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Year 1 had a fantastic day at Hatton Country World! We learnt about how to care for animals. We were able to see, meet and feed lots of different animals including sheep, goats, piglets, hens and guinea pigs. It was a lot of fun learning about the differences between animals and comparing the reptiles to the mammals.

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In D.T, we have been looking at a variety of fruits and their cross sections. We were able to explore the different colours and textures before labelling the key parts and matching the whole fruit to the cross section.

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Year 1, started our exploration of seaside holidays with an exciting WOW Day! We completed lots of activities focused on a day at the beach.

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In Maths, we have been learning about giving directions. We have been able to use new vocabulary and managed to direct he monkeys to find the fruit on our map before having race to the cross.

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Thank you to everyone who was able to spend the afternoon in woodland school building dens with Year 1. We certainly had a lot of fun and hope you did too.

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Year 1 had a fantastic outdoor learning day. The rain didn't keep us inside we headed out and created fairy villages, artwork and potions.

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What might you hear in a forest made of tin?

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What might you hear in a forest made of tin?

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To improve our descriptive writing we have been considering our different senses. Thinking about the final setting in the story 'The Tin Forest' what might you hear, see, feel, taste, touch and smell?

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In Maths, we have been learning about rotations. We have been using the vocabulary quarter turn, half turn, 3 quarter turn and full turn to describe how an object has been moved.

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Year 1 had a fantastic Mindfulness Monday. We explored a range of different activities including breathing techniques using bubbles and feathers to help us, making glitter jars, yoga, meditation, artwork, making affirmation wands, creating gratitude cards and sharing stories together.

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For R.E. Day Year 1 took part in lots of activities exploring the celebration of Eid. We shared stories, looked at artefacts, designed henna patterns, made paper lanterns to decorate, tried on traditional clothing, tasted dates and role played a celebratory meal.

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Year 1 built their own Sukkah whilst learning about the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot in R.E. We needed to include 3 walls, a natural roof, a bed, a table and decorations. Can you remember why there need to be holes in the roof?

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In Science, we used our senses to investigate which jar contained salt and which contained sugar. They looked the same but tasted very different!

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Year 1 have been exploring using different joining techniques. We have been considering which techniques will be best when we start making our final product in D.T. We tested using staples, treasury tags, tape and glue to see what the benefits and disadvantages were.

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In Science, we have been learning about our different senses. We went on a scavenger hunt using all of our senses. Can you find something that has an aroma? What can you see that is yellow?

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Year 1 have written their own retelling of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' from the perspective of the cheeky seagulls. We have focused on including conjunctions, exclamation marks and question marks within our writing.

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In computing, we have been looking at algorithms and coding sets of instructions to move a character from one place to another.

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As part of our Maths lessons this week we have been sorting objects into equal groups. We have also been doubling amounts and counting how many there are altogether.

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Year 1 are going to be designing a new lunchbox for Mr. Grinling the lighthouse keeper. We have started the design process by evaluating existing lunchboxes, looking closely at the materials they are made of and how they open and close.

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In Maths, we have been making arrays. We have been describing how many counters are in each row, each column and altogether before writing number sentences to accompany them.

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We have used our handprints and numicon to help count in 2s, 5s and 10s. With everyone's handprints we were able to count in 5s to 110!

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Year 1 have been exploring a new piece of music called 'Nautilus' composed and performed by Anna Merideth. We shared our initial reactions to hearing the music and then created sequences of movement to accompany the piece.

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To help us count in 2s we drew around our footprints. We talked about how multiples of 2 are even numbers. How far can you count in 2s?

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In English, we have been writing from the perspective of the pesky seagulls in our class text 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'. We shared some fantastic ideas and used question marks and exclamation points to punctuation our sentences.

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Year 1 used different units of measure to find the capacity of a variety of containers. We were able to compare volumes and find which container had the greatest capacity.

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In PSHE Year 1 have practised road safety. We discussed how it is important to 'Stop! Look! Listen! Think!' before crossing the road and how we must listen to the adults who are with us whenever we are near roads or cars.

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Year 1 have ben very busy making yummy chocolate nests for our Easter Enterprise. We hope to see lots of people at enterprise tomorrow (24.03.2026) where you will be able to buy a tasty treat.

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We created our own silly faces wearing red noses. We used colourful patterns to give them funny hair and used pencils, crayons, oil pastels and paint to make vibrant designs.

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In Maths we have been looking at capacity and volume. We were using the vocabulary 'full', 'nearly full', 'nearly empty' and 'empty'. We discussed how different containers have different capacities and were able to show a variety of volumes.

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It is great to see so many people wearing their red noses today for Comic Relief!

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We took part in litter picking. Our visitor taught us about the importance of looking after our environment and helped us clean up the school playground and field. We were very surprised at how much litter we found. Some of it was over 10 years old.

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Year 4 came to our classrooms to share stories and books that they really enjoy. It was a lot of fun reading together and seeing all of their wonderful World Book Day outfits.

