Year 1 Summer 2026

Jul 16
2 min read

It's been a fantastic week in Year 1, working together and enjoying our last few days before the Summer. Year 1 worked together to design a background slide with all of their favourite things in it! What a fantastic year. Well done, everyone and have a fantastic holiday!

This week, Year 1 learned all about the rich history of the Punch and Judy puppet show! We learned that Victorian children enjoyed watching it just as much as we do. We planned and made some fantastic moving puppets based on the characters. It was so much fun playing with them afterwards!

This week, Year 1 explored the difference between wants and needs and thought about what everyone needs to live happy, healthy lives. We also created paper dolls decorated with flags from around the world to remind us that everyone is our neighbour because we are all part of one global family!

Year 1 have been scientist this week, testing their prediction about which material would stop the ice from melting most effectively. After we tested the different materials, we found out that the kitchen roll was the most effective at stopping the ice from melting, so we could use that to wrap our lunch in if we were going for a picnic on a hot day!

Year 1 have made beautiful beach pictures using real sand and stones to create a background, a middle ground and a foreground. We loved appraising each other's pictures and discussing the things we liked about them!

Year 1 have been investigating shells this week. We learned about molluscs and why they need a shell to protect them. We used our senses to look, feel and even listen to some of the shells then we sketched them very carefully!

Year 1 have been exploring beach landscapes inspired by a range of artists. They discovered how artists use the background, middle ground and foreground to create realistic and eye-catching scenes. Using folding and cutting techniques we made our own layered landscapes!

Year 1 had a fantastic time on our lighthouse trip. It was so exciting to climb all the way to the top of the lighthouse and investigate the rockpools to find lots of different creatures! We loved dressing up as old-fashioned lighthouse keepers and we even had time to create some fabulous sand art. It was such a brilliant experience and the grown-ups we met were very impressed with our polite behaviour and excellent knowledge about the coast

Year 1 loved the start of our topic about local hero, Grace Darling! We made some amazing props so that we could tell the story then we acted it out with our friends.