Blog Archive
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24 November 2023
Mapping it all out!
Hi all, We have been been very busy in our learning once again in Year 1! In Phonics this week, we have been focusing on the ‘e’ sound...
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16 November 2023
Publishing Poems!
Dear parents and carers, The Year 1 classes have been very busy in their learning this week! In Phonics this week, we have been focusing on the ‘er’...
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10 November 2023
We Are All Poets!
We are all very proud of our Year ones as they continue to challenge themselves in their creative thinking. We have all had an amazing week! Phonics In...
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3 November 2023
Arts Week
We have all had an amazing and creative ‘Arts Week’! We enjoyed a fun filled week of all things creative! Dance, music, playing musical instruments, mask making, watching...
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20 October 2023
Family Friday
Dear Parents, Year 1 have had another busy week! In phonics we have been focusing on the ‘oe’ sound spelt /o/ (cold) and /ow/ (snow). Please continue to...
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13 October 2023
Fire-breathing friends
In Phonics this week, we have been focusing on the ‘ee’ sound spelt /ee/ (feet) and /y/ (messy). Please continue to read your child’s phonics book daily at...
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7 October 2023
Fun with Fairytales
In Phonics this week, we have been focusing on the ‘ee’ sound spelt /e/ (we) and /ea/ (eat). Please continue to read your child’s phonics book daily at...
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29 September 2023
Victorian Children
In English this week, we enjoyed another adventure of Traction man and Turbo Dog with a focus of writing sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops....
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22 September 2023
Queen Victoria
English In English this week, we have continued to focus on the adventures of Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush. The children have been writing their own captions using...
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15 September 2023
Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush!
Phonics In Phonics this week, we have been recapping the initial code ‘ch’ sound. If you would like to do some extra reading containing the ‘ch’ sound click...
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8 September 2023
Fantastic Start To A New Year!
We would like to wish all our UCPS families a very warm welcome back to school. We look forward to yet another year full of joyful learning! Year...
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10 July 2023
Rosh Hashanah
This Week Firstly, thank you for everyone able to attend sports day this week. I’m sure we can all agree, the children did fantastically, and we are proud...
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23 June 2023
How to wash a Woolly Mammoth!
This week In English this week, we have focused on the story ‘How to wash a woolly mammoth’. We have written our own instructions, with illustrations, on how...
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16 June 2023
We Are Off On An Adventure!
Wk2 16.06.23 English In English this week, we continued to build on the focus text ‘Claude In the city’ by Alex T Smith. We have been writing a...
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9 June 2023
Claude is a dog, say hello Claude….
Dear Parents and Carers, We’re happy to share the highlights of our first week after the half-term holiday. Our young learners have been busy (including a trip to...
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19 May 2023
FOUND YOU!
In Phonics, the children have been exploring the /ie/ sound and discovering its various spellings, such as ‘igh,’ ‘i,’ ‘y,’ ‘ie,’ and ‘i-e.’ In Maths, the children have...
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11 May 2023
I will turn the abandoned school into a nice greenhouse!
English: This week in English, we delved into the captivating world of ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ by L. Sarah & F. Lumbers. The students learned how to effectively...
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5 May 2023
Garden in the Sky!
English In English this week, our focus text has been ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ by L. Sarah & F. Lumbers. We have been writing sentences using expanded noun...
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28 April 2023
Chocolate Teapot? Metal Pillow? Woolly bath? I Mean a …………..
English In English this week, we continued to explore poetry! We read the poem, ‘Woolly Saucepan’ by M Rosen and learnt about verses. We revisited story maps and...
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21 April 2023
Wake up Spring!
Hello Parents, We hope you are all well. We wanted to give you an update on what your child has been learning this week and what they will...
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23 March 2023
Tulips, Daffodils and Spring Blossom!
English This week we have enjoyed the popular story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. By E. Carle We used this story to learn about plurals and how words...
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20 March 2023
Is that an alien?
Phonics In Phonics this week, the children have been revisiting the /ai/ sound spelt <ai (rain) a (apron) ay (today) a_e (bake) ey (they) ea (great) eigh (eight)...
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10 March 2023
Green Bean
English In English this week, we have continued to focus on the story ‘The Dark’. The children collected data on what their friends are afraid of and not...
