Dates for your diary
Event Date
Year 5 Nuclear Races 06/06/2023
Whole Class Photos 07/06/2023 @ All day
Year 5 and 6 Quad Kids 07/06/2023
Phonics Screening Week 12/06/2023
Sports Day - years 5 and 6 13/06/2023 @ 09:30 - 11:00am

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YEAR 1
Welcome to our Year 1 page where we will share information to support and celebrate your child's success this year at Branfil.

Please use this page to find out information about the year 1 weekly learning objectives and an insight into the fantastic learning your child is doing at school.

Year 1 Team

1 Willow -
Mrs Robinson (Year Leader) Mon - Thurs
Mrs Harris - Friday
Mrs Medlock (TA Monday and Tuesday)
Mrs Rymik  (TA Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

1 Pine -
Mrs Hacker
Mrs Dawkins (TA Monday and Tuesday)
Mrs Isaacs (TA Wednesday -Friday)


1 Lime
Ms Dinsa (Monday and Tuesday)
Mrs Campbell (Wednesday - Friday)
Mrs Cole (TA Monday- Thursday
Mrs Dawkins (TA Friday)

We are looking forward to another fun and exciting year!

The Year 1 Team
NEWS & FEATURES FROM YEAR 1
18/05/2023 at 15:31
 
Forest School
1 Willow loved Forest School again this week and enjoyed making clay models.
10/05/2023 at 14:45
 