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Year 1 took part in a book trail around the playground. We had to find clues about popular books, authors and characters. Then we needed to answer them to work out a hidden message.

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Year 1 have been discussing healthy lifestyles in PSHE. We have been considering healthy habits and sorting a variety of foods into healthy foods which we should try to eat and unhealthy foods which we should only have occasionally.

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In Art, we have been exploring different lines. We have tried changing the colour, thickness and clarity of lines to create colourful patterns.

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As part of our Wow Day, Year 1 had tasty hot chocolate and a yummy biscuit. It was a lot of fun being in 'The Great Outdoors' !

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We created colourful insect artwork. We used watercolours to paint their bodies and enjoyed mixing the colours. Then we used pen to add details including legs and a variety of patterns.

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We have been learning about how insects help maintain our environment and pollinate plants and flowers. In our woodland area we saw tiny woodlice, bright red ladybirds and wiggly worms.

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In our Woodland School area we had the opportunity to create some artwork. We used watercolours and wax crayons to create daffodils, trees, woodland settings and insects.

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Year 1 had a fantastic WOW Day. We took part in lots of activities focused on the great outdoors. We read lots of books, both fiction and non - fiction to learn about British wildlife and enjoyed our time in the Woodland School area.

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We have finished our portraits inspired by Mary Cassatt. We mixed colours to paint the background and the face and than used wax crayons, oil pastels and pencils to add detail. In the style of Mary Cassatt we used muted colours and included large bows and flowers.

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Year One completed the doughnut challenge. We had to eat a delicious doughnut without licking our lips. It got very messy but was very tasty!

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In Music we have performed our own musical chants about different sports. We chose instruments to accompany our lyrics and showed great teamwork both preparing and performing our pieces.

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We have started reading a new story called 'The Odd Egg' written by Emily Gravett. We immersed ourselves into the story and have written a diary entry from the perspective of Duck. Duck has found an unusual, speckled egg. How do you think Duck will feel when the egg finally hatches?

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Year 1 have taken part in a variety of Maths activities to celebrate NSPCC Number Day. We completed lots of number based challenges, managed to break the code to escape the classroom and made posters for the Maths competition.

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Thank you to all the adults that were able to come and join Year 1 for some Maths activities. We were able to practise counting to 20, doubling, sorting odd and even numbers, addition and subtraction.

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The Mindful Bees have given us a variety of activities to practise mindfulness. We have completed some of these fun and relaxing crafts including colouring and collaging butterflies.

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In History, we have been learning about St. Egwin who is an important local historical figure. We acted out his story including throwing the keys to his shackles into the River Avon and finding them again in a fish in Rome. What happened next that made St. Egwin so well known?

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A UFO has crash landed in our Year 1 area. We have explored the different clues and thought about where the bright yellow footprints have come from. What do you think has arrived at Swan Lane?

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Inspired by Mary Cassatt's use of soft colours and short strokes we created our own landscape artwork. We tried to include her techniques using different texture and muted tones.

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Year 1 have taken part in the RSPB Big School Bird Watch! We saw blackbirds, pigeons, sparrows, magpies and a little robin. What birds do you recognise?

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We have been adapting the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers to include different animals who are lonely and lost. As inspiration we have been voting for, reading and recommending different books featuring animals. We especially enjoyed sharing the non- fiction book 'The sea below my toes' and stories about monkeys!

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In PSHE, we worked in teams to order instructions and make a jam sandwich. It was important to work together to follow the instructions and listen to each other.

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It was great to see so many adults join us this morning for our phonics workshop. The children read brilliantly applying their phonics knowledge and took part in a variety of activities practising phase 5 sounds. Thank you to everyone who was able to come into school.

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Continuing to look at the works of artist Mary Cassatt we have been mixing white with the three primary colours. She uses lots of pale and muted colours within her artwork and we tried to create our own soft colours by adding white. We also looked at the different brush strokes she uses and how it creates different textures.

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As our class text 'Lost and Found' is written by the author Oliver Jeffers we have been reading a variety of his other books. We have voted on which book we would like to read, shared the stories and recommended the books to people we think might enjoy them. Do you have a favourite book by Oliver Jeffers?

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In Music, Year 1 have been learning a piece called 'Football'. It is structured to be a chant and includes a lot of repeated rhythms. We have been playing our own ostinato using different percussion instruments. It was fun selecting which instruments would work well and performing in small groups to the rest of the class.

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We have been voting on and reading a variety of books about penguins. The fiction stories have made us laugh and the non - fiction books have taught us facts about different types of penguins and where they live. Who would you recommend the books to?

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In Year 1, we have been learning about penguins. Our class text is about a little penguin who is lonely. We have seen if we are taller than a Gentoo or Emperor penguin.

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We have been retelling the story 'Lost and Found' written by Oliver Jeffers. We have created a story map using key sentences and props to help us.

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Year 1 have been looking at religious artefacts. We have been learning about the Jewish Faith and exploring artefacts which might be important to them. The artefacts help show respect and a connection to God.

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Linked to our class text 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers we have been using adjectives to describe penguins. The penguin in the story is adorable, lonely and very cute.

