Year 1 - Rain dodging on the playground!
The clouds were looming large but we managed to avoid the downpour and have a fantastic lunch time on the Adventure Playground! Year 1 have waited so patiently for their turn and had so much fun!
Year 1 - VE Day 2021
We had such a fantastic day celebrating VE Day 2021! In Year 1 we looked at photographs of life during the war, and some images of VE Day celebrations! We noticed their happy expressions and discussed how they must have felt knowing the war was over!
We were treated to a gorgeous 'street…
Year 1 - Jigsaw - Learning about greetings!
This week in Jigsaw (PHSE), we have been thinking about greetings! Our important message was that we or our friends might not like being touched, hugged or having our hands held. We role played asking for permission to hug or hold hands, saying yes or no depending on how we felt! Finally, we…
Year 1 - Plants
Year 1 have really enjoyed the start of their Plants topic in Science! We had a really close look at some beautiful Chrysanthemums before dissecting them to discover their structure! Using our key words, we sorted the plant into 4 different parts.
Year 1 - Spring time!
Spring has sprung! Year 1 had a wonderful time in the sunshine spotting signs of Spring. New leaves on the trees, flowers popping up everywhere, bees buzzing around ready to pollinate! They sketched what they could see and used fantastic vocabulary to compare Spring to the 3 other seasons!
Year 1 - Arctic explorers!
In History we have been learning all about EXPLORERS! After learning all about the Arctic regions in Geography, we then read an amazing book called 'The Great Explorer' by Chris Judge. In the book, a young boy goes to rescue his Dad by setting off to explore the North Pole! He tells us all about…
Year 1 - Subtraction
Year 1 have been working so hard on our new Maths concept - subtraction! We have enjoyed using cubes to practice taking away, and some of us have been writing subtraction questions for our friends to complete!
Year 1 - A visitor at our door!
We had just settled down for an afternoon in Year 1, when suddenly Miss Taylor opened the door to see a little fluffy friend wanting to be let in! A polar bear! A lost polar bear!
Year 1 had an amazing afternoon wondering all about where the polar bear had come from! We saw that he was covered…
Year 1 - Playground fun!
Year 1 have so enjoyed using our amazing new playground! Well done Year 1 - attendance superstars!
Year 1 - Charcoal sketches
This artistic bunch had a great time doing charcoal sketches of animals in their sketchbooks this week! We have been looking at the work of sculptor Hamish Mackie in the build up to creating our own animals sculptures - today using our new charcoal skills to design and sketch animals we could…
Year 1 - Black History Month
As part of Black History Month, Year 1 have been learning about Floella Benjamin and her journey to England from Trinidad. We had some incredible discussion about the fact that her experiences when first arriving in the UK were not positive, as some people made judgements about her based on the…
Year 1 - Exploring animal poo!
Year 1 had a stinky surprise left in their class when they had to investigate 3 different types of animal ‘poo’ and find our which animal it could have come from!
They looked closely for clues and used their amazing knowledge of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores to deduce who could have…
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