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Handa's Surprise
We have worked hard this week to write our own versions of Handa's Surprise. After doing lots of exploration around adjectives, we...
West Park Primary
Nov 30, 20231 min read
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Anti-bullying week
This week the whole school has focused on anti-bullying. We have learnt that bulling means that someone is doing something to us 'Several...
West Park Primary
Nov 20, 20231 min read
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Autumn
Year 1 have begun their seasons topic in Science by exploring changes from Summer to Autumn. We read a book about Autumn and then made...
West Park Primary
Nov 20, 20231 min read
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Maths Workshop
We were thrilled to have parents join us for a Maths workshop today. Parents worked with their children to explore odd and even numbers,...
West Park Primary
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Diwali Celebrations
Year 1 enjoyed an afternoon of learning about Diwali. We changed into colourful clothes to celebrate the festival of light, then listened...
West Park Primary
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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What is Geography?
Year 1 became detectives and used sets of pictures to work out what we thought Geography was. We wrote down things that we thought it...
West Park Primary
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Reading
This half term we have been reading books by Julia Donaldson. We have focused on class texts 'Room on the Broom' and 'The Flying Bath' in...
West Park Primary
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Black History Month
Year 1 have been reading the book 'Look Up' for Black History Month. In the book, the little girl Rocket loves Mae Jemison, who was the...
West Park Primary
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Mae Jemison artwork
As part of our Black History week work, Year 1 reconstructed pictures of Mae Jemison. We explored using water colours to create space...
West Park Primary
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Trip to RAF Cosford
Year 1 enjoyed their trip to RAF Cosford. While we were there we had a workshop about the History of Flying Equipment, where we looked at...
West Park Primary
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Year 1 DT Rockets
We have worked very hard to design and then create our own rockets. After researching the shapes and parts of rockets, we designed and...
West Park Primary
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Poetry Week
Year 1 have had a great week celebrating Poetry Week. We began the week by scanning QR codes and listening to a range of poems. We...
West Park Primary
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Everyday Materials
Year 1 have learnt that some things are made from wood, plastic, metal, rubber and glass. We went on a materials hunt to find things that...
West Park Primary
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Author Workshop
Year 1 joined author Kaye Umanksi as she introduced her new book 'This rock is mine'. We learnt about the importance of sharing and why...
West Park Primary
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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DT Rockets
In DT year 1 are going to be building a rocket. We learnt that rockets travel into space. We used safe search to research what rockets...
West Park Primary
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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