History
We have continued to learn about the first man on the moon this week. We had to organise a timeline of the events that happened.
MORE NEWS
History
10/05/2023 at 14:45
Coronation Picnic
03/05/2023 at 13:38
Upminster Library
26/04/2023 at 14:15
Year 1 Outdoor Learning Area
19/04/2023 at 14:21
Year 1 Outdoor Learning Area
19/04/2023 at 14:45
Easter Egg Roll
30/03/2023 at 14:11
Puppets
27/03/2023 at 12:05
Science Week
17/03/2023 at 12:16
Forest School
08/03/2023 at 13:47
World Book Day
08/03/2023 at 13:49
Attendance Trophy
08/03/2023 at 13:52
World Book Day
08/03/2023 at 13:53
Forest School
01/03/2023 at 12:51
Maths
01/03/2023 at 12:54
Author - Coral Vass
22/02/2023 at 16:57
Bring your teddy to school day!
22/02/2023 at 17:01
Children's Mental Health Week
08/02/2023 at 14:06
Valance House
05/02/2023 at 15:39
Maths
26/01/2023 at 15:42
Science
19/01/2023 at 13:41
Forest School
18/01/2023 at 13:10
Maths
11/01/2023 at 15:22
Snow day!
15/12/2022 at 11:57
A day in London
07/12/2022 at 14:11
Forest School
30/11/2022 at 13:54
Science -Materials
23/11/2022 at 14:30
Odd sock day!
15/11/2022 at 12:45
Book tasting
11/11/2022 at 13:28
Science - Is it waterproof?
11/11/2022 at 13:30
Science - Is it waterproof?
03/11/2022 at 12:02
Science
20/10/2022 at 17:04
History
13/10/2022 at 13:41
Science - Will it float?
06/10/2022 at 13:19
Forest School
29/09/2022 at 13:14
Science -Materials
22/09/2022 at 16:34
History- Toys
15/09/2022 at 17:46
History- Toys
15/09/2022 at 17:47
Welcome back!
08/09/2022 at 17:55
English
08/09/2022 at 17:56
Arts and Culture Week- India
14/07/2022 at 17:33
Vehicles
08/07/2022 at 16:23
Trip to St Laurence Church
30/06/2022 at 17:14
Sports Day
16/06/2022 at 17:26
Jubilee Dance and Book Tasting
09/06/2022 at 17:35
1 Willow Forest school
26/05/2022 at 17:15
Gymnastics
13/05/2022 at 17:12
Arrays
05/05/2022 at 17:17
R.E Day
28/04/2022 at 16:49
Brantley the Dragon
21/04/2022 at 17:55
Busy Week
01/04/2022 at 17:09
Science Week and 1 Lime's trip to the Library
17/03/2022 at 16:56
Maths-Measuring
10/03/2022 at 21:33
World Book Day
03/03/2022 at 15:58
Ingatestone Hall
24/02/2022 at 21:19
Mental Health Week
10/02/2022 at 15:36
Numbers to 50
03/02/2022 at 20:56
Lion performance poems
27/01/2022 at 16:05
Queens
21/01/2022 at 12:16
Science- Animals
13/01/2022 at 16:31
Welcome Back
07/01/2022 at 21:56
Merry Christmas
17/12/2021 at 15:30
Food Kebabs
09/12/2021 at 16:59
Virtual Author visit- Nick Sharratt
03/12/2021 at 12:20
In school trip to London
26/11/2021 at 12:17
2D and 3D shapes
18/11/2021 at 15:39
Science Colouring Mixing Investigation
05/11/2021 at 16:34
Floating and Sinking
21/10/2021 at 16:25
Science Visit
21/10/2021 at 16:26
Number Bonds
13/10/2021 at 16:35
Science Investigation
01/10/2021 at 16:09
Human Number line
22/09/2021 at 09:03
Toys
20/09/2021 at 08:58
Sunflowers
20/05/2021 at 17:40
Science!
20/05/2021 at 20:34
1st Week Back
22/04/2021 at 20:07
Puppets - DT Week
26/03/2021 at 16:40
Maths
19/03/2021 at 18:41
Writing
19/03/2021 at 18:43
DT Project
19/11/2020 at 15:55
Children In Need 2020
13/11/2020 at 15:36
Black History Month
22/10/2020 at 09:00
Halloween Craft
20/10/2020 at 17:53
Numicon
16/10/2020 at 16:20
Part Whole Models
09/10/2020 at 16:00
#helloyellow - Mental Health Day
09/10/2020 at 16:02
FINAL Pupil of the Week 17.07.20
17/07/2020 at 15:53
Pupil of the Week 10.7.20
10/07/2020 at 15:15
Pupil of the Week 3.7.20
03/07/2020 at 14:15
Pupil of the Week 26.6.20
26/06/2020 at 11:52
Pupil of the Week 19.6.20
19/06/2020 at 10:43
Pupil of the Week 12.6.20
12/06/2020 at 12:10
Pupil of the Week 5.6.20
05/06/2020 at 13:34
Pupil of the Week 22.05.20
22/05/2020 at 12:50
Pupil of the Week 15.5.20
15/05/2020 at 13:54
Children's Work
13/05/2020 at 19:32
Pupil of the Week 8.5.20
07/05/2020 at 14:38
Time
04/05/2020 at 15:22
Pupil of the Week - 1.5.20
01/05/2020 at 12:55
Beautiful artwork
30/04/2020 at 17:50
Welcome to Summer Term
20/04/2020 at 14:59
School closure and Easter Holidays
09/04/2020 at 13:27
Science Week
13/03/2020 at 08:02
1 Willow - World Book Day
05/03/2020 at 15:47
1 Lime - World Book Day
05/03/2020 at 16:54
Beegu
27/02/2020 at 15:48
Safer Internet Day
13/02/2020 at 15:54
Safer Internet Day
13/02/2020 at 15:56
Mental Health Week
10/02/2020 at 07:28
Mental Health Week
10/02/2020 at 07:29
Sorting Animals
30/01/2020 at 16:16
LIONS!
24/01/2020 at 15:48
Sorting Animals
20/01/2020 at 08:09
Road Safety
13/01/2020 at 08:19
Victorian Workshop
17/12/2019 at 16:19
Year 1 are Royal
27/11/2019 at 16:00
Fruit Kebab
27/11/2019 at 16:09
Victorian Peg Dolls
19/11/2019 at 16:01
Anti-Bullying Week - 1 Willow
15/11/2019 at 08:03
Anti-Bullying Week - 1 Pine
15/11/2019 at 08:05
Seasons
13/11/2019 at 08:05
Fireworks
13/11/2019 at 08:16
Autumn Walk
31/10/2019 at 09:54
World Values Day - 17th October 2019
31/10/2019 at 10:04
Maths
18/10/2019 at 09:00
Materials
11/10/2019 at 16:38
Victorian Toys
27/09/2019 at 16:26
Board Games
27/09/2019 at 16:32
Victorian School
20/09/2019 at 16:58
Exploring the classrooms
13/09/2019 at 16:32