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2 March 2023
One Potato Two Potato Three Potato Four…….
English This week our focus text has been story called ‘The Dark’. We used this story to write a wide range of questions. Who? Why? What? When? Where...
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24 February 2023
Have you seen my hat?
English We had a problem this week in English. Our teacher had a pointy, red hat which went missing! We were suspicious of some adults in the school...
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10 February 2023
Dear King Charles II…
Dear Majesty, Year 1 has been amazing this week with all their learning! In English, we have been learning about the great fire of London and we have...
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3 February 2023
Never tickle a tiger!
English In English this week, we read the story ‘Never tickle a tiger’ while learning all about exclamation marks. The children enjoyed exploring the different tone of voice...
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28 January 2023
Mr Wolf Was Misunderstood!
Well-done to all Year one’s, we are very proud of you all for showing such courage in your learning this week! This week In Phonics, we focused on...
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20 January 2023
Oink Oink!
This week In Phonics, we focused on the /ie/ sound spelt /i/; /ie/; /i-e/; /igh/; /y/ used in words such as: fly, slime, pie, might, wild. The children...
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13 January 2023
FIRE! FIRE!
In Phonics, we focused on the /oo/ sound spelt <u> /oo/; /o/; /ue/; /u-e/; /ew/ used in words such as: moon, chew, do, cute, glue. If you are...
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9 December 2022
Winter Is Upon Us!
Well done to all of our Year ones for doing their best and living our school’s values! This week In Phonics, we focused on the /e/ sound spelt...
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2 December 2022
Funny Bones!
We have had a fantastic week of learning! In Phonics, we introduced the ‘er’ sound spelt /er//ir/ /ur/ /o/ used in words such as: herd, herb, fern, bird,...
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18 November 2022
Snakes, crocodiles, tortoises and chameleons, What do they have in common?
What a great week of learning we had in Year 1 In Phonics we introduced the ‘ee’ sound. CE/HF words: see, he, she, me, we, be, three, keep,...
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14 November 2022
It’s A Riddle! Who am I?
All Year One’s have had a fabulous week! Phonics In Phonics this week, we have continued learning the same sound different spelling of ‘ea’ <ai> <ay> <a_e> <ea> ...
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4 November 2022
Zoology !
We have had a fantastic first week back! Phonics In Phonics this week, we have been learning the same sound different spelling of ‘ea’ <ai> <ay> <a_e> <ea>....
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21 October 2022
Awesome Autumn 1
Well done everyone, we have made it through the first half of the Autumn term! We are super proud of our awesome year ones and the fantastic progress...
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14 October 2022
It’s raining cats and dogs!
Phonics In Phonics this week, we have been learning the sounds /a/ /e/ /i/ /u/ /sh/ and /ck/ in more complex words (CCVCC words) such as drank, slump,...
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7 October 2022
Windy Weather!
Phonics In Phonics this week, we have been learning the sounds /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ in more complex words (CCVCC words) such as drank, slump, spent, twist...
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30 September 2022
What a wonderful World!
Another wonderful week of excitement and busyness for our Year ones! Phonics: /u/ /a/ /i/ /o/ e/ Next Week: CVC words- spot pit, lit,...
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23 September 2022
Is this child taller than Mr Santos?
What another fantastic week in Year 1. The children have continued to impress their teachers. Phonics We have continued to learn sounds from the initial code. This week...
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17 September 2022
Traction-Man and Scrubbing-Brush to the rescue!
What a great week of amazing learning we had in Year 1. All the teachers and learning coaches are really impressed how wonderfully all the children have settled...
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9 September 2022
What a Wonderful Start in Year 1!
We have had a truly fantastic first week returning from our summer holidays and transitioning into Year 1. We are so grateful to all our families for how...
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15 July 2022
It’s CARNIVAL time!
Thank you to all parents for your support during the carnival parade today. Everyone in school had an amazing time wearing their costumes created during our art lessons...
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8 July 2022
Bubble Trouble
The children have enjoyed their first week of STEAM, and are very excited about the carnival that is happening next Friday.
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1 July 2022
What has a face and hands but does not have eyes?
Wow! Where has that week gone?! We have had a simply wonderful week in Year 1- your children have been really impressing us with their positive attitudes towards...
