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19 March 2026

Creating butterflies in maths!

This week in maths, Class 1 have continued to be number explorers and today have been challenging their number skills by exploring doubling.
 

The children created their own double butterflies using our numicon and then used the numicon to help recognise the double. The children then either…

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13 March 2026

Thank you for joining us for our Mothering Sunday celebrations!

What a lovely time we have had in Class 1 celebrating our mothers and special people in our lives this week.
 

Today, we had such a lovely time in Class with our visitors following the Mothering Sunday afternoon tea and enjoyed the different activities. We then went to church for our Mothering…

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11 March 2026

1 more than bingo!

In maths today, Class 1 we’re exploring 1 more than a number up to 10. We played number bingo and the children had to recognise the number shown on a card and then work out what 1 more than that number was. If they had the number on their bingo card, they covered it with a counter. It was very…

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10 March 2026

What a fun PE lesson with Mrs Castell

In PE today, Class 1 had such an amazing brilliant time with some relay races. The races challenged all the skills the children have been working on in PE recently. They had to use their agility, throwing and listening skills to take on the different challenges of the race.

Great work Class…

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5 March 2026

What an amazing World Book Day in Class 1!

What a fantastic time we have had celebrating world book day in Class 1 today! 
 

All the children looked amazing in their costumes and enjoyed talking about their costumes and their favourite books. They have enjoyed creating their own bookmarks and drawing a picture from their favourite…

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2 March 2026

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Class 1 went on a barefoot walk through the pages of the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt .

We took our shoes and socks off, then felt the different textures underneath our toes. There was long wavy grass, deep cold water, a big dark forest and a swirling snowstorm.  At the end we came to a…

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26 February 2026

Our beautiful cross designs!

Our new question  in RE for this half term is Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter garden?

To start finding out the answer, today in RE Class 1 thought about why a cross is an important symbol to Christians. The children found out how Jesus died on a cross and that the cross represents…

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23 February 2026

Animals

This week we have been learning about animals that would live in the jungle. We read the story of Rumble in the Jungle and thought about the habitat those animals would live in. Then we went for a ride on our magic classroom carpet and landed in the jungle. We heard so many different animal…

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11 February 2026

Children’s Mental Health Week 2026

This week we shared a story called ‘Find Your Happy’. We talked about all the different emotions we have and practiced expressing these emotions with our faces. The children all made a picture drawing all of the lovely things they do or have that make them happy. 
 

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4 February 2026

Superhero PE

What a fantastic PE session Class 1 have had with Mrs Castell today!

 

Using the skills the children have been focusing on this term, Class 1 took part in a superhero themed obstacle course. They challenging their balancing, jumping, listening and catching skills throughout the obstacle…

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3 February 2026

Winter Walk

This week Class 1 enjoyed a winter walk. Before we went out, we learnt about the different seasons and the signs we can look for to help us know which season it is.

On our walk, the children worked in pairs to tick of items on a tick list when they spotted them. We didn’t manage to spot…

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30 January 2026

Our mustard trees!

In our RE session we continued to find out about why some stories are so special. We talked about the bible and how Jesus was a great story teller and used his stories to share special messages with his followers. 
 

We shared the parable of the Mustard Seed and talked about it’s important…

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