Year 1 Class News

Training day – Arty ideas !

Posted on Friday 24 October 2025 by Mr Wilks

We thought you’d enjoy hearing a little about what went on during our recent teacher training day! Part of the day was dedicated to developing our art knowledge and skills with our resident art teacher, Mrs Boulton.

Teachers got hands-on with paints, pastels and even soap! There was plenty of colour, laughter, and even a bit of friendly competition as we experimented with new techniques and ideas for upcoming art lessons.

The rest of the day focussed on other important areas too, including maths and inclusion. It was a full, productive day – and we left feeling ready and excited for the next half-term!

 

Living and Learning: Me and my money themed week

Posted on Wednesday 22 October 2025 by Mrs Taylor

After half term, it is our Me and My Money themed week (3-7 November). As part of the week, we are holding two events to raise money for our current school charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Penny trail
Each class will have a collecting jar and children are encouraged to bring in 1ps and 2ps throughout the week. A trail will be created using all the money brought in at the end of the week.
Hotshots sponsorship event
On Friday 7 November, we will be holding a Hotshots sponsorship event, led by PE Partner. This involves each child having three chances to score a goal and their fastest speed recorded. All children will receive a certificate with their fastest shot speed and medals will be awarded for the fastest boy and girl in each class. Your child will be bringing home a sponsorship form for this event and money raised should be added to School Gateway by Friday 14 November.
Thank you for your support with these events.

 

 

Visitors – PCSOs

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Will Volpe

This morning we had some visitors in school. They were our PCSOs. They came in to talk to us about fire safety, how to stay safe at Halloween and how to stay safe during Bonfire night. They taught us some really important and valuable things. Our favourite was the carrot trick. Where the year 1s were taught to stick the handle of the sparkler in the carrot and then use the carrot as a handle to help keep our hands safe and to increase the distance of the flame from our hands.

 

Living and Learning- Democracy

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Will Volpe

This week in Living and Learning, we have been learning about how to take part in democratic decisions . This has been perfect timing because our school has held our own JLT elections this week. We took part in an election style vote, where the Year 1s had to put an ‘x’ next to the name they wanted to be JLT and post it in the ballot box. Our winners were crowned today (Thursday 16th), and they  were Zuri and Jesse! Congratulations and well done to everyone who took part and for all of their amazing speeches.

Here is a photo of the behind the scenes, where the children are writing their speeches.

Science – Touch

Posted on Thursday 09 October 2025 by Will Volpe

This week in science we carried on learning about our senses. This time we focused on touch. We worked really hard on identifying the sense and the receptor. We then took part in an experiment where we were blindfolded and touched a number of different objects. In which we then described what we felt, using words such as soft, hard, rough, smooth and rigid. We did really well with this and worked very hard on identifying what we had touched.

Topic – Fieldwork and our geographers.

Posted on Thursday 09 October 2025 by Will Volpe

This week in our Topic lessons we have been learning about fieldwork and then taking part in our very own fieldwork. We learnt that it means going outside the classroom to explore, investigate, and discover things. Our fieldwork investigation was to go around the green outside and count all of the trees in the space. We split into two groups, then went out one group at a time taking part in our investigation. Once both groups had gone we then compared our results to see if we had all counted the same amount.

Maths – Wholes and how they work.

Posted on Thursday 02 October 2025 by Will Volpe

In maths this week we learnt about parts and wholes. Firstly, the children learnt about what a whole is and how we can identify one in individual objects. They then learnt how to make something whole again by splitting objects into parts and putting those parts back together. Following that, we then learnt that whole individual objects can come together to make a whole group of something. For example we need six whole eggs to make a whole box of eggs. The emphasis was on the individual objects coming together to make a whole group. The children explored this by working with different objects creating whole groups of items. Then after this they took part in a  game where they were given a number and a hoop, for example 3 children makes a whole group in the pink hoop and 2 in the green hoop. They worked really well on this and I look forward to seeing them improve their knowledge on parts and wholes.

National Poem day – Our wonderful poets.

Posted on Wednesday 01 October 2025 by Will Volpe

Throughout this week, the children have been learning about poetry. With National Poetry Day coming up on Thursday 2nd October it is only right that we have learning about different poems. The children have been working hard on learning Kitty by Doug MacLeod for their big performance coming up in assembly on Thursday. They have really impressed us with their reading skills and their ability to perform! Here is a look behind the scenes:

Science – Sight and the senses.

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Will Volpe

This week in science, we have been learning about sight and the senses. The children had to work together to match the sense with the receptor. Then we all worked together on an experiment where the children were split into four teams and they had to throw a bean bag into a bucket. We then counted the scores and tried again with one eye closed. The children then discussed the difference in score, linking back to the importance of sight. We were all really impressed with the children’s teamwork, their findings and most of all their throwing skills! We might have some future basketballers (and scientists) on our hands.

Topic – Geography

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Will Volpe

In Topic this week, we focused on maps. The children learnt what a map is, the importance of them and how to use them. We looked at a map of the world, then a map of our area and then a map of Moortown Primary to show the different scales of maps. Once we had explored this we started to look at keys in maps. The children were then split into groups to identify different human and physical features on a map. They did really well and even taught the teacher about different places in Moortown!

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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