During Spring Term 2025, we have been demonstrating our high standards in learning across the curriculum. We have been breathing in reading and breathing our writing, across several subjects. Take a look at our learning in Reading, Writing, Geography, Science and RE. We are very proud of the progress we have made in Year One! 

Year One have been journeying in faith during Lent 2025. As part of our Pilgrim Year of Hope 2025, Year One undertook a pilgrimage Lent Walk to Cross Flatts Park, raising money for CAFOD. They have focussed on prayer, and made their own Lenten promises. They took part in a whole school Holy Week Liturgy to bring Lent to a close. We know Year One are looking forward to celebrating the new life of Eastertide. God bless you all Year One!

In Geography, Year One have been learning key knowledge about the location and features of Antarctica. They have read key books about Antarctica in order to learn important information. They have breathed this in and then breathed it out, by writing lots of their new knowledge into information reports all about Antarctica. Ask them all about it! 

Place Value to 50

Year 1 are working on place value to 50. We have been counting on and back from 50, as well as counting in tens. We have been making groups of tens and ones and partitioning numbers to 50 as you can see in our photos below. Next we have been completing number lines and using this knowledge to estimate - this was especially tricky! We are now learning about 1 more and 1 less to 50 before we use our new skills to add and subtract within 50! What little stars we are!

Can your child...

Count on or back from a given number to 50?

Can they write any number within 50 with the tens and ones in the correct place?

Can they write all digits 0-9, forming them correctly?

Do they know how many tens and ones are in a given number to 50?

Can they tell you 1 more or1 less than a given number to 50?

World Faiths Day - Islam

On Monday 3rd March, each class at St Anthony's learned about the Islamic faith. In Year 1, we found out that Islam means peace. We wrote our own prayers for peace. We learned that Muslims know God as Allah, they believe Allah created everything in our world. We drew images of the world around us. We learned that Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Islam, we focused on prayer and charity. Lastly, we found out about the importance of prayer to the Islam faith. We watched a video of inside a Mosque and explored different items that Muslims use in prayer. Well done Year 1, you listened so carefully and showed great respect.

Valentine's Day Crafts

In Year 1, we have been thinking about the people we love and those who care about us! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we made Valentine's crafts in the final week of the half-term. We loved making (and eating) chocolate lollipops, we made 'Love Bugs' to give to someone we care about, and 'Thumb-body Loves You!' cards which we wrote for our families. We had lots of fun while thinking about how lucky we are to have so many people who love us. What a lovely treat to end a fantastic first half of Year 1! 

On Tuesday 19th November, Year 1 visited the Wonderdome in preparation for our future 'Space' topic. We listened so carefully to lots of facts as we journeyed around the Solar System. We found out about the first astronauts to land on the moon and what happened on that very special day (We will learn a lot more about this after Christmas). Finally, we sang a well-known song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, all about the biggest star in our Solar System - the Sun. The awe and wonder on the children's faces as we blasted off on our very own rocket into the Solar System was a joy to see. Yet again, Year 1, you were amazing!

War Memorial Visit

As part of our learning about Remembrance, Year 1 visit the Beeston War Memorial. Before we went, we studied different war memorials, learning about why we have them and the features we may see. We looked at different photographs of memorials and tried to identify the features. We were so sensible as we walked to the memorial. We observed the features of the memorial and talked about the important dates. After, we laid our poppies and held a minutes silence. Well done Year 1 for being so sensible and respectful!

Year 1 are learning about Remembrance and Water Tull in our History topic this half-term. It was wonderful to see so many children choose to spend their half-term holiday making a poppy as part of their learning at home. They are all unique and all very beautiful. The children also spoke with their grown-ups about why we wear poppies and who we remember. Year 1, I am so impressed with your knowledge and commitment to your learning. Keep it up Super Stars!

