Our first week back after the half-term has been an exciting one! We have dived into our new book for English, this term we are looking at the story: Rapunzel. We started the week off…
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Year 1: Handwashing & History!
We made it! Our first term in Year 1! We have worked really hard all term but had a lot of fun along the way! Miss Clarke and Miss Donnelly have been extremely impressed with…
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St Joseph’s School has become a Centre of Excellence for Robotics, and we are extremely proud of all the physical coding lessons and clubs that are taking place in our school. Please take a moment…
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We are delighted to share some excellent news: our school has been offered new robots called Picoh. We will be able to utilise them over the next three months, providing additional opportunities for our students…
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This week, we explored different types of number bonds in maths, focusing on number bonds within 10 and bonds that total 10. We discussed the various ways to create these bonds and examined their number…
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It’s been a busy yet thrilling week in Year 1! We’ve been exploring the book ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ and engaging in role play to grasp the key elements of the story. This has set…
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During this week in year 1, our focus has been on sentence structure. We introduced nouns and adjectives, and the students created some wonderful sentences that included capital letters, finger spacing, and punctuation. Additionally, we…
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In our Religion class this week, we focused on our significance as individuals created in God’s likeness. God is our Heavenly Father, and out of love, He made us as His children. To illustrate this,…
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This week in Year 1, we started our new History Topic: My Family History! We worked on understanding the meanings of ‘past’ and ‘timeline’ and practiced ordering some events chronologically. We also initiated discussions about…
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A fantastic week in Year 1! The children have transitioned extremely well from Reception so far and have showed their teachers some great learning throughout the week. We delved into our focus book in English,…
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