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title: "Year 1: Independent Challenges"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-10-15-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_(11).png)   15 October 2025

Year 1 have been working extremely hard this week in independent challenges. We have been building Sukkahs using lego, practicing our number formation, writing silly sentences, working on greater than, less than and equal to and putting our phonics skills to the test in our phonics matching game! ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/photocards_ai_collage_(11).png)

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