To get in touch with the Year 1 team, email: year1@parkspringprimary.co.uk
Teacher – Miss Wolfe
Teaching assistants – Mrs Place
Teacher – Miss Wykes
Teaching assistants – Miss Lawrence
Additional teaching staff
Mrs Ali-Damant, Miss Whitehead, Mrs Barran
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 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 x5 Dojo points per child!!
PE: Tuesday and Friday – please ensure children come to school in their correct P.E kits.
Our author of this half term is Allan Ahlberg.
Our class reader this half term will be – Mad About Megabeasts.
Summer 1
Week 1
Y1 enjoyed a visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park this week. Our topic this half term is all about animals – the children were amazed by the size of the giraffes and we were lucky enough to see a baby wallaby in it’s Mummy’s pouch. This visit will aid our learning in science – learning about animal types, art – creating animal pictures and D&T – making our own bonkers zoo!
Spring 2
Week 6
It has been a very exciting week in year 1! We have made our own Tudor houses and had the Great Fire of Park Spring just like in 1666! The children really enjoyed watching the fire and we talked about how they set on fire so quickly because they were close together.
Week 5
This week we have been looking at sacred texts and which books are special to different religions. We have looked at the Bible, the Torah and the Qur’an and explored different stories and how we can learn from them. In gymnastics we have been practising different balances and working on how to perform them as part of a routine.
Week 4
This week we had a super geography drop down day where we looked at the different places around the UK and learnt about London. Using our London knowledge we have begun to look at writing our own London fact file.
Week 3
It has been a super week. We have started our Great Fire of London artwork using sketch pencils, watercolours and acrylic paint. We also had a visitor all the way from 1666 who we were able to ask all the questions we had about the fire!
Week 2
This week has been very busy! We have been looking at how to keep ourselves safe online as part of Internet Safety Week. We had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day. We all shared our favourite books from home, made bookmarks and it was great to see everyone’s pyjamas and costumes!
Week 1
We have had a great first week back! To start of our topic we have been learning all about The Great Fire of London. We made timelines, looked at things that would be used to put out the fire in 1666 and learnt all about Samuel Pepys. Just like him we have started writing diary entries in literacy.
Spring 1
Week 6
The children in year 1 have loved using chime bars to perform in music and even led a very royal procession! Our instructions of how to make porridge are complete and as a treat we enjoyed tasting it all over again! We hope you all have a lovely half term and look forward to seeing you back next half term!
Week 5
Year 1 started their music topic called ‘The King is in the castle’ – be sure to ask your child to sing the song and do the actions at home! We also had a class assembly all about mental health and how to manage our emotions and keep our mind healthy!
Week 4
Year 1 have been working very hard this week as detectives to solve the case of the missing porridge! We took finger prints, mug shots and made an evidence board liaising with the Fairytale Police to catch the suspect – Goldilocks! We have also started writing a set of instructions on how to make porridge – of course we had to taste test it first! What an eventful week!
Week 3
This week we have been taking part in super science lessons – we even conducted our own experiment predicting and testing whether objects should float or sink. We also received a very exciting letter from the 3 bears asking us to take care of their porridge!
Week 2
We have had a super second week back – we have started our Religious Education topic all about caring for others. We had a lovely discussion identifying people that we care for – Mummy, Daddy, friends, teachers etc! We also enjoyed our dance unit in P.E. where we are exploring a jungle and being different wild animals.
Week 1
What a start to the half term – it has been lovely to see the children to excited about the snow! This half term we have a focus on fairytales and the children have enjoyed dressing up in different costumes! We have also started our science topic all about materials – they enjoyed feeling different materials and describing them!
Autumn 2
Week 7
We have had a fantastic last week of Autumn term! We had lots of fun at our Christmas sing-along and even more fun at our Christmas parties! It was great to see everyone dancing and playing games. We wish everyone a super Christmas and New Year! We can’t wait to see you back for Spring term!
Week 6
What a week it has been! Year 1 have absolutely shone in their production of a Very Jolly Postman’s Christmas! We had everything from angels to Christmas trees to robots to superheroes!
Week 5
This week Year 1 have been making their own fruit kebabs in cooking lessons. The children practised peeling, bridge hold and chopping skills. It was great to see all the children try new fruits and start thinking about what they will use next week for their own breakfast cups. 
Week 4
Year 1 have started their cooking topic this week – in the lead up to making our own healthy breakfast pots, we tried some different kinds of fruit. Year 1 tried bananas, raisins, raspberries, blackberries, pineapple and apricot. It was great to see everyone try all the fruit and start thinking of ideas for their own fruit pots!
Week 3
This week we have been so impressed with Year 1’s retelling of Kipper’s Toybox using time connectives. In art this week we have been looking at making our self-portraits using charcoal and ink. See if you can recognise any of these faces!
Week 2
What a busy week it has been! It was great to see the children spreading care and kindness with our focus on Children in Need and Anti-bullying Week! In art 1A have been making junk sculptures and 1B made tools for digging in forest school.
Week 1
What a super first week back after half term! 1B have enjoyed going to forest schools and 1A are excited to start their art topic on self-portraits. On Friday we went on a walk around our local area to see if we could find any human and physical features. We can’t wait to use what we have found in our geography topic!
Week 8
What a fun week Year 1 have had! We have completed our very own Oi 1A/1B books – don’t forget to have a look at these at Roll up and Read! Year 1 loved the pumpkin trail and we really enjoyed seeing all the spooky pumpkins. Well done to Sammy, Amelia-Grace and Isabelle who won our quiz!
Week 7
Year 1 enjoyed their trip to St. Mark’s Methodist Church – we sang ‘Cauliflower’s Fluffy’ and handed over Harvest donations to the church. A massive thank you to all who donated.
Week 6
1B enjoyed using charcoal and ink to make their self portraits this week – thankfully we didn’t get too messy! We are also becoming maths experts – year 1 are doing amazing learning in comparing numbers up to 10 too!
Week 5
Year 1 finished their awesome Autumn poems this week – we are super impressed with their amazing adjectives and use of the senses! We have been enjoying Leeds Rhinos teaching us for PE too – we have been practicing attacking and defending!
Week 4
Year 1 have been learning all about how shopping has changed from the 1960’s e.g. the till system, types of shops and ways of payments. They have loved using their imagination in our role play area as shop keepers.
Week 3
Year 1 are beginning their writing project of writing an Autumn poem. We explored an Autumn tuff tray, describing how different objects looked and felt and even had the taste of some delicious hot chocolate!
Week 2
The children in year 1 have been super scientists this week! We used our 5 senses to explore the world around us by observational drawing, hearing outdoors, taste testing crisps, smelling different things and guessing what is in the bag by feeling!
Week 1
We are super proud at how the children have settled into year 1 this week! This week we started our science topic with a focus on our bodies – the children really enjoyed playing Simon says and Body bingo.
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
March 19, 2025