Materials
13/09/2019 at 16:35
Researching and Making Notes
12/07/2019 at 12:10
Branfil's Got Talent Auditions
12/07/2019 at 12:11
Upminster Library Visit
04/07/2019 at 17:11
RE Day: Jonah and the Whale
01/07/2019 at 17:48
KS1 Sports Day
28/06/2019 at 17:43
Making Shapes
20/06/2019 at 09:02
Vehicle Design and Technology Project
14/06/2019 at 13:46
Spanish Food Tasting
07/06/2019 at 09:10
Flamenco Workshop
06/06/2019 at 18:31
Climates
22/05/2019 at 09:27
Sharing Equally
17/05/2019 at 08:54
Doubles
09/05/2019 at 08:51
Southend Sealife Adventure Aquarium Visit
03/05/2019 at 13:25
Measuring Investigation
10/04/2019 at 13:23
Three Little Pig Drama
02/04/2019 at 13:20
David Lucas Author Visit
27/03/2019 at 16:56
Sewing Puppets
22/03/2019 at 16:10
Wildlife Documentary Presenters
15/03/2019 at 12:17
Climate Change Superhero Workshop
13/03/2019 at 07:50
World Book Day
07/03/2019 at 15:24
Comparing Numbers
07/03/2019 at 16:25
Tennis
14/02/2019 at 15:56
Healthy Smoothies
11/02/2019 at 17:16
Road Safety Workshop
08/02/2019 at 12:25
Jesus' Life
06/02/2019 at 12:07
Grouping and Sorting Animals
01/02/2019 at 12:29
Lion Drama
25/01/2019 at 08:39
Shape Patterns
18/01/2019 at 17:03
3D Shapes
11/01/2019 at 12:29
Houses for the Three Little Pigs
18/12/2018 at 16:25
Victorian Big House
18/12/2018 at 16:54
Comparing Number Sentences
07/12/2018 at 07:43
Branfil Museum Afternoon
30/11/2018 at 16:09
D&T Smoothie Making
21/11/2018 at 08:04
Using Paint
15/11/2018 at 16:51
Active Adding in P.E.
09/11/2018 at 08:00
Happiness
19/10/2018 at 16:55
Maths Workshops
11/10/2018 at 20:22
Instruments
04/10/2018 at 13:16
Christening
27/09/2018 at 17:02
One More
20/09/2018 at 17:48
Comparing Victorian and Modern Toys
20/09/2018 at 18:11
Sorting and Counting
13/09/2018 at 17:26
Victorian Schools
13/09/2018 at 18:32
Pointillism leaves
07/09/2018 at 13:15
Creating games
18/07/2018 at 11:31
1Pine Attendance Award
13/07/2018 at 08:42
Friendship
13/07/2018 at 08:44
Visit to Upminster Library
02/07/2018 at 17:01
St Laurence Church
27/06/2018 at 12:21
Observing and describing plants
22/06/2018 at 15:14
Using a compass
22/06/2018 at 15:16
Working as a team
20/06/2018 at 09:13
R.E. Day - Jonah and the Whale
15/06/2018 at 17:02
Planting seeds
14/06/2018 at 17:02
Making numbers up to 100
06/06/2018 at 12:27
Southend Sealife Adventure Aquarium
24/05/2018 at 12:56
Positional and directional language
24/05/2018 at 16:58
Drafting designs for a printing tile
16/05/2018 at 13:02
Information Leaflets
14/05/2018 at 11:40
Underwater coding
11/05/2018 at 13:13
Common feaures of a church
11/05/2018 at 13:19
Outdoor Adventurous Activities
02/05/2018 at 09:27
Doubling
27/04/2018 at 16:53
Weather Report
27/04/2018 at 17:05
Outdoor Adventurous Activities
18/04/2018 at 16:03
Alternative pronunciation of 'y'
18/04/2018 at 16:35
The Easter Story
28/03/2018 at 11:47
Hedgehog instructions
22/03/2018 at 07:29
Capacity
22/03/2018 at 07:31
Science Week: Our bodies!
19/03/2018 at 12:34
Beating World Records
15/03/2018 at 15:55
World Book Day
09/03/2018 at 17:19
Length Investigation
08/03/2018 at 07:48
Alterative pronunciation of 'o'
08/03/2018 at 08:17
Investigating sight
05/03/2018 at 09:37
1Pine Explore Learning Workshop
21/02/2018 at 16:18
Counting in twos, five and tens
21/02/2018 at 16:27
Performing nursery rhymes
08/02/2018 at 16:49
Safer Internet Day
08/02/2018 at 16:54
Phonics
02/02/2018 at 17:05
Jonah and the whale
31/01/2018 at 16:31
Weaving
25/01/2018 at 12:32
Phonics Information Meeting 30.1.18
23/01/2018 at 16:29
Lion Information Texts
18/01/2018 at 16:02
Sorting Animals
18/01/2018 at 16:06
Point and Patches
11/01/2018 at 15:51
Word Processing - Typing
11/01/2018 at 15:54
Counting in 5s
05/01/2018 at 15:51
Counting in 2s
04/01/2018 at 12:38
Smoothie making
14/12/2017 at 16:18
Year 1 Christmas Production
14/12/2017 at 16:22
Comparing Groups of Objects
01/12/2017 at 10:40
Victorian Day
27/11/2017 at 12:37
Fruit Taste Testing
23/11/2017 at 08:45
Anti-Bullying Week 2017
20/11/2017 at 12:35
Anti-Bullying Week 2017
20/11/2017 at 12:37
Anti-Bullying Week 2017
20/11/2017 at 12:39
3D Shapes
15/11/2017 at 15:50
Testing materials
15/11/2017 at 15:55
Taking away
09/11/2017 at 08:03
Firework Poems
03/11/2017 at 12:32
Number bonds to 10
02/11/2017 at 08:09
Number bonds painting
20/10/2017 at 09:09
Floating and Sinking
18/10/2017 at 13:01
Road Wise Rangers
13/10/2017 at 08:42
Sikh naming ceremony
05/10/2017 at 16:48
Ordinal Numbers
05/10/2017 at 18:41
Music
29/09/2017 at 08:33
Maths
29/09/2017 at 08:36
Baptism
22/09/2017 at 08:56
Victorian toys
22/09/2017 at 09:00
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Week
Summary
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22/05/2023 MATHS:
Describe turns
Describe position – left and right
Describe position – forwards and backwards
Describe position – above and below
Ordinal numbers

ENGLISH:
To use but to write compound sentences
To use and to write compound sentences
To sequence the key events from a story
To identify adverbs in a story EDIT