Year 1 - Spring 2 - Week 2

Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 7:31pm

What a fun and exciting week it’s been in Year 1!

In Maths, we continued building on our place value learning from last week. This time we worked with numbers from 20 to 50, practising our counting and becoming more confident with larger numbers. We also developed our partitioning skills, breaking numbers up into tens and ones. Using Base 10 resources really helped us to see how numbers are made and supported our understanding. The children did a fantastic job explaining their thinking and showing how they know how many tens and ones are in a number.

In English, we worked hard on developing our descriptive writing. Using our new story as inspiration, we practised writing sentences that describe what is happening in more detail. We focused on using the word “and” to join phrases together and make our sentences longer and more interesting. The children came up with some wonderful ideas and showed great imagination in their writing.

In Geography, we continued learning about life on the farm. This week we discovered more about how animals are looked after, learning about pig sties and chicken coops. The children enjoyed discussing why animals need different types of homes and how farmers care for them.

It was also an extra special week because we celebrated World Book Day! We were lucky enough to take part in a fantastic dance lesson, moving and grooving to “I Want to Be Like You” from The Jungle Book. We were so impressed by everyone’s brilliant listening skills and enthusiastic dancing. The monkey-like moves and wonderful partner work were definitely a highlight! We had a Matilda-themed day, which was so much fun. One of our favourite activities was making mini chocolate cakes to recreate the famous chocolate cake scene. The children loved acting out their favourite moments while enjoying their delicious creations. It was such a joyful way to celebrate our love of stories and books.