Class of 2030

This week, Year 1 took part in Mental Health Week. We participated in a virtual assembly with lots of other schools to celebrate and discuss keeping our minds healthy. Miss Carvill gathered some ideas from the children about how we could keep our minds healthy and things that we enjoy doing which…

In Science, Year 1 have been learning to identify animals and group them based on their features. We have been grouping different animals and identifying them for the past few weeks but today we had lots of different images of animals. The children were required to work scientifically in partners…

This week, in Jigsaw we talked about our Dreams and Goals. We used making a jam sandwich as an example to understand how we have steps we need to take before we can reach our goals. The children talked lots about their future jobs and they recognised how they needed to do things before they could…

Year 1 have demonstrated a real love for learning this week across all subjects. 

We have evolved our understanding of place value in Maths using base 10 equipment  to show 10's and 1's in our teen numbers. In English we are beginning  to prepare for our big independent write using our capital…

This week, in History, year 1 compared old and new toys. We discussed how toys have evolved and changed over the years.

We used a Ven diagram to sort some images in to old toys, new toys and toys that fit both categories. 

Year 1, enjoyed a practical Science lesson. We learnt what happens to an object when it is floating or sinking in water. We used our previous knowledge about materials to make predictions about certain objects, predicting if  would float or sink when we put them in the water. 

Year 1 have been busy in Maths this week! 

We have quickly mastered the additional symbol and used counters to write our own addition number sentences.

This week, in Science, Y1 discovered that rock is a material. We explored some real rock and discussed how it looked and felt. We also looked at some things that were made of rock such as walls, statues and roads. We used scales to weigh some of the rock with a selection of every day materials we…

Great start to the Anti-Bullying week for Year 1, we learnt all about what bullying is and bullying can affect somebody. We used lots of new vocab to discuss emotions and feelings.

All children wore odd socks today, and we talked about how we are all unique and different, as we have recently…

To celebrate Black History Month, Year 1 learned about Martin Luther Kings inspiration speech. The children discussed how if was 'unfair' for many black people many years ago and they were inspired at how inspiration Martin Luther King was. Year 1 they designed their own speech bubble starting…

This week, in Maths, Year 1 have been learning about ordering numbers. We ordered some objects and numbers from the greatest amount to the fewest and vice versa. 

Before moving on to numbers, the children completed this task to support their deeper understanding of the words 'greatest' and…

Year 1 had a lovely lesson in Jigsaw this week, we talked lots about being part of our class and our responsibilities as a member of the class. We also discussed our preferences for learning, some children said they like learning when the room the quiet, other expressed their excitement for…