Year 1 2025-2026 Blog

I have just had the privilege of counting the money raised for our sponsored walk on Monday. Well, what can I say? You have raised £2,618.50 so far by sponsoring your child to walk around Gorse Hall. The Year 6 children have mapped the route this morning and are eager to marshal the event. We are so grateful for your generosity. Whenever you pop into school, please have a look at how our sensory room is developing.  I look forward to seeing a lot of you on Monday morning when you join us on the sponsored walk. Dress up warmly as there is a slight chance of rain. 

Our Year 1 and 2 boys loved representing Broadbent Fold for the first time in a futsal festival on Friday. They had some coaching by Inspired Futsal and learnt lots of new skills. Well done boys! 

Well done to this week’s Head-Teacher and Good to be Green award winners - a super start back after the Easter half term. Well done to O who has achieved an award at her Gymnastics club, keep up the hard work!

Year 1 have been creating sunflower art inspired by Georges Seurat’s pointillism technique. The children found this fun and relaxing. Instead of using a brush, the children dipped ear buds into paint and gently dab small dots onto their paper to build up their image. The children started with a simple outline of a sunflower, then layered different shades of yellow, brown, and green using tiny dots to create depth and texture. This method mimics Seurat’s style, where individual dots of colour blend together