Welcome to our Year 1, Badger Class page

Class Teacher: Mrs B Taylor

Support Staff: Mrs A Tovey 

PE Days: Thursday and Friday 

In Badger class we pride ourselves on delivering a curriculum that provides enriching experiences for all children in the class.

Please click on the link below for all the information on what we are learning about this half-term. 

This week (7th April 2025 - 11th April 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we have rounded off our English units by writing our biographies about the infamous pirate Anne Bonny. We have shown incredible independence in our writing this term! 

In history, we thought about whether we would prefer to live in the Victorian era or the Elizabethan era. Some of the children in year one felt that they couldn't do without their games, others were fascinated to learn about schools in the Victorian era. 

In maths, we have continued to practise our repeated addition and multiplication, with a focus on doubling at the end of the week. We used lots of different equipment to demonstrate our understanding of equal groups, arrays and doubling numbers up to 10.

In science, we have all now planted our beans outside, they were growing much too tall for the classroom! Now they will be able to get lots more sun. 

We thought about who and what we are thankful for in R.E, creating cards for people to say thank you, lots of children wanted to thank their parents and carers for all the yummy food they eat!

(31st March 2025 - 4th April 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we have loved learning about the pirate Anne Bonny for our English lessons. To find out about her, we had to be information pirates, hunting for clues around our classrooms! 

In history, we have continued to look at Queen Victoria, comparing the Victorian era to the Elizabethan era. 

We have been so impressed by the children's maths knowledge this week! We are focusing on our 2s, 5s and 10s, counting forwards and backwards. The children are growing in confidence and chanting enthusiastically every day!

(24th March 2025 - 28th March 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we had an exciting treat with a visit from CLS to learn all about performance poetry. We listened to some poems that Cassie read, and then we learnt a poem to perform to each other. We really enjoyed our afternoon of poetry!

In History we looked at some portraits of Queen Victoria and tried to find the things that were important to her. 

We have been looking at capacity and volume in Maths. The children are getting really good at remembering what these words mean, and the difference between them. 

(17th  March 2025 - 21st March 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we have started to learn about another Queen in English history, Queen Victoria. We have learnt about how things were different in Victorian times, we were amazed that people had to light a fire to use their cookers!

We have been looking at a painting in our Art lesson by Claude Monet. It was a seascape and we noticed that we could see the sun shining on the water. We then tried to paint the sea by mixing lots of blue, white and yellow to create the same effect.  

(10th March 2025 - 14th March 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we have been learning to use a ruler to measure in cm. We are now using the vocabulary heavier and lighter to compare the mass of two objects.

In English we have been completing our Big Writes based on 'The Pirates are Coming'. We have really enjoyed working on this story, it's definitely been a Year 1 favourite!

In History we have been looking at portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, and searching for clues about her favourite things. We noticed that she liked dogs and cups of tea!

Also look out for QR codes or weblinks that the teachers are going to post on Weduc. These are for the children to practise the phonics that the children have been learning in class. These will be links to videos that the children can access themselves. 

(3rd March 2025 - 7th March 2025)

Year 1

This week in Year 1 we have started to change 'The Pirates are coming' to make our own story! We have been practising telling each other the original story using our story maps. All of the adults are really impressed with how well we have learnt the story.

In Maths we have been using the vocabulary long, short, longer, shorter, taller to compare objects and items. We have been using cubes to measure items in the classroom and have been talking about not leaving gaps between the cubes, and starting measuring at one end of the object.

We have been learning about what life was like at the time of Queen Elizabeth the second's reign. We compared this to what we previously learnt about what life was like for our grandparents in October. We really enjoyed finding out about the Queen's parents, children and how heavy her coronation crown was! 

(24th February 2025 - 28th February 2025)

This week in Year 1 we have had a very exciting visit from a pirate. We found a message in a bottle that said ‘The Pirates are coming’ and we told each other what we thought might happen! The next day we saw a pirate run across the back of our classrooms and then in the playground! They dropped a map with an x on it! We thought they must have hidden some treasure. The following day we found a treasure chest in our outdoor area which was full of treasure! We all decided it must be some treasure that the pirate had left for us! 

We have also found a book called ‘The Pirates are Coming’ which we have been reading and making our own freeze frame photos from. This book has a great ending which none of us predicted!