inspired portraits and investigating the sense of touch in Science and practising our handwriting in provision.  

Week Beginning 29.09.25

In Maths we have been using inequality symbols to compare numbers and amounts (<,>,=).

In Art we have used lines and shapes to create portrait drawing - firstly tracing the shapes and then drawing them over the top of our own faces. 

In Science we have used our sense of hearing to listen to the sounds of the classroom and the outdoors. 

Week beginning 22.9.25

A busy week in Year 1!  Learning about the sense of smell in science and testing our noses with a variety of smells - good and bad! Ball skills in a sunny PE lesson, learning how to log on to a computer in IT, joining lines in art to create a picture, making a timeline of our life in Topic and thinking about the Golden Rule in RE.

Week beginning 15.9.25

We enjoyed learning about 4 important keys on a keyboard in Computing, found a comfy spot in the Library to enjoy a story with our friends and let music lead the way in our Art lesson when drawing lines. 

Week beginning 9.9.25

We have enjoyed drawing around a child and labelling different body parts in Science, practising to throw and catch in PE, learning about different types of lines in Art and exploring new Provision activities. 

Week beginning 1.9.25

We have enjoyed exploring the classroom, learning in Provision and connecting with our friends after the Summer Holidays!

Autumn 2

This half term our Topic is 'Winter Wonderland'. 

What we've been learning in Year 1 - Autumn 2!

Spring 1

This half term our Topic is 'It's a child's life'. 

What we've been learning in Year 1 - Spring 1!

Spring 2

This half term our Topic is 'Amazing Animals'. 

What we have been learning in Year 1!  

Spring 2

Summer 1

This half term our Topic is 'Tudors'. 

What we have been learning in Year 1!  

Summer 1

Summer 2

This half term our Topic is 'Seasides'