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24 June 2022
Sports Day!
What a wonderful week of learning we had in Year 1. Thank you so much to all the children for showing the Golden Agreements outside school during Sports...
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17 June 2022
Stop! The dragon has destroyed our village!
We would like to thank all the children in Year 1 for their continued, fantastic learning.
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10 June 2022
Welcome back
We would like to thank all the children in Year 1 for their fantastic learning this week- we have been so impressed with the way the children have...
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27 May 2022
Jubilee jollities
Wow! What a wonderful week! The children have been so excited about learning about the Queen and her Platinum Jubilee- they have worked so hard this week and...
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20 May 2022
A trip to Robot City.
What a great week of learning releasing children’s imagination! Children have been talking and writing a description of a robotic city setting. Adults were really impressed with your...
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13 May 2022
The Robot and the………
What another week of fantastic learning! All of the adults have continued to be impressed with the children’s imaginations. They have been so imaginative and creative with their...
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6 May 2022
We are going in an adventure!
What a fantastic week of learning, all the adults were impressed with the children’s imagination.. They have been developing their vocabulary through orally rehearsing sentences about what is...
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29 April 2022
Real or Fantasy………
The children have continued to impress us with their learning.
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22 April 2022
Welcome back
Wow! We have had a fantastic first week back in Year One! The children came back to school bursting with enthusiasm and fun. We have been delighted with...
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31 March 2022
The end of a wonderful term
Wow! What a fantastic finale to the Spring Term! The Year One children have worked so hard throughout this term and we are very proud of their positive...
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25 March 2022
Incredible Innovators!
Wow! This has been a truly wonderful week in Year 1! The children have been thinking vary carefully about the ways they could innovate or change features of...
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18 March 2022
A Chirpy Week
We have been fortunate this week to have an amazing presentation about birds from one of our Dragonflies parents.
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11 March 2022
Once upon a time….
…there were three Year One teachers who were really proud of their students! what an amazing week of learning we had in Year one, your behaviour and attitude...
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4 March 2022
Amazing Animals!
We have had another wonderful week in Year One immersing our selves in the wonders of the animal kingdom. We have been so impressed with the way that...
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25 February 2022
Savana Safari
Wow! What an incredible week of learning we have had in Year One! The children came back to school refreshed and ready for learning- they have delighted all...
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14 February 2022
Mental Health Week
This week the children were engaged with Mental Health activities.
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4 February 2022
Small steps and giant leaps
Wow! Your children have really impressed us this week with their fantastic storytelling. They created their own versions of ‘The Heart and the Bottle’ and delighted their teachers...
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28 January 2022
A Magic Box…
We have had another wonderful week in Year One! We have been so impressed with the way the children approached all of their learning this week. They have...
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21 January 2022
Would you swap a 10p coin for ten 1p coins?
What a great week of learning we had in year 1. Teachers and learning coaches were really amazed with all your hard work this week. This week we...
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14 January 2022
A jar full of happiness…
…and a week full of smiles! We have had a wonderful week in Year One thinking about all the things that make us happy and creating our own...
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7 January 2022
Book Week
Happy New Year, we hope that 2022 keeps all families healthy as we continue to bring exciting learning to your children.
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17 December 2021
Happy Holidays!
Wow! What a fantastic finale to the Autumn Term! The Year One children have worked so hard throughout this term and we are very proud of their positive...
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10 December 2021
Wait… is 2+3 the same as 3+2?
Wow! Another fantastic week in Year One. The children have made the adults in their classes very proud this week because of their super attitudes to learning....
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3 December 2021
How to Wash a……what….?
Wow! Another fantastic week in Year One. The children have continued to show their super attitudes to learning. This week we used our ‘Scientific’ brains to test materials,...
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26 November 2021
We are engineers!
Wow! Another fantastic week in Year One. The children have made the grown ups in their classes very proud this week because of their super attitudes to learning....
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19 November 2021
Letters to the Lord Mayor
Wow! What a wonderfully busy and productive week we have had in Year One! We have continued to think about the buildings of London in 1666. We decided...
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12 November 2021
It all started on Pudding Lane…
What a wonderful week in Year 1! We started the week with a little show from the teachers about the Great Fire of London to help us understand...
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5 November 2021
Fire! Fire!