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In Art, we have been learning about the painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt. We have created an artist page in our sketchbooks and have been exploring her artwork.

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Year 1 had a fantastic time dancing and playing games in the hall! We showed our best dance moves and had a super time together.

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We have been enjoying a variety of Christmas books throughout December! There are lots of funny festive characters and snowy scenes. We have been reading a chapter book called 'Santa & Son' that has really made us laugh!

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The elves have been causing mischief in Year 1! We have written some super sentences about all of their antics including making a glittery mess, growing flowers and bringing Christmas books. What do you think they will be up to tomorrow?

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We really enjoyed our Christmas lunch! It was fun pulling crackers, sharing jokes, wearing paper crowns and eating delicious food.

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A very special visitor came to share stories in our reading cabin! It was great to see him and hear festive stories.

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Our wonderful Christmas tree decorations will be available for you to buy, for only £1.00 each, at our enterprise. We hope to see lots of you there!

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We have been very busy making tree decorations ready to sell after school at enterprise on Thursday 18th December 🎅.

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Year 1 have made beautiful calendars ready for 2026! We had a lot of fun making them and hope you like the bright colours.

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We collected natural resources from woodland school to use in our artwork. We used sticks and leaves to print reindeer antlers adding a glittery nose for Rudolph.

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As part of Science, we went outside and observed the seasonal changes of the trees. We also read the book 'Hello Winter'. What happens to the trees in Winter?

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In Woodland School, we created our own characters inspired by Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. We also acted out scenes from the story.

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To help with our writing we have been acting as the characters from the story. We have been writing speech so stepped into the story to imagine what the characters would say to each other.

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In Woodland School we created numbers using natural resources.

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Throughout Maths Day, we have read a range of books including numbers. These books have helped us with our counting forwards and backwards. Which book was your favourite?

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We had a mission to find and match pairs of socks that were hidden around the classroom. Once we found them we used them to identify multiples of 2 and practised counting in 2s.

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In Year 1 we have been practising our two times tables and adding in 2s on Numbots and TTRockstars. It would be lovely to see people practise at home too.

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Continuing Maths Day activities we have been counting in 2s. We designed our own matching socks and used them to help count up in 2s.

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As part of Maths Day, Year 1 have been completing a variety of Maths actitives focusing on doubling.

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Year 1 have been exploring using instruments to create the sound of waves and what it would sound like under the water with scuttling crabs, swimming fish and huge whales. We also used fabric and movement to create the motion of rolling waves. 🌊

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We are enjoying reading a variety of pirate books. Some are fantastic fictional stories and others have been teaching us about real pirates from the past.

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In Maths, we have been using 3D shapes to create repeated patterns. The 3D shapes were used to print colourful 2D shapes which we were able to use to make bright patterns.

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We have designed and made our own pirate masks. They are a rough, tough crowd wanted for stealing shiny treasure and causing chaos across the seven seas.

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In Woodland School we had a great time creating our own faces using natural resources!

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Testing sliders. In DT we have been looking at and testing sliders in books with moving parts. We then tested different materials such as fabric, Lego, card and newspaper to see which worked the best for a slider.

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Continuing our work on 3D shapes we have been recognising and naming a variety of shapes including cylinders, cubes, prisms, cuboids and spheres.

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We have tested which materials will work well to make an umbrella. The materials needed to be waterproof and light. Which material do you think worked best?

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In Year 1, we have been exploring the properties of 3D shapes and have made our own using shape nets.

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We have started to explore 2D shapes in Maths. We have been discussing how many sides and vertices each shape has and sorting them into groups. How many sides does a triangle have?

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In DT, we were looking at different books and the mechanisms they have. The books had sliders, flaps and pop-ups. Which was your favourite book?

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In English, we dressed up and role played as the characters from 'The Night Pirates'. We had to use actions and talk like a pirate.

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Year 1 took part in the Activate with Joe Wicks and we felt very fit afterwards! Which was your favourite exercise?

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This afternoon, we drew a picture of Pudsey Bear and then used different media to decorate him, including paint, felt tips and colouring pencils.

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Continuing 'challenge yourself to 25 things', Year 1 danced for 25 minutes. It was a lot of fun and used lots of energy!

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Part of our Children in Need celebrations were a number of activities linked to this Year's theme 'Challenge 25'. With the help of the PLT team, we read for 25 minutes and we loved the new book 'Pudsey and the thread of hope'.

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In Computing we have been looking at algorithms. We followed a set of instructions to complete some digital artwork.

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Using what we had learnt about the braille alphabet we created a piece of artwork showing Louis Braille's name written using the dots from his alphabet. When they are dry we will be able to feel the risen dots for ourselves and see which letters we can remember.

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We learnt about Louis Braille's childhood and discussed the question 'What are the most important moments in Louis Braille's life?'. We then thought about what might have motivated him to create his own alphabet for people who are blind or have impaired vision.

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Continuing our exploration of braille we used the braille alphabet to spell words and had a turn at writing our own names.