Year 1

Thank you to all those who joined us this week for a very successful phonics meeting. We look forward to seeing you at Stay and Learn next Friday to see your Phonics learning in action….

English this week provided a chance for Amber and Orange class to begin a new key text, The Elves and The Shoemaker. We have really loved re-creating the story by using actions. The children have…

  This week, Year 1 were lucky enough to have a special visitor, Steven Lenton. Steven is the illustrator of the best-selling Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series. Steven was kind enough to read the same books…

In the last week of term, the children of Year 1 celebrated Black History month by cooking plantain chips which they all found delicious!! It also gave the children a chance to learn about famous…

The children in year 1 last week were apart of making Caribbean Crisis Day a huge success in St Josephs. The children were treated to four different activities across Key Stage 1 classrooms. The children…

This week in Year 1 the children of Amber and Orange class became young gingerbread men bakers. Which became a very messy ordeal for both teachers and children. Unfortunately, to their astonishment, the next day…

English this week provided a chance for Amber and Orange class to read an old fairy tale classic, The Gingerbread Man. We have really enjoyed creating actions to go with all the different scenes in…

In Year 1 this term our topic is ‘Get Out of My Swamp.’ As part of this, this week the children have been really busy designing and making their very own swamp monster out of various medias. The…

A big welcome to Year 1 to everyone. What a wonderful start of the year we have had! It is great to see the children in their brand new school uniforms and we are very…

On Tuesday 18th July Amber class took a visit to Belsize Park pizza express… The children learnt a great deal about how to make pizza and the origins of pizza express including some interesting facts…