Year 1: What We Are Learning!

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

In RE this week, Year 1 have been learning about how Muslims pray and the importance of a prayer. They have explored the special items Muslims use, including prayer mats and subhah (prayer) beads, and learned about the importance of Makkah. The children also discovered that Muslims pray five times a day and learned about wudu, the washing ritual carried out before prayer. They have enjoyed developing their understanding of another faith and showing respect for different beliefs and traditions. 

This week, Year 1 had a wonderful hands-on learning experience as we explored how plants grow by planting our own tomato plants. The children learned that tomatoes grow from seeds and discovered what plants need to survive, including sunlight, water, air, and healthy soil.Each child carefully planted a tomato seedling and discussed how to look after it so that it can grow strong and healthy. We also talked about where our food comes from and the important role that farmers and gardeners play in growing the food we eat. The children thoroughly enjoyed getting their hands dirty and were excited to become young gardeners! We look forward to watching our tomato plants grow over the coming weeks and observing the changes together.

This week, Year 1 had to design a fruit product, choosing between a fruit salad, kebab, or cocktail. The children wrote a 3 step preparation plan and then brought their ideas to life by creating annotated  drawings explaining their ingredient choices. Through this delicious project, they are mastering the ability to intentionally design, plan, and communicate a product from concept to creation! 

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year 1: What We Are Learning W/C 16th March 2026

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning

This week in RE, the children have been learning about how Sikh families welcome a new baby into the world. We explored the special naming ceremony, where families visit the Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) and choose a name for their baby using the first letter from a randomly opened page of the Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh holy book). Children also learned that Sikh boys are given the name Singh and girls are given the name Kaur. To help bring this learning to life, the children took part in a fun classroom activity. They selected a book, found a letter from a random page and created their own Sikh-style name using that letter, followed by Singh or Kaur. The children really enjoyed being creative and sharing their names with the class!

In DT we have been making our final hand puppet designs. The puppets are based on the zones of regulation and our brief is to create hand puppets that will support nursery children to learn about the zones through play! This week we cut out our felt pieces and joined them together using a running stitch.

Over the past few weeks, the children have worked incredibly hard to become master bakers! The children have designed their own cakes, written step by step instructions on how to bake them and taken a trip to Lidl to buy the required ingredients. 

This week, the classrooms turned into bakeries! The children followed their written instructions to bake and decorate their cakes. They even had their own cake party where they ate a slice and discussed the process of making them. Well done Year 1 the cakes looked amazing but most importantly, they tasted delicious too! 

Year 1: What We Are Learning W/C 9th March 2026

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning

This week in DT, the children have been busy designing custom felt hand puppets based on the Zones of Regulation. By choosing a specific zone (blue, green, yellow, or red) students are exploring how different emotions look and feel. These puppets will serve as a creative way for them to further understand self-regulation and identifying their emotions. 

In Literacy this week, we have been learning about how to write instructions to make a cake. The children first gave specific instructions for their teacher to make a jam sandwich. Later in the week they watched a short video of a young boy explaining step-by-step how to make a cake. The children used this information to write the method using time adverbials such as: first, next, after that, then, and finally. As part of the project, the children also took a trip to Lidl to buy their cake decorations.

In Geography, Year 1 pupils learned about Northern Ireland and its capital city, Belfast. They wrote key facts about Northern Ireland, including one famous landmark in Belfast, local food and the weather. Pupils also practiced locating Northern Ireland and Belfast on a map of the UK and describing the weather.

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year 1 Barleylands Visit THURSDAY 7TH JULY 2022

 

Thursday 7th July 2022

Please click here for Barleylands Parent and Consent Form

We are delighted to inform you that a trip to Barleylands has been booked for our Year 1 pupils. We will be starting an exciting new topic called ‘Scrum-diddly-umptious!’. As part of this topic, they will be visiting

Barleylands and taking part in a workshop called ‘From field to fork’ on Thursday 7th July 2022.

Please complete the form above.

Thank you

The Year One Team

Year 2 Week 4 Learning

 Year 2 Week 4 Learning

Literacy

This week, we have been planning our own versions of Jack and the baked beanstalk. We have created story mountains changing the setting at the top of the beanstalk and the giant. We will uses these to write our story over the next couple of weeks.

Maths

Maths has been all about measurement this week! We have learnt how to use a ruler to measure in centimetres and have been using metre sticks inside and outside. 

Vocabulary: centimetres, longer, shorter, taller, shortest, longest

DT

This week, we began to make our chairs for Jack. We had to consider the different parts of the chair and how we would make them strong enough to hold Jack up. We showed fantastic reciprocity working with our partners.

Year 2 Week 2 Learning

 Year 2 Week 2 Learning

Literacy

We have been working on our focus text 'Jack And The Baked Beanstalk' by Colin Stimpson this week. We began by making predictions about the story from the front cover and the blurb, thinking about how it may be similar or different to the original Jack and the Beanstalk story that we are familiar with. We then wrote a description of the setting at Jack's burger ca, thinking about what we could see, hear and smell. This required us to use lots of interesting adjectives and apply the 'ing' suffix. Finally we were using our knowledge of commas to write lists of all the jobs that Jack's mum does when she goes to work.

Parents: Ask me to tell you what has happened in the story so far.

Maths

In maths we have been continuing our work on 3D shapes, sorting them in different ways and thinking about their properties.

vocabulary: faces, vertices, edges

DT

This week, we have been creating designs for a chair that we will be making for Jack. We had to think about the different parts of the chair and the materials we will need.

Science

In Science we have been looking at different bulbs and seeds. We drew an observational drawing before planting them and will continue to closely observe as they grow.