Welcome to Year 1
Autumn 2025
Year 1 have settled into their new routines brilliantly this term and we are very proud of how hard everyone has worked.
We celebrated Hello Yellow Day for Mental Health Awareness and enjoyed an exciting visit from Rock Kidz, where we sang and danced the day away. In Geography, we learnt how to use and draw maps, using symbols and a key, and even designed our own dream playgrounds. In RE, we explored God’s creation and discussed ways we can help care for God’s world, before learning all about the Nativity from the Annunciation to the Visit of the Shepherds, which we proudly brought to life in our Nativity performances. We also enjoyed a fantastic school trip to Manchester, visiting the Museum of Science and Industry and the Manchester Runway Visitor Park to support our history topic, How did we learn to fly?
It has been a wonderful term full of learning and Christmas fun and Year 1 are now ready for a well-deserved break!
Summer 2025
Year 1 had a very busy and exciting time. The children took part in Sports Day, where they showed fantastic teamwork, enthusiasm and perseverance. Everyone tried their best and cheered each other on.
The children also rehearsed for and took part in the Leavers Show. They were wonderful performers and were very proud of how confidently they sang, acted and danced.
In RE, the children learned about the Sign of the Cross discussing what it meant and when Christians used it. They listened carefully and shared thoughtful ideas.
In Maths, the children explored mass and capacity, comparing and measuring different objects using language such as heavier, lighter, full and empty. In Science, they learned about temperature, talking about hot and cold and using thermometers to make simple observations.
Well done to all our Year 1 children for their hard work and positive attitudes. You will all shine in Year 2!
Autumn 2024
Year 1 have made a fantastic start to the academic year. The children settled into Year 1 quickly and were able to adapt to their new classroom and expectations.
The children have already been on two trips this term! In Autumn 1 we went on a walk to How Tun Woods. The children spotted human and physical features then looked for signs of Autumn. In the second half of the term we travelled to Manchester to visit Manchester Runway Visitor Park and The Science and Industry Museum.
We have been enjoying our Design and Technology lessons learning about sliders and levers. The children have designed, made and evaluated a Christmas card for someone at home to show them they love them.
Finally, we have been practising hard for our end of term Nativity. This year, Year 1 are the main choir and we've been busy learning the songs.
Summer 2024
It has been another busy term in Year 1.
We have been swimming for the first time with school this term and we are all so much more confident in the water, compared to when we started.
In history, we have been learning all about The Great Fire of London. We had a special visit from the fire fighters, who came to talk to us all about how it has changed and what their job roles are now. We all also got to squirt water from the hose and have a go at sitting in the fire engine.
We have been making free-standing structures in design and technology - we wanted to find out how to make the strongest bridge for the Three Billy Goats Gruff to cross.
We had so much fun on our summer trip to Lakeland Maize Maze. We fed the animals, went on a tractor ride and had lots of fun playing and making crafts.
We are ready for a break now and are very excited to move up into Year 2 after summer!
Spring 2024
We’ve had such a busy half term in Year 1. We enjoyed World Book Day together, dressing up as our favourite colour. The whole school focused on the book ‘Mixed’ and we did lots of exciting activities throughout the day, including mixing food colouring for the icing on our cakes! We’ve also been to the library this half term - we love being able to dress up and share our favourite stories with our friends in cosy areas!
In history, we’ve been learning about travel and transport in the past and in the present. We went on an amazing school trip to Lakeland Motor Museum and we then hopped on a boat from Lakeside to Bowness, where we enjoyed some delicious ice cream!
In design and technology, we’ve been researching, designing and making smoothies. We even invited our grown ups in to try our smoothies and help us to evaluate them - they were very impressed!
Autumn 2 2023
What a busy, exciting half term we have had! We went on a trip to the library on the Stagecoach bus and paid the driver for our bus tickets. We wrote all about it in our recounts when we were back in school. In history, we have been learning all about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot through role play, singing and art activities. In design and technology, we have learnt all about mechanisms and have made our own Christmas cards using sliders or levers for our families.
This half term also has been filled with Christmas excitement for us as we prepared for a very special time. We started by thinking about Advent and what it means for us. We made our own Advent wreaths and made baubles for our Jesse Tree. We decorated our Christmas tree together, took part in Christmas performances, visited the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, at the forum with our whole school and enjoyed our Christmas parties together. We are so excited for Christmas!
Autumn 1 2023
We have settled into Year 1 very well this half term. We have been learning all about where we live in geography. We have been using different types of maps to locate key features in our local area and to find our own houses. We went to How Tun woods and spotted some of these features that we had been finding on our maps. It was lots of fun! In RE, we have been learning about God’s creation and why it is important to take care of the world that God created for us.
Summer 2 2023
Our last half term in year 1!! What a year. The children have grown up so much over the year and I am so proud of them all. I will be sad to see them go. The children absolutely loved their end of year trip to Lakeland Maize Maze. They went on a tractor ride, fed animals, and went on a MEGA slide!
Good luck in Year 2!
Summer 1 2023
What a busy half term! In Summer 1 we enjoyed sports day, completed the phonics screening check and sang at St. Pius X Calling. The children absolutely wowed me during the phonics screening check. Every single one of them tried their very best!
During St.Pius Calling we sang our hearts out! Even though it rained this didn't dampen our spirits! We sang charanga songs that we have practised throughout the year.
We are excited for our last term in Year 1.
Spring 2 2023
Wow where to start?! We’ve been swimming, enjoyed inspiring infants with Barrow Football, and been on a trip on Haverthwaite Motor Museum. The motor museum was a fantastic trip out, the children learned lots about transport in the past and finished the day with an ice cream in Bowness.
We also celebrated World Book Day. The children looked amazing!! We read the story ‘Invisible’ by Tom Percival. It was a moving story and the children had a long discussion about what they’re grateful for in their lives.
Spring 1 2023
The children came back from the Christmas break excited for the new term. We began the year with a trip to Barrow Library. We spent the morning completing lots of fun activities, reading stories and dressing up. We’ve been making fantastic progress in phonics since we started our new scheme in September. The children love their ELS lessons and we’ve started learning alternative spellings! This was tricky at first for us but now we’re flying through them! Another fantastic half term for us all.
Autumn 2 2022
This half term Year 1 have been very busy! The lead it up to Christmas is always an exciting time in school. The children did a wonderful job singing during the nativity play and practised really hard.
We also enjoyed a trip to the Forum to watch Room on the Broom. In the days following we wrote some amazing retells of the story.
Well done Year 1 on a great half term!
Autumn 1 2022
Our first term in Year 1, and what an amazing one its been!
We've learned so much and had great fun too. We enjoyed a trip to How Tun Woods to identify human and physical features of our local area. We sang beautifully at a coffee morning in front of friends and family, drew some outstanding self portraits and so much more.
In English we performed a poem called 'The Nut Tree' by Julia Donaldon, in Maths we've been learning about place value and in RE we retold the story of Noah's Ark.
I am so proud of how well the children have settled into Year 1 and I am confident we are going to have a fantastic year. Well done everyone on a wonderful first term.
Miss Wright
