Last few days of Year 1!
These are the days you remember most in school! Today Year 1 spent the afternoon creating self portraits to be displayed in their new classroom ready for next year. We then tried to recreate our self-portraits on cupcakes! We have #enjoyed this special treat, making memories with friends!…
Marvellous Mathematicians
This week, Year 1 have been focusing on those tricky 'ten and a bit' numbers. We have explored a range of representations to reveal the composition of 11-19 including Numberblocks and dice patterns. We used the rekenreks to partition the numbers into tens and ones. We spotted Numberblock Ten was…
Aspirations Week Year 1
This week we have met lots of different people and have been inspired by their career choices. From a builder to an opera singer to a painter to an acrobat to a paramedic and a nurse! It’s been amazing to #enjoy a hands on experience of these jobs! What will you be when you grow up?…
Farm Visit at School! Year 1 and Reception
Today Farmer Stacey and Farmer Sam visited Delph Side with some animal friends. We got up close and personal with lots of different types of animals including Henry the pony, Jean-Paul Goatier the goat and Candy Floss the lamb. The children enjoyed asking questions to the farmers about how they…
Year 1 Sports Day 2023
What a wonderful event! The children were fantastic participants in Sports Day today! We #enjoyed a range of different activities, #embraced new challenges and #evolved our team work! Thank you to all the parents, carers and family members who cheered these little ones on in the sunshine! You…
STEM Week Year 1
This week is British Science Week, organised by the British Science Association. It is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. Year 1 have become engineers building structures with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We absolutely loved building towers, houses, schools and even…
Trip to the Moon Y1
This week we have been reading a story by Oliver...
#wemakethedifference #embrace #evovle #enjoy
Y1 Victorian Day 2 with Visitor
Year 1 experienced a real life school day as a Victorian today! Mrs Dell visited Delph Side to immerse the children in the strict environment of a Victorian school. The classroom tables were changed to rows of desks! Boys and girls were not allowed to sit together! She brought a cane and a very…
Y1 Music Summer 1
“What songs can we sing to help us through the day?” has been this term’s focus during music lessons. We have learnt songs about getting ready and brushing our teeth. We have had fun with improvisation during the songs by adding claps, actions and using glockenspiels to play 3 musical notes. We…
A Day in the Life of a Victorian Child Year 1
Today, we spent all day exploring the Victorian era. We identified some similarities and differences between ways of life comparing life back then to today. Miss Kinsella started the day introducing when the Victorian era was and how it link to the queen at that time, Queen Victoria, as it…
Y1 Comic Creators
This Summer term, Year 1 have been learning how to create a comic strip using a designing website on an iPad. Miss Kinsella and Mr Riley set the children the challenge of creating a comic called 'Superdog's Birthday!' Over the past few weeks, we have been using this website to familiarise…
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