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title: "Year 1 - Independent Challenges"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-10-09-year-1-independent-challenges"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 1 - Independent Challenges

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/photocards_ai_collage_(8).png)   9 October 2025

Year 1 were busy this week developing core skills across different activities. They focused on literacy by creating silly sentences, strengthened their fine motor skills and measurement by building towers with cubes, practiced numeracy by writing number lines, and boosted their geographical awareness by collaborating to build an aerial map of the school. They learned through focused play and exploration!![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/photocards_ai_collage_(8).png)

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