Year 1 Autumn 2025

Year 1 have been inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, an English sculptor who uses natural resources to create beautiful pieces of temporary art. We made ice baubles using berries and fir leaves and decorated the bushes outside!

Year 1 have been following the progress of Antarctic explorer Colin O'Brady and comparing his journey with the journey of Captain Scott, over 100 years ago. We found out that the clothes, food and transport the explorers used were all very different in 1912!

Year 1 have been fantastic scientists this week, finding out about different materials. We conducted an experiment to find out which materials were waterproof so that we could help our Polar explorer friend build a waterproof shelter!

Year 1 have been finding out all about the amazing adventures of Captain Scott as he journeyed to the Antarctic! We acted out the events of his expedition and sequenced the sentences to explain what happened to him and his crew mates.

Year 1 loved dressing up for the Spooky Disco! We designed our own spooky creatures and thought about how to describe them. It was spook-tacular!

Year 1 have been thinking about what it means to belong. We found out all about the signs and symbols of a baptism and planned our own Celebration of the Word in the Chapel! 

Year 1 have been amazing scientists, classifying animals into groups depending on which features they have in common. We learned that some animals can be sorted into mammals, reptiles or amphibians and we dressed up so we could remember the features of each group!

Year 1 have been amazing designers this week! We investigated different books with moving parts and created a prototype of a slider so that we could create our own page for a book. We planned, made and evaluated sliders which show Alice falling down the rabbit hole! We were very proud of our fantastic work. 

This week, Year 1 have been finding out about our bodies. We labelled a picture of a body with as many words as we could think of, then used our senses to find out about the environment around us!

Year 1 have been finding out about lots of big numbers this week! We completed our own number square jigsaws, created sets of 10 so that we could count lots of objects and even drew a picture of 100 things!

Year 1 have had a fantastic first week at school! We have loved reading the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' and making lots of props to help us to role play the story.