St Francis'
Catholic Primary School
A very warm welcome to St Francis' Catholic Primary School
Welcome to Year 1!
Autumn Term
Welcome to the Year 1 webpage!
Term One
Welcome to Year One's webpage! Here you will find some photos of our learning journeys and get an idea of all the fun things we get to do in school!
Terrible teeth in his terrible jaw....... Gruffalo models.
Terrible teeth in his terrible jaw....... Gruffalo models.
Fine motor skills and correct pencil grip are practised regularly.
Fine motor skills and correct pencil grip are practised regularly.
Re- telling of the Gruffalo story with our small world Gruffalo Wood.
Re- telling of the Gruffalo story with our small world Gruffalo Wood.
Mapping skills in the rain...
Mapping skills in the rain...
Year One pupils explored how our shadows change position during the day as the Earth turns around.
Year One pupils explored how our shadows change position during the day as the Earth turns around.
Learning through play. Year One children are using coins and measure to run a Gruffalo cafe. Do you know how much it would be for a scoop of Gruffalo Crumble and a scoop of Owl Ice-cream?
Gym Shapes and PE Challenges You need to work as a team
Gym Shapes and PE Challenges
You need to work as a team
Year One Met Their Buddies
Year One Met Their Buddies
Poetry Assembly Year One performed Gruffalo Crumble to the school
Poetry Assembly
Year One performed Gruffalo Crumble to the school
We shared our Summer Scrapbooks with our buddies.
Learning to work together.
Numbers to 100
Using natural objects from our school grounds to create Gruffalo themed artwork.
Using natural objects from our school grounds to create Gruffalo themed artwork.
Class rules and high expectations for all.
Skittles and frisby fun
Skittles and frisby fun
Outdoor Artwork in the Autumn sun
Outdoor Artwork in the Autumn sun
Awe and wonder at the beauty of leaf printing
Awe and wonder at the beauty of leaf printing
Term Two
Gruffalo Cakes- we modelled sugar icing, chocolate and sweets into the face of the Gruffalo. They looked too good to eat!
Gruffalo Cakes- we modelled sugar icing, chocolate and sweets into the face of the Gruffalo.
They looked too good to eat!
Gruffalo Hunt in Nowhere Woods Year One children identified different leaves, found ten Gruffalos and made a stickman on our trip to the local woods.
Gruffalo Hunt in Nowhere Woods
Year One children identified different leaves, found ten Gruffalos and made a stickman on our trip to the local woods.
Year One help to raise funds for Children in need
Year One help to raise funds for Children in need
Local artist, Emmeline Simpson demonstrated how to make beautiful clay leaves from a print of a real leaf.
Local artist, Emmeline Simpson demonstrated how to make beautiful clay leaves from a print of a real leaf.
Infant Nativity 2017
Mary's Knitting
What a wonderful performance
Christmas Jumper Day Generous families donated money to raise money for Mary's Meals
Christmas Jumper Day
Generous families donated money to raise money for Mary's Meals
Infant Christmas Workshop Thank you to all the parents that helped to bring the Nativity alive through art and craft.
Infant Christmas Workshop
Thank you to all the parents that helped to bring the Nativity alive through art and craft.
Term Three
Term Three
Pole to Pole
Year One pupils have been having fun finding out about the Arctic and Antarctic. We know about the many animals that live in the land locked North Pole and the many types of penguins that live in the sea locked South Pole.
Our favourite type Penguin is the Rock Hopper because he never gives up trying. What is your favourite and why?
Outdoor Learning We learn by experimenting, exploring, testing, digging, team work, messy work, self initiated problem solving fun, fun, fun!
Outdoor Learning
We learn by experimenting, exploring, testing, digging, team work, messy work, self initiated problem solving fun, fun, fun!
Pole Models with our Buddies Challenge: Make an Arctic or Antarctic model with your buddy. It must include the animals that live in that habitat, ice, sea and be 3D. You must take ideas from both of you.
Pole Models with our Buddies
Challenge: Make an Arctic or Antarctic model with your buddy. It must include the animals that live in that habitat, ice, sea and be 3D. You must take ideas from both of you.
Recitals and Subitising Year one pupils have learnt the story Polar bear, Polar bear What can You Hear and written their own Arctic version.We also learnt a poem called Polar Bear. In Maths we have used our memory skills to recognise how many dots are there without counting them and recognising tens and units to find a total number.
