Year 1 News

Miss Healy
(Teacher)
Mrs Harvey-Eadon
(Teaching Assistant)

Miss Slater
(Teaching Assistant)
Y1 Material hunters!
This afternoon Year 1 went on a materials hunt. Now we know what different types of materials are called (wood, plastic, glass,…
Y1 Parents Welcome Meeting September 2023
Thank you to all who were able to make it to the Year 1 Parents Welcome evening. A copy of the PowerPoint…
Outdoor Mondrian Art in Y1
Year 1 have been learning about the artist Mondrian. We have made our own Mondrian style art using chalk. We made one…
Alien crash landing in Y1
Today Year 1 came into a surprise in front of their classroom. An alien spaceship had crashed. Mr Coe had put some…
Year 1’s trip around the UK
Today the Year 1’s have been very busy. We have travelled around all 4 countries of the UK. Before we could get…
Year 1 Spreading Out!
On Friday Year 1, completed their sandwich product. In the morning ,we had to research what we would like to put on…
Year 1 like to move it move it!
Year 1 have completed a DT project about Moving Pictures. They have learned how to make moving parts of a picture from…
Y1 Cannon Hall Farm fun!
Our Year 1 children who had an amazing day at the award-winning Cannon Hall Farm on Thursday. Led by experienced farm staff,…
Miss Cain’s last day
Miss Cain has been a trainee teacher with us for the past 8 weeks. She has become part of the St. Marie’s…
Great Y1 Bake Off!
Last week we had a DT lesson where we made Easter cakes!We worked together in groups to make our cake batter carefully…
Easter cards in Y1
Today we made Easter cards to take home for our families. We used a template of a cross and then made chalk…
The story of the Great Fire of London sung by Y1
Today was the end of our topic of The Great Fire of London. We went back to our big question “Should we…
Florence Nightingale
As our final part of learning for our History topic, we have looked at Florence Nightingale and the changes she made to…
Science Live Lesson – How are tractors connected to space?
This week Year 1 joined in an NFU live Science lesson as part of the National Science Week. We thought about the…
Y1’s Last Supper and Washing of the feet
On Wednesday 8th March we learned more about the Last Supper. We already have lots of knowledge about the Last Supper from reading…
Y1 National Emergency Services Museum
Congratulations to our Year 1 children, who visited the National Emergency Services Museum on Thursday. The children had a workshop with Rosie…
Great Fire of London in Year 1
Today, Year 1 took part in an outdoor learning workshop as part of our learning about the Great Fire of London. The…
Stories with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
This morning Y1 and Y2 joined a live stream where Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler read some of their stories. We listened…
Y1 visit the art Galleries and Cathedral
On Thursday 26th January, Y1 and Y5 visited St. Marie’s Cathedral, Millennium Galleries, Winter Gardens and Graves Art Gallery. This was part…
Fr Cooke visits Y1
This morning Fr. Cooke visited Y1. He talked with us about the RE topic we have been learning about – Special People.…
Y1 Christingle Liturgy
This afternoon Y1 held a Christingle Liturgy. They made their Christingles in the morning and learned about the symbols used in a…
Dots, dots and more dots!
This afternoon Year 1 have learned about another artist who likes to use dots in her work – Yayoi Kusama. We learned…
Rosary making in Y1
This week Y1 made their own Rosary Decade. First we thread 10 beads on to the pipe cleaner. Then we had to…
Rosa Parks in Y1
Today, as part of Black History Month, Y1 learned about Rosa Parks and her peaceful protest on the bus. They learned about…
The Relics of St. Bernadette Livestream
This morning Y1 and Y2 joined in with an online liturgy. The relics are now in the Archdiocese of Birmingham and schools…
Year 1 Parents Information Evening
Thank you to all of those who were able to make the meeting last night. It was lovely to see you all.…
The Aliens have Landed (in Y1)!
This morning the children were met with a very unusual sight! After we had investigated we saw that a spaceship had crashed…