Team Merry (Yr1)

We loved our Art to Start session, where we created our own collages inspired by the artist Peter Clarke.

We explored his artwork and noticed how he creates animal collages using a range of materials such as wrapping paper, letters, maps, and patterned paper. We looked closely at how he layers different textures and patterns to create interesting and eye-catching effects.

Using these ideas, we then began creating our own animal collages, carefully choosing materials and thinking about how to combine them in creative ways. We had so much fun experimenting and bringing our ideas to life!

This week in Personal Development, we have looked at the important value of respect. We thought carefully about what respect looks like in our classroom and created posters to show how we can be kind, thoughtful, and respectful to others.

We also learnt about people who help in our society. During Choosing Time, we created our own role-play village, where we took on different jobs such as scientists making medicines, farmers, shopkeepers, chefs, and restaurant workers. It was so much fun acting out these roles and understanding how everyone helps our community in different ways.

Another part of our learning was about manners. We explored how to use good manners and what to do if we see or hear poor manners — thinking about how we can gently make better choices. As an extra challenge, we even learnt how to say “please,” “thank you,” “sorry,” and “help” in British Sign Language (BSL)!

It has been a wonderful week of learning about how we can be kind, respectful, and responsible members of our community. 💛

This term, Year 1 will be studying the topic ‘Animals and Us’ where we will be exploring the features of different animals, learning about the different animal groups and how we are different from animals. To enhance this learning, we will be taking the children to the Powell-Cotton Museum on Thursday 14th May . This will be an exciting trip to bring their learning to life. 

Full school uniform must be worn and suitable shoes for walking. Please send your child in with a sun hat and waterproof coat as we will be visiting the beautiful gardens during our visit too. The trip will take place within normal school hours, so please ensure your child is at school by 8:30am and collected at 3pm. If we are running late the school will keep you informed.  A Free School Packed Lunch will be provided by the school, although you are of course welcome to send them with a home packed lunch. Please ensure they have a water bottle in school for the day too. 

If you can help, please let us know on the door or via the office. 

Thank you, 

Miss Morris & Miss Merry :) 

We have been making rain gauges for a science experiment. 

Partitioning into tens and ones.