DATE: 8.05.2026

The Star of the week:    1L - Jacob

                                        1R - Marnie

Congratulations!

The Welsh Speaker of the week/Siaradwr yr wythnos this week:  1L - Thea

                                                                                                              1R - Naima

Llongyfachiadau!

This Week’s News

Dydd Gwener Hapus pawb!

🌱 What Lives in Our Garden?

We have had another exciting week continuing our inquiry, What lives in our garden? The children explored a range of research stations, including bug fact books, fact cards, and a tuff‑tray minibeast habitat. These hands‑on stations helped inspire the children’s ‘big questions’ as to what they are most curious to learn more about as our inquiry develops.

✏️ Language and Phonics

In language, the children added their big questions to their bug books, thinking carefully about question words such as what, when, where, how, and who, as well as using “I wonder…” sentences to show curiosity.

In phonics, we explored the suffixes –er and –est, using them to compare and describe things (e.g., faster, biggest). We also recapped the sounds oo (as in cool), oo (as in book), and oa (as in boat). The children enjoyed spotting these patterns in our reading books this week and applying them in their writing.

🔢 Maths

This week in maths we focused on fact families, exploring how numbers are connected and how addition and subtraction facts link together. This understanding will support the children next week when we begin working on missing number addition and subtraction sums. The children are becoming more confident explaining how they know a number belongs in a particular place.

🏃‍♂️ P.E.

We have been busy practising for Sports Day, with lots of running, balancing, and team activities. The children also had a special visit from basketball coaches who taught them new skills. They absolutely loved trying something different and showed brilliant enthusiasm and teamwork.

🗣️ Welsh

We continued practising “Dw i’n hoffi…” and “Dw i ddim yn hoffi…”, building confidence in expressing likes and dislikes. The children are becoming more independent using Welsh during daily routines, especially during the dinner register.

🌼 A lovely week of learning It has been wonderful to see the children’s curiosity grow as they explore the natural world and develop their questioning skills. We are excited to see where their big questions take us next.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, Best wishes, The Year 1 Team 🌟