1 May 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC 27.04.26

English

This week in English, we continued our learning about how to write letters! We thought carefully about the letters that were in the story Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type and how they were written in the form of a conversation. Farmer Brown sent letters to his animals and they sent…

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24 April 2026

Year 1 w/c 20.4.26

English

We began the week by learning what a postcard is and how to write one. The children wrote postcards describing a day at school,…

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18 April 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC 13.04.26

English

This week, we introduced the children to our new text Paddington's Post, a story all about the adventures of Paddington Bear and the post he sends and receives to the important people in his life. The children absolutely loved exploring the interactive letters, postcards, cards and maps…

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27 March 2026

Year 1 Blog - w/c 23rd March

English

This week, we concluded our learning based on the book Martha Maps It Out. The children have been busy writing back‑and‑forth…

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20 March 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC 16.03.26

English

In Year One, we are absolutely loving the adventures Martha takes in Martha Maps It Out. Our extended piece of writing is going to be a story about our own adventure; who might we meet? Where will we go? What will we do? These are all of the questions we will be answering in our…

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13 March 2026

Year 1 Blog - w/c 9.3.26

English

In English, the children wrote a sequence of sentences about either a worry (like Ruby in Ruby’s Worry) or a roar (like Ravi in…

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6 March 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC 2.03.26

English

We had an absolutely amazing World Book Day yesterday! Thank you so much for all of your commitment and support in creating costumes and sending in beautiful books for our whole school book swap. The children completed fantastic pieces of writing based on the story The Black Book of…

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27 February 2026

Year 1 Blog - w/c 23.2.26

English

In English, we have been reading Ruby’s Worry, part of the Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival. Using this story, the…

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13 February 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC. 9.02.26

Hi all,

Miss Devenny and I would just like to say how proud we are of how well the children settled back into school life this past half term. After Christmas, there were lots of staffing changes, as well as general topic changes and expectations and I would just like to say a huge thank you…

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7 February 2026

Year One Weekly Blog - WC 2.02.26

Hi all,

What a wonderful week we have had in Year One! The children have continued to show incredible enthusiasm towards all of their learning and have braved the wet and windy weather with beautiful smiles.


English

In English, we have learnt all about Poetry! We have focused on two…

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23 January 2026

Year 1 Blog - w/c 19th January

Hi all,

It was wonderful to see so many of you at today’s Learning Fair. We hope you enjoyed celebrating your children’s learning— we…

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16 January 2026

Year 1 Blog - w/c 12th January

Hi everyone! Happy New Year!
Sorry I didn’t manage to get a blog out to you last week — it’s been a very busy few weeks!

Mrs Smith has…

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