Year 1 - Spring 1 - Week 4

Date: 29th Jan 2026 @ 1:08pm

What a fantastic week we’ve had in Year 1! The children have continued to amaze us with their enthusiasm, determination and wonderfully positive attitudes towards their learning. It has been lovely to see them supporting each other, challenging themselves and celebrating their successes as a class.

In Maths this week, we focused on addition and subtraction, with lots of work on number bonds to 20. W

e revisited our number bonds to 10 and made connections to help us build our understanding of larger numbers. The children used a range of practical resources, including counters and tens frames, to show their thinking clearly. They also tackled some tricky problem‑solving questions, showing brilliant reasoning and perseverance. Their confidence with number bonds is really growing!

In English, we spent time writing in role. The children took on the role of the mouse from The Lion Inside, imagining what he might say or think when he decides to be brave and become a tougher mouse. We also learned about words ending in -ed, discussing how these verbs often describe actions that have already happened. The children enjoyed spotting -ed words in sentences and using them in their own writing — they produced some fantastic character pieces.

History was a particularly thoughtful part of our week. We explored how the tragedy of the Titanic has been represented over time. The children looked at pictures from around the time the disaster happened and compared how similar or different these were to other representations they had seen. We discussed why the event might have been shown in certain ways and how we think it should have been represented. Their ideas were incredibly insightful — real historical thinking at its best.

In Science, we sorted a variety of everyday materials such as rubber, rock, plastic, fabric, metal and glass. The children talked about the properties of each material using words like fragile, soft, hard, stretchy and tough. They enjoyed grouping and discussing the materials, and they showed a great understanding of how different materials behave and what they might be used for.

Well done, Year 1, for another brilliant weekof learning and exploring. You have all worked so hard and shown such maturity and curiosity. Have a lovely weekend — you’ve earned it!