Year 1 Blog

Spring Term 2024

We had a great last week at school. We played games and danced at our Christmas party, had a lovely Christmas dinner, met Santa, watched a show and watched a movie in our pyjamas, with a hot chocolate. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas Year 1.  

We had lots of fun today. We threw snowballs, zig-zagged in and out of Santa hats, used a selfie frame and matched pairs. The best part was being sprayed by the snow machine.

This week in Lego Club we were Space Rangers and we are on a super secret mission to build a new spaceship.  

Our Friends of St Cuthbert’s Group have organised an Autumn Disco. Please see below for details.

Please see our clubs page for a link to the clubs we are offering for the second half of Autumn Term. https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/clubs/

We have had a great afternoon visiting Church Street and eating ice cream. We had a sketch map of Church Street and mapped out the things that we could see. We will then be comparing this to the 1950s high street.

We are having lots of fun in gymnastics this half term. We have been learning how to do forward rolls, teddy bear rolls, back support and balances. We are remembering to keep our toes pointed and to hold our positions. Well done Year 1 you have been trying really hard.

Year 1 had lots of fun today working with Sophie. We joined in with lots of party dances and used the parachute too.

In Year 1, we have been learning all about the human body. We have been exploring our five different senses. We had a carousel of activities, each one using a different sense. We identified the flavour of crisps by smelling them, felt objects in a feely bag, listened to sound through the computer, used magnifying glasses to look at objects …

Autumn Term Clubs – Half Term 1 We have several clubs running this half term. Please follow the link if you would like to book a place for your child. Please note that places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Different clubs will be on offer throughout the year. MONDAY:  Year 1 & 2 Gymnastics Club …

PE days beginning from Monday 11th September.

At Dance Club the Years 1 and 2 have been working very hard the past few weeks learning a dance routine to the song Best Day Of My Life. They’ve had fun using the scarfs and wearing colourful outfits. Well done, we are so proud of you all and the dedication you have had to Dance Club. Dance Club Video …

Year 1’s Liturgical Prayer looked at important words from God’s Promise. In God’s Promise, it says that we should share what we have especially with people who have little or nothing. We decided to donate toys and clothes to charity as part of our mission. We have donated all of our things to Barnardos in Seaham. Well done Year 1! …

Year 1 really enjoyed their trip to the Billingham Forum Theatre to watch The Tiger Who Came to Tea. We had lots of fun singing along, joining in with the characters and watching the Tiger be silly on stage. A big thank you to the grown ups who came along and helped.

Last week Year 1 took part in a KS1 Fun Day. We listened to the story The Secret Sky Garden and we worked together to complete a set of challenges to win flowers. Each team made their own beautiful team garden. We also got given golden flowers for extra special teamwork. We had such a great morning and we all …

In Year One, we have been reading The Tiger Who Came to Tea. We have looked at the key features of instruction writing and followed a set of instructions. We made delicious jam sandwiches using instructions and ate these outside in the sun. Tomorrow, we will be writing our very own instructions of how we made our sandwiches.

Gold Standard Superstars A big well done to the children who achieved 3 Gold Standard pieces of work this week.  They visited Mrs Parlett and Mrs Noble’s stationery ‘tuck shop’ for a little treat. We have been using a new handwriting scheme in school and are aiming high for amazing presentation in all our work – you can see our …

Our latest news from our ‘Friends’ group including planned Easter discos. [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FOSC-newsletter-2.pdf”]

We had a really good day on World Book Day. We all came dressed as a word and had a visit from Adam Bushnell. We watched a rocket ship landing on Mars and designed our own rocket ship. We then looked at the way that Alex Scheffler designed the aliens in the story The Smeds and the Smoos and drew …