Category: Year 1
Year 1
At Forest School, Year 1 learnt about fire safety, played in the mud kitchen and celebrated Ore’sbirthday! The children have really enjoyed their Maths investigations into weight this week and have worked beautifully in teams to develop their understanding of which objects are heavier, which are lighter and which weigh the same. The children began…
Year 1
Year 1 are really into the Christmas spirit as the end of term is fast approaching. We started this week by recording the musical numbers from our end of term production and then Wednesday was spent performing our speaking roles, and then re-recording them on Friday due to a technical hitch!! The children looked wonderful…
Year 1
We completed our Literacy work on Guy Fawkes this week by composing a ‘wanted’ poster to include a description of Guy Fawkes. The children thought of some super similes which made their writing much more interesting to read. Here are some examples. Zoe- His top is big and fluffy like a princess’ ball gown. Finlay- His T-shirt pattern…
Year 1
Year 1 has had a very busy week full of lots of different activities. We spent some time making poppy collages to hold for our Remembrance Service and learnt about why we have poppies to symbolise this day. We have also put our craft skills to the test in making some Diwali lanterns for our…
Year 1
This half term we have been exploring place value in all its glory in Maths and this week has been no exception. We have continued to develop our understanding of the greater than, less than and equals to symbols both practically and on paper. The teachers have been really impressed by the children’s use of…
Year 1
When you can’t go on a school trip, then the school trip has to come to you! The Year 1 teachers organised a ‘roarsome’, fun-filled animal day on Wednesday for their classes who were sadly unable to go to the British Wildlife Centre due to the current pandemic. The children started the day by making…
Year 1
To introduce this half term’s topic ‘My World’, we started this week by looking at ‘Ourselves’. In Literacy we talked about things that we like and dislike and then wrote a few sentences on each. Broccoli seems to be well liked! Mrs Barham really loved all the extra details her children used to add interest to…
Year 1 Science
Last week both Year 1 classes started thinking about the rain as so much rain was forecast! The children made rain gauges from their carefully collected lemonade bottles. They were very excited to check their gauges each day and were not disappointed by the amount of rain they collected! Nothing this week however!
Blue Peter Badge
Ibby sent his blue whale mini project to Blue Peter and gained a green Blue Peter badge!
Touch Typing
Year 1 used a touch typing programme this week in IT lessons on iPads in our classroom bubbles. Areen tried hard to use the correct finger on the right key.