In collective worship this week, we talked about self-efficacy, which means believing in ourselves and knowing that we can do things, even when they feel tricky. We watched the story of The Hare and the Tortoise and talked about what it teaches us. The hare thought he would win because Read more…
In Science this week, Year 1 focused their learning on the senses of taste and touch. We began with a “feely bag” activity, where the children took turns placing their hands inside and using their sense of touch to describe and guess the object inside. Some children repeated the activity Read more…
In Art, we have been looking at how we can use paper to create 3D sculptures. We have made paper based 3D art forms using techniques such as rolling and folding paper.
This half-term, our Science topic is Animals: Sensitive bodies. In our first lesson we began by singing heads, shoulders, knees and toes to warm up and activate our prior knowledge before sharing the names of body parts we already knew. As a class, we used our teamwork skills to draw Read more…
Willows had lots of fun at their Christmas party this week. We played lots of games, ate party food and showed the adults our fantastic dance moves. Well done to the children on a fantastic first term, and thank you to all the parents for your support. Wishing you all Read more…
When we arrived at school this morning, there was a rocket on our school field, which must have landed over night. When we arrived in the classroom we could see on our class screen that we had been sent a special mission. The mission was to plan for building a Read more…
Year 1 are loving our Mini Muay-Thai lessons this half-term. We are improving our fitness and learning the basics of martial arts. Our lessons are supported by videos from Kelly Haynes, who is a British champion of Muay Thai Boxing. We are also putting lots of work into our essential Read more…
As a reward for a fantastic first half-term in Year 1, and receiving enough dojos, Year 1 have enjoyed a treat morning. They put their creative skills to the test, completing leaf pictures, Autumn colouring and biscuit decorating. Well done on a fantastic start to Year 1! All the staff Read more…
This half-term focus ‘Essential skill’ has been Teamwork. This afternoon we gave Year 1 lots of challenges to put their teamwork skills to the test! In the challenges given, they had to communicate well using speaking and listening skills. They also had to be creative and problem solve, together. We Read more…
In Science, Year 1 have been learning about materials and their properties. Over the last 3 weeks, we have completed experiments to find out the answers to questions such as ‘Which materials float or sink?’, ‘Which materials absorb?’ and ‘Which materials are magnetic?’ The children have learnt the meaning of Read more…