Year 1

In Year 1 at Kirkby and Great Broughton Primary School we have our school ethos at the heart of everything we do:

Shine within themselves
Shine for our community
Shine out to the world
Together, we light the way for others. 

Miss Edwards is the Year 1 teacher and works with a fantastic Key Stage team to deliver an engaging and exciting curriculum. 

We are learning some wonderful things this year, but we especially love our Topic sessions in class where we will get to enjoy learning about:

  • Childhood and toys in the Past,
  • Where our school is in the big wide world, 
  • The Great Fire of London,
  • Where have humans explored?
  • Aboriginal Art
  • Seasonal Weather Patterns
  • Great Explorers – including James Cook.

It is a big transition for Year 1 from Reception with the Early Years Framework. In Year 1, the children are introduced to a formal learning structure, developing prior knowledge whilst still enhancing their creativity. We promote a welcoming and inclusive environment for children to become confident learners, respecting one another.

In Year 1 we are given the opportunity to become more independent, we look after each other and care for each other in our classroom and on the playground. We understand the importance of caring for the world around us, including all of God’s creatures.

We enjoy regularly sharing our exciting learning journey with our families through Seesaw where parents and family members can keep up to date with us.

Friday 16th June 2023

We could not have been prouder of our Year 6 children last week. Throughout the week at EastBarnby they all showed determination, perseverance and teamwork as they tried lots of new things.A really busy week consisted of climbing, canoeing, body boarding, sailing,...

Friday 26th May 2023

As we end the half term, everyone here wishes you a sun-filled and happy half term where hopefully you can spend time with family and friends. It has certainly been a busy half term in school and next half term promises to be busier still! We are still awaiting our...

Friday 12th May 2023

Congratulations to our Year Six children who completed their SATS assessments this week. They tackled them with determination and smiles - we are so proud of them all. You are all shiningstars. The whole school also did us proud last week when the inspectors came to...

Friday 21st April 2023

Welcome back to the summer term and a special welcome to two new faces, Jasper and Rory. Itpromises to be a busy and fun term with lots of things already planned so please do look at thedates at the bottom of this newsletter.Children are already back into work and...

Friday 24th March 2023

As this will be the last newsletter this term, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all avery happy Easter. We hope that you can join us at church for our Easter service on Wednesday at11am. Next week in school we will be looking at different aspects of...

Friday 10th March 2023

Red Nose Day This term our well-being focus is 'Give'. we know that this is notjust about giving to charity but giving time, love and just being agood friend. However, the school council would like to use ComicRelief to take the opportunity to give to those less...

Friday 24th February 2023

Every week at school children use 'Picture News' to explore acurrent world issue. These also highlight and aid discussion aboutone of our British Values which are: Democracy Rule of law Individual liberty Mutual respect Tolerance

Friday 3rd February 2023

At school we love reading! The staff and children alike are being encouraged to discover newauthors and try new books. It was great to hear positive feedback on this in the Parents' Forum.Watch out for more news on this and plans for World Book Day on March 7th. In...

Friday 20th January 2023

Another busy couple of weeks full of fantastic learning comes to an end. One of the greatestthings to witness as an adult in our school is the support that the older children give to ouryounger ones. This epitomises the part of our vision with the older children...