Welcome to Year 1

Croeso i Dosbarth 1

Here are the teachers that help you with your learning. 

Mrs Parveen - Class Teacher                                Mrs Maiorano - Class Teacher

Miss Islam - Teaching Assistant 

Important information:

• Please can children bring their reading book bags in on the days written on their bags, so they can receive new books.
• Could children please wear warm coats and sensible shoes to school as a lot of our learning is outdoors.
• Can you please ensure all items of clothing, coats, hats, gloves, scarves have names on them.

Spring Term 2 2022

This term, we will be learning about what plants and animals need to grow! We will be planting, learning about the features of plants and making birdfeeders for our gardens. The children have chosen the story of Superworm to learn more about minibeasts and what we can do to look after the living things that are needed to help our plants grow.

Spring Term 1 2022

We will be learning about using different media to express our ideas and feelings. We began the term by exploring four artists, you can find photos of their investigations on Seesaw. Of the four artists, the children chose to further their learning on the work of Jenny Lambert and Tim Pughs, who are both Welsh artists. Please keep your eyes peeled for some wonderful artwork from Year 1, on seesaw, twitter and even items brought home!

Autumn Term

We have had a wonderful time settling into Year 1.

We started the term learning all about The Colour Monster and our feelings. We thought about who cares for us and how we can care for others.

We spoke to some very inspirational people during Inspiring Futures week, including a Nurse, an Engineer and a Member of the British Empire (MBE)!

We then started thinking about shelters that have kept people safe and warm over time and the important features we would need to include in a shelter to keep us warm, safe and dry.  We read the book 'Refuge' and thought about the journey that Mary and Joseph took to Bethlehem, then the journey they took with baby Jesus to Egypt, to find refuge. 

We have made new friends, learned new skills and have been very busy!

Time for a little rest! 

Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Welcome to Year 1!

We are looking forward to meeting you and enjoying the coming year. We are going to have lots of fun exploring and learning together! 

Our first term will be all about who cares for us. We will be exploring our families and others that can care for us, when we need it.

We will be enjoying 'the colour monster' story and investigating our feelings and what to do when we a feel certain way.

You will have twp teachers in Year 1, Mrs Parveen will be in Monday-Wednesday and Mrs Maiorano will be in Wednesday mornings and Thursday, Fridays. Your other teacher in the classroom will be Miss Islam, who you already know from reception.

We are so looking forward to welcoming you!

Mrs Parveen, Mrs Maiorano and Miss Islam

Year 1 had a great Sports Week this week. Enjoy the photos and all the children worked so hard and made a fantastic effort!!

We had a star jump challenge of how many star jumps the children could do in one minute - the highest number was 58. 

We also did a running and jumping race and long jump. 

A wonderful but tiring Sports Week!!!

Exploring Light and Dark Through Shadow Puppet Theatres- Summer Term A

This term the children have been exploring light and dark. They have become wonderful experimenters and investigators, making predictions and discovering lots of new things about how to make shadows. 

The children have worked especially hard on creating their own shadow puppet theatres. This has been done in their independent Bright Idea time. The children have shown excellent team working skills, listening to one another's ideas, taking turns and helping one another. They have also shown fantastic problem solving skills. 

Please enjoy these photos of their work. 

Hello Year 1. Welcome to Spring term! For our topic this term we will be exploring stories about dragons and castles. We will also be looking at the connections between colour and our emotions. 

Here are some of key stories we will be reading;

Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris

Colour Monster by Anna Llenas

My Many Coloured Days by Dr Seuss

We will be using Seesaw as our online learning platform and is has been great to see all your work on there already. If you have any issues with logging in then please e-mail us on woode64@hwb.cymru.net or parveenz7@hwbcymru.net. 

Some additional useful website you can access are below 

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk     username:jan21     password:home 

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

https://www.ictgames.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/this-terms-topics