Welcome to Year 1 2023 - 2024

Class Teachers

Summer Term

R.E

In R.E, we have been learning about Christianity and the Church. We have learnt all about what a baptism is and why it is special to Christians. We visited Reverend Toby at All Saint's Church and he told us all about the important parts of a baptism and we acted out a baptism with a doll we named Lucy. 

Wellbeing

We enjoyed lots of different activities such as jigsaws, Lego, painting stones, yoga and outdoor games. We had lots of fun! 

Art

In Art, we have been learning about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo and his portraits using fruit and vegetables. We worked as a group to recreate some moveable art using real fruit, inspired by Arcimboldo. We then sketched our portraits and got to eat all the leftover fruit, yum!

Smithills Farm

We had a school trip to Smithills Farm in Bolton. We had a tractor ride, fed the animals, met and stroked lots of different animals, watched the cows being milked and had a donkey ride. We had so much fun!

DT

In DT, we have been learning about different mechanisms and where to find them in the environment. We have made a lever mechanism, a slider mechanism and we worked in groups to make a mechanism using a chassis, axles and wheels. 

Spring Term

Production 

We performed Jack and The Beanstalk

Mother's Day Cards 

We created Mother's Day Cards to celebrate Mother's Day. 

RE

In RE this term, we have been learning about Judaism. Mandy, a Jewish visitor came to speak to us in class and brought in some artefacts. 

DT

In DT, we looked at a variety of different houses and designed and created our own house!

Easter Baskets

We coloured in and created our Easter Baskets and the Easter Bunny filled them with some yummy treats! 

Autumn 2 

Christmas 2023

PSHE

In PSHE, we have been busy learning about Remembrance Day, Firework Safety, Mental Health Awareness including Odd Sock Day and Hello Yellow Day. 

Science

In our Science unit ' The Weather and Seasonal Change' we measured rainfall over a 2 week period by creating rain gauges.

Autumn 1

English 

In English, we have read the story Julian is a Mermaid. We created our own mermaid inspired head dresses and had our own carnival! 

Science 

In science, we helped Honey Potts find a suitable material to create waterproof wellies and boots for the teddy bears picnic. We found that rubber was the most suitable material. 

 Our Portraits

We painted a portrait of ourselves!