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Year 1 2024-2025 Blog

Spike ball

Today in PE, we started our target games 3 topic. The children were introduced to a game called Spike ball. The children practised catching a ball with two hands, they learnt to keep their eyes on the ball and to have their hands ready when waiting to recieve the ball. A busy first day back! 


Mini Marathon

Today, we started our Mini London Marathon journey completing 10 minutes of running. We will be completing more throughout the week to run 2 miles in total. Great job! 


Hot or Cold?

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break! Our topic for Summer 1 is 'Hot or Cold?'. We will be learning all about where the North Pole, South Pole and the equator. We will identify where these are on a globe and compare the key features of hot and cold places. We will go on a trip to Eureka where the children will learn about themselves and the world around them through imagination, discovery and play! We will be preparing for our phonics screening check. recapping and revisiting all of our phase 3, 4 and 5 sounds.


Maths in Art!

Most classes took part in an Art activity during the recent World Maths Day!  It was a great opportunity to investigate different shapes and the children were inspired by artists such as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian.  Year 4 focussed on M.C. Escher and his infamous tessellations whilst Year 6 included some 3D art into the equation!  Fantastic artwork by everyone!  Mrs Blomeley.


Visit from GB sprinter Andy Robertson

We were lucky enough to have a visit from GB sprinter Andy Robertson who recently won the bronze medal at the European indoor athletics championships. He told us all about his life as an athlete and how he started athletics when he was 8 years old! He answered lots of our questions and even brought his medal in to show us!


World Maths Day Awards!

Well done to all our award winners following World Maths Day last week!  The whole school took part in the Mathletics challenge to play with almost 10,000 children across the country!  Our children at Broadbent Fold excel at Maths and we are very proud of their brilliant efforts!  Certificates were awarded to the top 5 children in each class, with prizes for the top scoring children across the country.  Our Year 4 winner came 51st in the country!  How amazing!  Prizes were also given for fantastic homework and for trying to find a job that doesn't need Maths!  Of course, every job needs Mat


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