We have impressed our teachers with our learning behaviours after returning from half term….we are so enthusiastic with our learning! We have enjoyed learning some information about The...
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22 October 2021
Our Little Boat Adventure…………Where will it take you?
In English, we have been impressing our teachers by writing our own adventure stories about a little boat, who encounters a problem as it is sailing. We have...
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15 October 2021
Through the magic door…
We have had another wonderful week in Year 1. We have all been impressing our teachers with our hard work and super attitudes to learning. During English we...
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8 October 2021
Sunrise to Sunset
We have had another wonderful week in Year 1. During our Science lessons this week, the children have been learning about how seasonal change can affect daylight. We...
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4 October 2021
Sssh! Listen, what’s that noise?
It’s Year 1 impressing all their adults with their wonderful learning this week! This week the children have been practising a class poem, using the pattern ‘Sssh! Listen,...
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18 September 2021
Setting Sail in Week 2
This week we began our first week of topic-based learning in Year 1 and we have been so impressed with the way children have engaged in the journey...
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10 September 2021
What a Wonderful Year 1 Beginning!
We have had a truly fantastic first week returning from our summer holidays and transitioning into Year 1. We are so grateful to all our families for how...
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14 July 2021
Learning Conversation Resources
Just a brief mid-week blog to share the compilation of resources suggested in children’s school reports and discussed at learning conversations, we hope you find these useful to...
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11 July 2021
The Encyclopedia of Dragons
What a fantastic dragon-filled week we have had enjoying the beautiful illustrations of Jackie Morris’ book Tell Me a Dragon. Thank you to all the families who attended...
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4 July 2021
Tell Me a Dragon
What an exciting and inspired week of learning we had as we move between fact and fiction, following the children’s interest in mythical creatures. English: We used the...
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25 June 2021
Arts week
Wow! What a wonderful week we have had in Year 1! The children have engaged really well with all the Arts activities on offer this week. These are...
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21 June 2021
Arts Week Ahead!
This week we’ve delved even deeper into castles and non-fiction, working to create our own booklets with facts about a newly discovered castle, we’ve been practicising our special...
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12 June 2021
Medieval Mayhem and Magnificence
This week we stepped back in time to the Middle Ages, a time of castles, monarchy, dragons and knights. We began our learning with a ‘topic launch’ where...
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1 June 2021
A Fairytale Ending to Summer 1
We’ve finally made it to our well earned half term holiday. This term has certainly been one of growth and change in line with our topic From Bean...
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14 May 2021
Fee Fi Fo Fum!
Fee Fi Fo Fum, what wonderful learning the children have done! This week we have been exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. In English we have...
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9 May 2021
Jack and the Beanstalk
What a wonderful week we have all had! Year 1 have impressed us with their creativity and dedication to learning. We have continued to focus on our topic...
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30 April 2021
Dear Diary
In school this week we have had some exciting discoveries. Many of our plants have started to grow and we have been learning about all of the different...
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23 April 2021
Exciting Adventures
It has been a busy week, with our Forest School adventures, our skipping week challenges and the creation of our very own seed packets. We have been working...
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17 April 2021
Food glorious food!
Our summer term has officially begun and we have had a wonderful first week back with all of the Year 1 children! This week we have launched our...
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29 March 2021
Happy Easter, Spring has Sprung!
What a busy three weeks we have had since returning to school. It’s been a fantastic time it has been for reconnection with our friends and across all...
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29 January 2021
The adventure continues…
What an exciting and adventurous week we have had! Our Super Happy learning has been full of amazing writing, mathematics, scientific discoveries and beautiful art. Next week our...
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21 January 2021
Online Learning: Super Happy Magic Forest – Slug of Doom (Week 4)
We hope you enjoyed engaging in the beautiful celebration of words and their importance this week. Our learning next week will take us to a very different world,...
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18 January 2021
The Lost words WB 18th January 2021
We hope you enjoyed your week of space inspired online learning, we are excited to launch our next week of online provision with a book called ‘The Lost...
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9 January 2021
Online Learning Week 2: The Way Back Home
We hope you enjoyed our first week of online learning, we are excited to launch our second week of online provision with an adventure into deepest darkest space...
