Blog Author: Miss T Moore

As part of our DT lessons we are making a puppet. Last week we designed a puppet. We had to think about the colours we would use, the features our puppet would have and, most importantly, the materials we would use.

This week we sewed our puppets. The children were ”sew” amazing at…

May is the month where we remember Mary. This week we made a decade of the rosary as a bracelet. The children were fantastic at threading their own beads! We hope this bracelet will become something to treasure.

Year 1 Sacrament had an outside science lesson today. We weeded our flower bed and prepared the soil ready for sewing seeds next week. We discussed what a seed needs so it can grow, while we worked. We will keep you updated on our progress. 
 

In science we are learning about plants and trees. This week we learnt about trees and the different parts of them. We made bark rubbings of the trunk. We investigated different types of trees to see if all the bark was the same. Ask us about what we discovered!

As part of our Design and Technology lessons this half term we are learning all about puppets. We made sock puppets and had great fun playing with them. We hope you enjoyed seeing them too!

Year 1 are learning about charity. We are doing a mile a day in May to raise money for the RNLI. 

Dog training club had a lovely time outside today. We reminded Buddy about the trick he learnt last week (a spin in a circle) and this week we taught him to jump through a hoop. The children were so gentle and patient. Buddy was tired by the end!

We began our new history topic of the seaside today. We took advantage of the weather and made a mini seaside outside. The children absolutely loved it!

Today we explored a variety of puppets. It was a great start to our new design and technology unit. We will be learning all about puppets, designing and making our own. 
 

We had a lovely first day back after the Easter break!

Our new book in English is I Want a Pet by Lauren Child. We read it and then predicted what might hatch from the egg. There were lots of fantastic ideas.

The Lancashire Library Service Library Bus visited us yesterday. Our new librarians chose nearly 400 new books for us to borrow. These will be in our school library soon. It was lovely to see the children so excited about books and reading. 
 

Year 1 made palm branches in class last week. Next we went on a parade around school singing, “ Sing Hosanna to the King of Kings.” and waving our branches.