The Year 1 children showed great enthusiasm, determination, fair play and willingness to encourage others at the Year 1 sports day. Well done to all competitors!
Category Archives: 15/16 Year 1
A visit from a palaeontologist!
Year 1 had an amazing morning hunting for real fossils from the time of the dinosaurs with our visitor Jules. He brought a fantastic collection of fossils to school which the children explored with much excitement. They began to identify what creature the fossil was from and even spotted prehistoric insects in fossilised tree sap!
Exciting discovery in Year 1!
Year 1 children were amazed to find footprints in their classrooms on Wednesday morning. A creature had stepped in mud and paint and walked round the Year 1 classrooms! The children decided the footprints must have been made by a dinosaur which started our new topic, Dinosaur Planet, with plenty of excitement. The dinosaur even made a nest and laid an egg….
Using levers in Year 1
Year 1 worked hard to make a toy with a lever this week. We can use the lever to send the rocket to the moon and back to Planet Earth. We also know that this was the journey Neil Armstrong was the first person to make in real life.
Alien lands at Richard Lee Primary!
Year 1 were astounded to find a space rocket, complete with alien who we think had crash-landed, on the school fence last week. This exciting discovery launched our new topic ‘Moon Zoom!’. In this topic we will be finding out about a famous person who has been to the moon and what materials are needed to make things like space shuttles. 
Frosty mornings
We are watching the changing seasons and enjoyed talking about the frosty mornings this week. We know that some trees lose their leaves in the autumn and we spotted the empty branches of this tree on our school field now it is winter.
Looking at toys from the past
Year 1 have enjoyed comparing toys from now with toys from many years ago.
Exciting Memory Box launch
Year 1 launched their new history based topic ‘Memory Box’ with a visit from Mrs Ridgway. She told the children what life was like when she was a little girl. The children were shocked to hear that she didn’t have a TV, and that she didn’t have a computer or laptop to play with or use. We will be using our senses to find out more about what life was like in the past. A big thank you to Mrs Ridgway for a really entertaining morning that amazed and astonished the Year 1 children.
Autumn Day
We have been learning all about the changing seasons in Year 1 and the children enjoyed our ‘Autumn Day’.
After collecting the beautiful fallen leaves Year 1 asked themselves the question – are all leaves the same?
We looked closely and found that they certainly weren’t. The leaves were different colours, different sizes and even different on their edges. By observing closely we were able to answer our question.
Year 1 meet a puppy
Year 1 were thrilled today with a visit from Monty the puppy. We asked his owner what things you have to do to care for a dog. We learnt lots and asked some great questions. Thank you to Monty’s owner for bringing him in.