Year 1

Year 1W First Week back at School!

Year 1 Walsingham had a fantastic first week back at school. The children have been exploring their number bonds to 10 and counting objects within 20, showing their counting skills and number formation. Year 1 began to learn phase 4 phonics, learning the sound 'ay', we used playdough to spell out 'ay' sound words and created writing rainbows. In art we have explored a variety of ways to create different lines that can be long or short, thin or thick – and can help make shapes. All the children have settled in so well and we are looking forward to the year ahead.

YEAR 1- Summer 2

Year 1 Trip to London Zoo

YEAR 1- The History of Toys

Year 1 have been exploring the history of toys as part of our Humanities topic.

We have looked into how toys have changed over the many years.
We have compared both old and new toys and found out that in the olden days many toys were made out of wood and wool. 
Now the toys are made out of plastic and often need electricity to make them work.

We were allowed to bring a toy into school and discussed why it is our favourite.
We also made cross-curricular links and spoke about our toys coming to life and the adventures they would have, based on the story Traction Man.

 Year 1 - Computing

Spring Term 1 - Year 1 RE

The children in Year 1 have started to learn about the mission of Jesus. We are learning about how Jesus had changed the lives of many people.
We have listened to the story of Jesus and the little children from the Gospel of Luke and in groups retold the story through role-play.

Year 1 Computing- Newsletter- Spring 1: 10/01/25

17.01.25

On Tuesday the 17th January, Year 1 children from St Helen’s school came to St Joachim’s. The year 1 children were very gracious hosts and welcomed the new cohort: ensuring that they took care of their new friends. They showed a fantastic example of how we play, pray and work together as a school community.

Year 1 Autumn Season Walk

To begin our topic on Seasons, the children in Year 1 went out on an autumn walk around the school playground. They were instructed to find signs of autumn. The children used talk partners to discuss what signs they could see that showed the changes in seasons. They then collected objects such as leaves, sticks, twigs and bark as examples of this so that they could use these objects in their English, Science and Humanities lessons.

Year 1 Computing

In the autumn term, the children in Year 1 have been exploring different artists in their computing lessons. We have then worked with the children to recreate their own artwork in the style of Rothko. The children used their artistic flare by using a wide range of colours and tones on the iPad’s.

Year 1 R.E

During our topic- Prophecy and Promise under the new R.E.D Curriculum, the children in Year 1 Lourdes explored the Bible, searching for stories and understanding the importance of The Old Testament and The New Testament.
The children learnt that the stories within the Old Testament were of important people before the time of Jesus and the New Testament explains the Birth of Jesus and his entire ministry.
The children looked through the physical Bible and worked in pairs. They used the cutting and sticking activity to find stories such as “David and Goliath” and “Jesus chooses his disciples” and placed them in the correct places.

Art in Year 1

Year 1 have been exploring colour for their art topic: colour creations. The children have created a piece of artwork based on Mondrian’s use of primary colours.