This week in RE, Year 1 had a special visit from Reverend Hayley! Reverend Hayley came to help the children further understand what happens during a Baptism. We saw wonderful pictures of her Church and even got to explore some artifacts. Reverend Hayley then demonstrated...
This week in Art, Year 1 have been experimenting with their primary colours. They have used red, yellow and blue to create their own secondary colours. They had lots of fun mixing their colours and were very excited to create orange, green and purple! The...
This week in maths in our Mastering Number lessons, Year 1 have been exploring ‘5 and a bit’. They have used a range of resources including cubes, die frames, ten frames and rekenreks. The children have used these representations to show the numbers 6, 7,...
Geography Lesson [gallery ids="21208,21209,21210,21211,21212,21213"] This week Year 1 have had their first Geography lesson! We took time to explore a range of maps, searching for different countries and oceans. We enjoyed learning new vocabulary and building our very own map of the United Kingdom using puzzle pieces!...
Welcome to Year 1. This week both Bumblebee and Ladybird class have settled well into Year 1. They have quickly picked up the new routines and transitioned from Reception with ease. They have created their own set of class rules as a class and explored a...
This week Year One have began to explore poetry. We have been looking at the poem ‘The Big, Big Sea’ by Martin Waddell. As our creative hook, we decided to recreate a beach scene. We used a range of resources and worked as a team...
This week Year One went on an adventure to Thorndon Country Park. We were very excited to be travelling by coach. When we arrived, we were able to partake in a variety of activities, including den building, dancing and learning how to be a woodland...
This week Year One have been exploring numbers to 100! We used dienes to help us identify how many tens and ones were in each number. We then used these skills to help us find one more and one less. [gallery ids="20726,20727,20728,20729"]...
This week Year One spotted something peculiar in their classrooms. On the tables they found purple prickles, green poisonous warts, a black tongue, knobbly knees and terrible claws. On the screen, were glowing orange eyes. The children used all the clues and realised who was...
Our Year 1 children have been learning how to use a compass. They went outside into the playground and directed each other through an obstacle course using a compass. They instructed each other using directions. They then went back to class and used the skills...