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18 December 2020
Merry Christmas
Well, what a wonderful term it has been! Well done to all of the children in year 1 for there enthusiasm, passion and engagement. Next Term Our exciting...
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12 December 2020
Wonderful Writers and Festive Fun!
We have had a fun-filled week immersing ourselves in the depths of the rainforest, creating our own original stories about a family who have moved there. We have...
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4 December 2020
Woolly Mammoth Madness!
As the days begin to get colder and darker, we are still so impressed with the children’s energy and enthusiasm for learning. In English this week we immersed...
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27 November 2020
This week has been bananas!
This week we have gone a little bit bananas with instructions! We have discussed what instructions are, why we use them and what they can be used for....
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21 November 2020
So many questions….
This week has been short but sweet! In English we have been focusing on questions and being able to identify the difference between a question and a statement....
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13 November 2020
Poems, running, balance and lots of fun.
This week we delved further into our new topic ‘The Dark Side’ exploring poetry linked to the dark. In English we have learnt about rhyming words through poetry...
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6 November 2020
The Dark
Wow! What a fantastic first week back – we’ve delved enthusiastically into our new topic ‘The Dark Side’ exploring different activities that we like to do in the...
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24 October 2020
TTFN Heroes and Hello Dark Side!
Our final week of our heroes topic has finished with an adventurous ending. We journeyed into a world of imagination and wrote our own original Traction Man stories,...
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16 October 2020
Storytellers and (Real Life) Superheroes
What a wonderful week filled with stories and (real life) superheroes! Here is our week in sum: English: This week we delved further into our Traction Man adventures...
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2 October 2020
A caption for Traction (Man)
This week we have continued to follow the adventures of the wonderful and exciting Traction Man. We have writing caption for Traction Mans adjectives and labelling his equipment...
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26 September 2020
Traction Man: The Adventure Continues…
This week the children have been following the adventures of the wonderful and exciting Traction Man. They have explored a range of interesting adjectives and have used some...
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18 September 2020
Heroes
This week the children have had lots of fun exploring our new topic Heroes. We were very lucky to have a special visitor – a real life paramedic...
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11 September 2020
What A Wonderful Week!
What a phenomenal way to begin our new academic year and our exciting new adventure as Year 1s! The children have settled in well and embraced this week’s...
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21 July 2020
Unlock challenges and Readiness for Year 2
Dear Bumblebees, Dragonflies and Butterflies, We wish you a wonderful summer break with your families and we hope you find time to rest, re-charge and explore the great...
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10 July 2020
Wb: 13th July 2020 ‘The Rescue’
Welcome to the finale of the ‘UCPSpace’ project learning! We hope you survived the crash landing last week and are ready for the grand finale rescue mission! This...
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9 July 2020
Sapling planting- Growing our school forest
Last week some Year 1 children helped to plant saplings in our forest. We learnt how to identify types of tree and how to carefully plant them into...
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3 July 2020
WB: 6th July 2020 ‘Crash Landing!’
Welcome to week 2 of the ‘UCPSpace’ project learning! We hope you enjoyed the launch of our new learning projects last week. The anticipation is building, we hope...
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26 June 2020
W/b: 29th June The Launch… 3,2,1, Lift off!
This week, the University of Cambridge Primary School is embarking on a three week project that will culminate in the children meeting their new class teacher at the...
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19 June 2020
WB: 22.6.2020 ‘Fractions and Action Scenes!’
A Message from Corona by Charity Tedder and Leighton Noyes Explore this online e-book resource which supports parents and children at home to understand ‘Coronovirus’ through E-book resources Monday...
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12 June 2020
WB: 15th June 2020 ‘Refugee awareness week and thinking deeper about multiplication’
Welcome to the Key Stage 1 Learning blog for this week with special focus on ‘Refugee Week’ Monday 15th June sees the beginning of Refugee Week 2020. However, to...
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5 June 2020
WB: 8th June 2020 ‘Grouping equal amounts and understanding our emotions’
Dear Children and Families, Please note the online learning resources will look slightly different for the rest of this term. A suggested timetable for learning is outlined below,...
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22 May 2020
Welcome back! ‘Creepy crawlies and investigations, what will you discover? 1.6.2020
Year One ‘Unlock Challenge’ link: Unlock Challenge Y1 Session 1: English / Phonics combined: This week in English we will be focusing on applying...
