Year 1

21Mar2025

Red Nose Day is a fundraising event run by Comic Relief which aims to create a world free of poverty. The money raised is used to transform lives in the UK and around the world. As a school we believe that raising money for charity is a way of promoting a positive, caring attitude amongst our childr

13Mar2025

In PE the boys and girls have been developing their ball and racket skills.  To begin, they worked with a partner to roll a small ball, taking care to bend their legs and trying not to let the ball bounce.  They also practiced their throwing and catching skills, using an under arm motion and tryin

6Mar2025

This week the children in Year 1 have started to explore The Ugly Duckling written by Jackie Walter and Sarah Horne.  To begin, the children used feathers and other collage materials to create pictures of Mother Duck and the Ugly Duckling.  Next, they predicted what would hatch out of the final eg

17Feb2025

This week, Year One wanted to investigate which material would be the strongest material to build a house for The Three Little Pigs. Firstly, we read the story of The Three Little Pigs and were very excited that we could pretend to be the Big Bad Wolf! After we read the story, everyone made a predic

13Feb2025

All the pupils were very excited to go on their very first trip in Year One. On Wednesday we all walked down to St. Ninian’s church in Low Fell. We enjoyed the journey and talked about features of our local area along the way.  Once there, we were greeted by Reverend Danie and Reverend Elaine. Th