McMillan Coffee Morning:

On Friday 4th October 2024, we had great pleasure in holding our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising money for this most important charity. There was a wonderful atmosphere in our school hall as we came together to serve each other and our community. It was the first time our Reception class had attended a Macmillan Coffee Morning and they really enjoyed their buns and spending time with their parents and family. Special thanks goes to our Mini-Vinnies (and some willing parents) who served tea and coffee, helped the whole school choose buns and help me all morning! They were absolutely brilliant and true ambassadors for our school. I am overwhelmed by your generosity, as always. We raised £423.97 which will be very gratefully received to help those in need at this time. What a staggering amount! May God bless you all for your kindness. Thank you for the donations of buns, cakes and generous donations on the day. For this, I am so thankful!

Our Year 1 class were certainly filled with awe and wonder as the owls came to visit on Monday 30th September 2024! Year 1 are reading Owl Babies, and they were very excited. As the owls swooped in the hall, the children listened intently to the new facts and key information about owls. The children got first-hand experience holding an owl, as well as knowing more and remembering more about owls. Mrs Coldman was so impressed by the children’s new vocabulary (nocturnal, swoop, owls, talons, feathers) and we are really hoping the children were able to tell you all about it! Have you read Owl Babies at home?

Gruffalo Crumble!

Year 1 have been working incredibly hard in their English lessons. We have used our class text, The Gruffalo, to inspire different pieces of writing. At the end of the story the mouse tells us his favourite food is Gruffalo Crumble. Mrs Coldman thought Gruffalo Crumble sounded like a perfect Year 1 treat! We wrote a list of ingredients for the crumble so Mrs Coldman knew what to buy. Our lists were so detailed and we worked really hard using our segmenting fingers to help our spelling. Then we made the crumble! Some of the ingredients were the Gruffalo's...

orange eyes (apricots)

black tongue (raisins)

terrible teeth (mini marshmallows)

poisonous wart (green smarties)

purple prickles (purple jellytots)

Year 1 couldn't wait to try the Gruffalo Crumble. It was delicious! We enjoyed eating it while watching The Gruffalo as a playtime treat! Well done on your super writing and amazing baking skills Year 1!

Our Year One class are enjoying their daily English lessons in Key Stage 1. The whole class are exploring the key text "The Gruffalo" from Julia Donaldson. The children know the repeated parts of the story and they are very excited to begin to bring the story alive through their storty tray, puppet and even a wonder day at Skelton Grange next week. We can't wait to continue our reading journey. Well done Year One. 

Year 1 have been exploring how to use a technology with Mrs Goodwin in their very first computing lesson within the KS1 curriculum. We learnt about the main parts of a laptop and practised turning the laptop on and logging in, following our sequence of instructions carefully. The children applied their learning and knowledge of the different parts of the laptop to complete a mouse-based task using our mobile computers. The children absolutely loved operating the computers today. Well done Year 1!

⭐Welcome to Year 1!⭐

We hope you've had a wonderful summer holiday and are ready for an exciting year ahead in year 1. We are so excited to begin our journey together. We hope you are ready because Year 1 is going to be an adventure: we have so many exciting topics, challenges and opportunities ahead of us in the coming months.  

We will begin our year exploring our two core texts;

The Gruffalo and Own Babies

We will also be learning all about the Human Body and our Local Area in which we live.

This year, our class updates will be posted onto the Google Classroom platform. This includes weekly spellings, copies of letters/announcements and any reminders. Below we have posted some information that will help you begin the year with:

• Mrs Coldman teaches us Monday-Wednesday and Mrs Goodwin teaches us Wednesday-Friday.
• Mrs Gallagher and Mrs Dogaru will also be supporting your children in Year 1 to achieve their very best.
• P.E will take place on Wednesday and Fridays every week
• Our Meet the teacher meeting will take place this year on Wednesday 4^th September 3:15pm.
• Half termly newsletters (including key dates and spellings) can be found on Google Classroom each week.
• Come into school every day excited and ready to learn!
• Practice your spellings every night.
• Always try your best, remember every day is a new challenge!
• Read at home every night, focusing your understanding of the text. Remember to aim for quality over quantity of pages read. All books sent home will be in line with our Little Wandle Phonics scheme.
• One of our favourite quotes really sums up the importance of reading;

 Keep scrolling down the Year 1 page to meet the team and also explore our wonderful learning environment.

We look forward to welcoming you all back next week! 

⭐The Year 1 Team ⭐