To get in touch with the Year 1 team, email: year1@parkspringprimary.co.uk
Teacher – Miss Wolfe
Teaching assistants – Mrs Place & Miss Waller
Teacher – Miss Horner and Mrs Fotherby
Teaching assistants – Miss Lawrence & Miss Whitehead & Mrs Parker-Smith
Reading bags and home learning need to be brought in every Monday morning and will then be given out on Monday afternoons. Each child will get a reading book to please read x3 at home, as well as a class library book that they can enjoy with a grown up. The reward for this is x3 Dojo points per child!!
Our author of this half term is Mick Inkpen
Our class reader this half term will be – Kipper’s Toy Box
Our author of this half term is Kes Gray
Our class reader this half term will be – Oi Frog!
Week 8
Year 1 have had an amazing week with our Pumpkin Trail on Monday. Pupils brought in carved pumpkins and we made a Pumpkin Trail with a quiz about the pumpkins. Which pumpkin had the most teeth? Which pumpkin is the biggest? How many cat pumpkins are there? Parents and carers came in to do the quiz too and we all had great fun. Now we are looking forward to the Halloween disco!
We have also been continuing our learning about Festivals and looking at Diwali. We really enjoyed making divas (small lamps) out of salt dough and decorating them!
Week 7
This week in Year 1 we have been continuing to look at Oi Frog by Kes Gray and making our own rhymes about where animals sit. Did you know that frogs sit on logs, cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs and mules sit on stools? Can you think of any other animals and where they might sit?
On Friday it was Wacky Hair Day and we raised money for our chosen charity, Zarach. We looked really cool and as a school we raised an amazing £280!
Week 6
Another busy week in Year 1! In Maths, we have been learning about part, part, whole models and both classes have done really well, understanding the concept and working really well independently. In RE, we have continued learning about Festivals and looked at Sukkot, a Jewish Festival, Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim Festival and Diwali which is celebrated by Sikhs and Hindus. We also celebrated World Mental Health Day by wearing yellow. It has been a busy but fun week of learning!
Week 5
This week in Year 1 we have started our topic asking Why are Festivals important? We thought about all the different celebrations that we know about and came up with really long lists with some that the grown ups had not thought of! We then talked about the word ‘gratitude’ and what it meant. We feel thankful for so many things that we made a gratitude web where every child said something they were thankful for. We were so thankful for our friends and we all joined together in a big web!
Week 4
This week we have started writing our Autumn Senses poems. We are so impressed with some of the adjectives that the children have come up with (we learned that an adjective is used to describe something). We can’t wait to share some of our finished poems with you but here is a preview of some of our first lines;
I can see a cute squirrel.
I can see an orange tree.
I can see red leaves.
I can see a sparkling sun.
Week 3
Year 1 have loved our PE lessons this half term as we have them with Brad from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation. We have been learning sending and receiving – otherwise known as throwing and catching! We have used overarm throws for long distances and underarm throws for shorter distances using tennis balls. We have heard that we might be able to use racquets soon! 1B had a pyjama day on Friday as a reward for our ace attendance which is why some of us are not in correct PE uniform! 1A had a toy day for their ace attendance and could bring in a toy to play with during the day at choosing time.
Week 2
We have started looking at our Senses in Science this week. We drew some fabulous pictures of what we could SEE when we went outside and then had a quiet moment later in the week where we closed our eyes to work out what we could HEAR outside. We also looked at what we could SMELL, guessing the smells in different cups and saying if we liked them or not. They were coffee, orange juice, vinegar and hot chocolate. What’s your favourite smell?
Week 1
What a fabulous first week back! Both classes were our Stars of the Week this week as they have returned ready to learn and being happy, caring, confident and resilient.
We introduced the book of the half term- Oi Frog!- with its brilliant rhymes and funny story. We were really enjoyed looking at the illustrations and found a draw along video with the illustrator, Jim Field. We were really proud of our pictures and concentrated really well, following his instructions and creating some brilliant artwork;
Year 1, 2 and 3 had a special assembly today – a puppet assembly, and they told the story of the nativity in a fun and exciting way! The children were a great audience and Read more…
The Year 1 children had a go at a reading quiz, answering questions on the books we have focused on as a class over the year. 8 children were selected to compete in the Year Read more…
Last week the Year 1 children enjoyed an outdoor learning day led by ‘Alfresco Learning’. They were challenged to build a wattle wall using sticks, as a team. They then had to use willow to Read more…
Well done to our Black History Month competition winners and entries! I am incredibly proud of your hard work and enthusiasm in researching your chosen hero and presenting them, AND in your own time. Amazing! Read more…
The Summer Reading Challenge at Pudsey Library has began, please watch this video to find out more about the challenge. Kate at the library is looking forward to seeing you over the Summer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPf0dGrYCv4
June 30, 2025
