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    Year 1 Blog

    Year 1 Week Beginning 18.11.24

    November 22, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week, Years 1 and 2 have been very busy with initial rehearsals for the KS1 Christmas performance. They have now all been given their parts and have been asked to learn any lines as soon as possible. The school will be providing the costume, but will be asking the children to bring in something […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 15.11.24

    November 15, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week started off with a short remembrance service, where the children observed two minutes silence with the rest of the school; this was followed by a pilgrimage around the different classes, where the children had the opportunity to see the different remembrance prayer tables around the school. In Phonics the children began learning some […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 4.11.24

    November 8, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    It was wonderful to welcome the children back on Tuesday and to hear their wonderful stories from over the half term break! The class have come back with a great attitude towards their learning and have demonstrated a readiness to embark on their new KS1 curriculum. This week, Year 1 had lessons in: Phonics, English, […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 21.10.24

    October 25, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Year 1 have had a wonderful week of learning! As part of the school’s One World Week, the class had lots of fun learning all about the country Brazil. Over the course of the week, the children participated in a range of different activities including: Learning how to dance the Samba Making and eating fresh […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 18.10.24

    October 18, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Year 1 continued to focus their learning around the themes in the book, ‘Amara and the Bats’ by Emma Reynolds. This week, the children found out about the secret world of nocturnal animals and how their sense of smell and sound are heightened to adapt to their night time surroundings. This linked really well to […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 7.10.24

    October 11, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    The English focus for this week has centered around the wonderful story Amara and the Bats by Emma Reynolds. The story is about a young girl and her mission to save the bats in her local area. The children have been busy finding out about some of the 1420 different species of bats and have […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 30.1.24

    October 4, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    It’s been another wonderful week of learning in Year 1! In Maths, the children have been very busy comparing groups by matching, as well as exploring ‘fewer, more, less’, in both pictorial and concrete contexts. They have had the opportunity to work in teams against each other, in pairs and individually. In English, the class […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 23.9.24

    September 27, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week in English, Year 1 began their new book focus- Alan’s Big, Scary, Teeth by Jarvis. This book is about an alligator who wears false teeth and scares the other animals, until one day, his teeth go missing!! It is a really funny, heart-warming story focussing on the theme of friendship. As well as […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 16.9.24

    September 20, 2024/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Year 1 began the week with an online road safety workshop with our local road safety officer, Colette. She focussed on the following: Walking for health and fitness The pavement being the safest part of the street How to cross the road safely Being seen by drivers This was then followed by a class discussion about their […]

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    Year 1 Week Beginning 9.9.24

    September 13, 2024/in Archives, Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Year 1 have had a very busy week of learning! In Maths, the children have been focussing on: sorting, counting, and representing objects, using manipulatives applying their maths skills to real life problem-solving and reasoning questions   In Science, the class were learning to identify and name parts of the body. They had lots of fun […]

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    Pope Paul News

    • Advent Service 2025 – lyrics and linksNovember 17, 2025 - 7:00 am
    • Thursday 20th NovemberOctober 6, 2025 - 6:29 am
    • Monday 15th SeptemberSeptember 15, 2025 - 12:41 pm
    • Friday 4th JulyJuly 4, 2025 - 6:36 am
    • 27th June Maths and REJune 27, 2025 - 7:17 am
    • Thursday 19th June, 2025June 17, 2025 - 6:20 am
    • Monday 2nd June, 2025June 2, 2025 - 7:00 am
    • Summer 1 Week 5May 23, 2025 - 4:30 pm
    • Year 1 Week Beginning 19.5.25May 23, 2025 - 4:13 pm
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    • Friday, 23rd May 2025May 23, 2025 - 3:30 pm
    • Year 3 Week 5 Friday 23rd MayMay 23, 2025 - 2:31 pm
    • Summer 1 Week 6May 23, 2025 - 2:26 pm
    • Friday 16th May, 2025May 16, 2025 - 5:03 pm
    • Year 1 Week Beginning 16.5.25May 16, 2025 - 4:32 pm
    • Summer 1 Week 4May 16, 2025 - 4:30 pm
    • Year 3 Week 3 Friday 16th MayMay 16, 2025 - 3:40 pm

    Pope Paul News

    • Advent Service 2025 – lyrics and linksNovember 17, 2025 - 7:00 am
    • Thursday 20th NovemberOctober 6, 2025 - 6:29 am
    • Monday 15th SeptemberSeptember 15, 2025 - 12:41 pm
    • Friday 4th JulyJuly 4, 2025 - 6:36 am

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