Teacher: Mrs Flynn
Year 1 – Daffodil Chatter
Meeting people who help in our parish community
26-06-2025
As part of our R.E. curriculum, we have been learning about people in our parish. We met Amy McCormack who is our Extraordinary Minister of Communion. The children enjoyed asking lots of questions and sharing their knowledge.
Partitioning tens and ones
24-06-2025
Daffodil class have worked really hard exploring how we can partition a two-digit number using base ten to support us.
Our Parish Community
17-06-2025
We are really enjoying learning about our parish community and role playing our parish community of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Fun Phonics
04-06-2025
Year 1 have really enjoyed practising reading some alien words this week by playing a really cool game!
VE Day Celebrations
09-05-2025
Daffodil class really got into the spirit of VE Day, we made some fantastic celebratory hats and wore them for our street party lunch 🎉
No Pen Day
24-04-2025
Daffodil class have enjoy completing lots of practical activities today. We started our day with an active P.E.lesson and then completed some fantastic measuring activities including mass and capacity. In history, we ordered a time line and completed a past and present sorting activity.
Measuring length
01-04-2025
Daffodil class have really enjoyed measuring their classmates, we have used cubes to compare each other’s length. How many cubes long do you think you are?
Holding the chicks
26-03-2025
Daffodil class were so excited to have the chicks visit our class and we had the opportunity to stroke and hold them 🐥 we discussed how we have to be quiet and gentle with them.
Year 1 visit the chicks.
19-03-2025
Daffodil class were so excited to visit the new addition to our St Finbar’s family. We have discussed the importance and responsibility of caring for our chicks.
Jubilee 2025
26-02-2025
Daffodil class have enjoyed learning more about Pope Francis Pilgrimage of Hope.
Year 1&2 curriculum meeting ?
31-10-2023
Thank you to all the Parents/Carers from Year 2 and @StFinbars_Year1 for attending our curriculum meeting ?
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This week, Year 1 have been using the prefix un- to change the meaning of words…
31-10-2023
This week, Year 1 have been using the prefix un- to change the meaning of words. This has been the focus for our sentence accuracy, the children have done a great job! #stfinbarsenglish @LiteracyCounts1 @StFinbarsSch @JanJconley
Year 1 have had a problem with magic spiders…
31-10-2023
Year 1 have had a problem with magic spiders. We wrote a class set of instructions – How to Catch a Spider. Last night we set a trap, it didn’t work! Today will write our own instructions to try catch the pesky spiders! #stfinbarsenglish
Year 1 have been learning about number fact families…
31-10-2023
Year 1 have been learning about number fact families. We have used lots of different ways to help us understand quantity and number bonds, working together as a class. #stfinbarsmaths
This week, we have enjoyed a range of poems…
31-10-2023
This week, we have enjoyed a range of poems, some silly, some active and some that made us think. We read the poem At My House and thought of all the things that we love about our homes, writing up our own. #NationalPoetryDay2023
Year 1 are doing fantastic with attendance, keep it up!
31-10-2023
Another busy day, another happy dance for 100% attendance. Year 1 are doing fantastic with attendance, keep it up!
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Year 1 have been introduced to the part – whole model today
31-10-2023
Year 1 have been introduced to the part – whole model today. We have had fun exploring and partitioning numbers #stfinbarsmaths
Lego club had fun today trying to create our names using blocks
31-10-2023
Lego club had fun today trying to create our names using blocks. The children researched some of the trickier letters and worked together to do as many as they could. #AfterSchoolClub
Attendance dance!
31-10-2023
When Mrs Conely announces over the tannoy that you have 100% attendance, you stop what you’re doing and do the attendance dance!
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Today we have had a fun filled visit from @tonypeek …
31-10-2023
Today we have had a fun filled visit from @tonypeek , he helped Year 1 to create our own alliteration poems. We then made illustrations to match our silly sentences. #StFinbarsWriters #StFinbarsReaders
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What a great visit to Chester Zoo Year 1 had
31-10-2023
What a great visit to Chester Zoo Year 1 had. The children loved their first school trip. We learnt so much about how we can help our native animals and insects and saw lots of different wildlife.