Recitals and Subitising
Year one pupils have learnt the story Polar bear, Polar bear What can You Hear and written their own Arctic version.We also learnt a poem called Polar Bear.
In Maths we have used our memory skills to recognise how many dots are there without counting them and recognising tens and units to find a total number.
Polarbear Cake Decorating
Polarbear Cake Decorating
Term Four
Term Four
This term we are looking closely at the diffrences in animals. We have a vet role play area so were delighted to spend some time with these two adorable visitors both of which are now 100% healthy thanks to our Year One super vets!
World Book Day 2018 Can you work out which book our character comes from?
World Book Day 2018
Can you work out which book our character comes from?
Wheelie Wednesday Year One scootered round the school and collected sponsors for our Lent charities
Wheelie Wednesday
Year One scootered round the school and collected sponsors for our Lent charities
We loved looking at the lambs that were only ten days old. Lambs are mammals and give birth to live young.
We loved looking at the lambs that were only ten days old. Lambs are mammals and give birth to live young.
Mrs Cataldo brought in her new baby, Luca. We asked questions to find out what Luca had learnt to do already and to find out all the jobs Mrs Cataldo has to do for her new baby son.
Mrs Cataldo brought in her new baby, Luca. We asked questions to find out what Luca had learnt to do already and to find out all the jobs Mrs Cataldo has to do for her new baby son.
Stations of the Cross and Chocolate Easter nests all in one day! We thought hard about Jesus' last days and rejoiced in hisnew life by making chocolate nests with new life eggs.
Stations of the Cross and Chocolate Easter nests all in one day! We thought hard about Jesus' last days and rejoiced in hisnew life by making chocolate nests with new life eggs.
Term Five
Term Five
Building Bridges with Brunel
Building Bridges with Brunel
Year One pupils worked with Year Four pupils to design and make a bridge that was strong enough to hold a chocolate bar. Which team would build the strongest bridge to win the chocolate bar?
Year One pupils worked with Year Four pupils to design and make a bridge that was strong enough to hold a chocolate bar.
Which team would build the strongest bridge to win the chocolate bar?
Sports Coaching
Sports Coaching
Outdoor Learning with our Buddies.
Outdoor Learning with our Buddies.
Collaboration with Reception, Year One, Year Five and a pram!.
Bryony Thomson, author of The Wardrobe Monster, came to talk to KS1 about how she became an author
Bryony Thomson, author of The Wardrobe Monster, came to talk to KS1 about how she became an author
Bryony read her book and showed us how she created an illustration of a new monster. We all had a go at designing our own monster, perhaps for a future book!
Henry Wakefield spent an afternoon with Year One teaching us about Brunel's life
Henry Wakefield spent an afternoon with Year One teaching us about Brunel's life
Brunel had a French father who was also an engineer. He taught Brunel to never give up!
Brunel went to school in France and later moved to London with his family. The family travelled by horse and carriage but later Brunel invented steam travel and trains were much faster.
Brunel went to school in France and later moved to London with his family.
The family travelled by horse and carriage but later Brunel invented steam travel and trains were much faster.
Oliver- it was awesome!
Valentina- I can't believe how much I learnt.
Jack- it was such fun, I loved being the main horse!
The children were actively involved and every pupil played a role throughout the interactive afternoon.
SS Great Britain Trip
SS Great Britain Trip
As part of our Brunel topic, Year One visited the SS Great Britain and Brunel museum. We followed the Captain's Trail to find out more about the ship, explored the dry dock and had a Brunel workshop where we all got to dress up.
Lily H said ' This has been the best day of my life!'
Year One performed a beautiful Pentecost assembly to celebrate the birthday of our church.
I was so very proud of all the children and couldn't help but grin with pride all the way through.
HRH attends a mock wedding at St Francis School. We welcomed Queen Elizabeth to an afternoon of fun where we held a mock wedding and had a very real wedding feast.
HRH attends a mock wedding at St Francis School. We welcomed Queen Elizabeth to an afternoon of fun where we held a mock wedding and had a very real wedding feast.
The SS Great Britain made 47 voyages and travelled to 5 different continents. We travelled around our grounds collecting all the names of the ports and we made an origami boat to float on the pontoon.
The SS Great Britain made 47 voyages and travelled to 5 different continents. We travelled around our grounds collecting all the names of the ports and we made an origami boat to float on the pontoon.
Term Six
Term Six