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15 May 2020
Counting in 5’s and time to get active in gymnastics!
Session 1: English / Phonics combined: This week in English we will be focusing on applying some of our phase 5 alternative spelling into our writing. We will...
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7 May 2020
Following Instructions 11.05.20
Session 1: English: This week we are thinking about instructions, we are linking our learning from ‘Robot instructions’ to instructions we follow in everyday life experiences. Watch the YouTube...
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1 May 2020
Robot Adventures 4.5.2020
Session 1: English: This week, you will become Authors and write your robot fantasy story. Today, we need to plan our stories so that we are ready to write...
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17 April 2020
Fantasy worlds and Robots W/B: 20.04.20
Dear Children and Families, Welcome back to online learning with Ms Bates, Miss Tatler and Miss Tutchener, we hope you and your family kept safe and well during...
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31 March 2020
Signs of spring and Easter- Wednesday 1.04.20
Good Morning Year 1 Children and welcome to Wednesday’s learning challenges! Can you see any blossom in your garden or out of your window? ‘Why do these trees...
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30 March 2020
Signs of spring and Easter- Tuesday 31.03.20
Good Morning Children and welcome to Tuesday’s learning. The beautiful signs that spring has sprung! We hope you get some fresh air and bounce around like these happy...
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27 March 2020
Signs of spring and Easter- Monday 30.3.20
Good Morning Year 1 children and welcome to today’s learning all about signs of spring, Easter celebrations and 3D shape. Phonics : This week we are continuing to...
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26 March 2020
Fairy Tales and 3D shapes Detectives : Friday
Good Morning children and families and welcome to Friday 27th March! We hope you are keeping yourself well and keeping your brain active! The caterpillars from Butterfly class...
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25 March 2020
Fairy Tales and 3D shapes Detectives : Thursday 26.3.2020
Hello Bumblebees, Butterflies and Dragonflies Welcome to today’s learning, we will continue to deepen our learning in Fairy Tales and 3D shapes. Phonics : Today we have recapped...
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24 March 2020
Fairy Tales and 3D shapes Detectives : Wednesday
Hello Bumblebees, Dragonflies and Butterflies. Welcome to today’s learning, we will continue to deepen our learning in Fairy Tales and 3D shapes. Watch the welcome message from Miss...
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23 March 2020
Fairy Tales and 3D shapes Detectives – Tuesday
Good Morning Year 1 Children and welcome to today’s learning all about Fairy tales and 3D shape! Watch the morning message with Mrs Bates to see how the...
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21 March 2020
Fairy Tales and 3D shapes Detectives – Monday
Hello children, welcome to the new way of online learning at UCPS! We hope you enjoy learning with us. You can watch short lessons on our Year 1...
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13 March 2020
STEM week!
What a fantastic week we have had in year one exploring our outdoor areas and learning all about the wildlife and nature in our school grounds! We have...
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6 March 2020
Non-Chronological Reporters!
English: We have been non-chronological reporters this week, learning to identify animals by their physical features, what they eat, their habitat and interesting facts about them. Can your...
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28 February 2020
Animal researchers!
We have had a great first week back in Year 1 exploring lots of facts about animals. We have discovered all about the different types of animals and...
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17 February 2020
The Green Lady
We have had a fantastic Book Week this week! In Year One, we have been getting to know our character from the story ‘Here We Are’ by...
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7 February 2020
We all live in a yellow submarine
This week we have continued to explore the swinging 60’s. We learnt about protests and why people do them, we related this to current protests like the fight...
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31 January 2020
The heart and the…
This week in English, we have been creating our own versions of the Oliver Jeffers story “The heart and the Bottle.” The children thought of their own location...
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23 January 2020
The Swinging Sixties Fashion Design!
English: Our key text this week was ‘The Heart in a Bottle’ by Oliver Jeffers. During our English lessons we learnt to identify what a problem is those...
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17 January 2020
Happiness for my family…
English: We continued to explore the key text ‘The Jar of Happiness’ in more depth with a purpose to write a poem about our family. First we looked...
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9 January 2020
Jar of happiness!
Happy New Year! The children have had a great first week back to school, we have enjoyed hearing all about what they have been up to over the...