Year 1 Blog

In Year 1, we have been reading Super Worm by Julia Donaldson. We have been finding out lots of interesting facts about worms and made our very own fact files. We have also been finding out how to make a worm farm. We have followed a set of instructions on how to make our own worm farm and then we …

Gymnastics Stars A big well done to our 6 gymnastics teams, 2 individual competitors and 2 creative gymnasts who took part in this morning’s Key Steps competition and this afternoon’s gymnastics festival.  We are all so proud of your teamwork, your effort in learning routines and how well you supported one another. It has been lovely to hear feedback from …

In our explore lesson in RE we have been talking about our experience of a special meal. We talked about a birthday party, Christmas and a Baptism celebration. We worked with our partner to share memories of a shared meal and discuss why it was special. We then had a Valentines class family snack together, where we served food and …

In English we have been reading lots of Julia Donaldson books. This week we have been reading Stick Man, so we went outside to build our very own. We placed our stick men in a new home and used adjectives to describe where he was living. We had lots of brilliant adjectives and we can’t wait to use these in …

Accessing Google Classroom at home We have had some families unsure about how to access Google Classroom at home. Please see the following guide for accessing from a laptop / computer. Google Classroom is also available to download as an app on Apple and Android tablets and phones. [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Accessing-Google-Classroom-at-Home.pdf”]  

Year 1 have been improving their mouse skills in computing this week. We looked at Wassily Kandinsky’s art work and created our own artwork using 2paint on Purple Mash. We found it tricky at first, but we had lots of fun and definitely improved our mouse skills.

We have had a really fun week in Year 1. We had our Christmas party, where we danced and played lots of games. We have also had a special visit from Santa. We sang songs with him and told him one thing we would like for Christmas. He said that we were all on the nice list.

We have had a lovely 2 days in Year 1. We had a great time with Candy Cane and his elves from Easington School Sports Partnership and today we really enjoyed having our Christmas dinner.

Last week Year 1 made their own Advent Wreaths. We talked about how the Advent Wreath helps us wait for Christmas. We also talked about the candles representing the 4 weeks of waiting during Advent and how each week we light another candle until Christmas.

It was wonderful to see so many young scientists take part in this half terms science club. We ended our club recapping our learning, talking about our favourite parts and giving feedback for what they would like to learn next time. Then we explored some already famous scientists and began looking at how scientists are portrayed in books and on …

In science club this week we were exploring circuits. We learnt about what batteries are and what they do before using our battery and wires to try and make the bulb light up. At first it was tricky while we were working out why our bulbs were not lighting. However, we were so happy when our bulb eventually lit up. …

Year 1 have been learning about Baptism in their Belonging topic in RE. We have had lots of opportunities to role play a Baptism in class, but today we visited church to watch Deacon Peter baptise baby Mary. We had a chance to see all of the different symbols we have been talking about in class; the font, the candle, …

This weeks science club were exploring magnetism and investigating materials which were magnetic. First we looked at what happened when we put the different poles together and then what happened when we put the same poles together. Next we had a challenge to see who could pick up the most paper clips with their magnet Then we completed some mazes …

This week in science club we were learning about static electricity. We designed our own charactered then charged up the atoms in our balloons by rubbing them on our jumper. When we held the balloon next to our characters they floated or stuck to the balloon. Then to end our club we looked at the effects of static electricity when …

Year 1 and Year 2 had a great time in science club learning about and investigating chromatography,  

  We were given an animal and a headband. We put our animal on our headband and were asked to group ourselves. Once we did this we thought about what sort of things the creatures in our group had in common and we thought about whether any other creatures could have also joined our group. We then got into 5 …

On Thursday, KS1 children enjoyed a jam packed afternoon of dancing with Sophie from the Easington School Sports Partnership. The children were given opportunities to take part in a wide range of dance styles along with using a variety of dance props. Glow sticks and disco lights added to the party atmosphere.

Well Done! A huge well done to our Cross Country teams yesterday! They ran like the wind and we are so proud of them all – especially when running up the hill! We have had our best results in a long time with our Y1/2 girls placing second and super fast Ada coming first!  Year 3/4 girls also came second …