In RE, we have been thinking about special places. In forest school this week we shared places that are special to use around the fire circle. The children then got busy creating their own special places. The children worked hard building their own den and could explain why it was Read more…
In Art, year one have been learning about sculptures. We have looked and lots of examples and used paper and card to create our own sculptures. Some children made towers and cone shapes to create their own castles. Other children have thought about how we can create different textures using Read more…
In RE this half term, we are looking at different festivals. Today we looked at the question: What is Christmas? The children shared what Christmas means to them and we also discussed why Christmas is important to Christians. The children worked in groups to act out the nativity and then Read more…
In art this week we talked about how a colour can be lots of different shades and hues. The children collected lots of things that are green. We discussed the shades of green and how we can use yellow and blue to make these shades. The children then made some Read more…
The Ethos team were invited to design decorations for a tree to be displayed in St Luke’s Church. The children decided that they wanted the tree to represent our school using our Christian values, the nativity and our school colours. They worked hard making the decorations. Today we walked to Read more…
The children had fun this afternoon in art printing with paint. We looked at how we could use Lego bricks to create prints by painting and stamping the blocks. The children experiment with pattern, shape and colour. Some children challenged themselves to make their initials using the blocks.
Year one enjoyed their day exploring prayer in different ways today. They thought about tree rings and how they show the growth of a tree, then thought about how they’ve grown since they were born. They then write some lovely prayers saying thank you to God for helping them to Read more…
We were very excited to have our MAF launch assembly this half term. The children were told all about what MAF is and the important work that they do. The children have also had an opportunity to explore the MAF discovery box which was full of items that could be Read more…
This week we were very excited to have some parents and carers come and join us. The children showed off their writing that they have been doing about seasons. We then talked about the signs of autumn, winter, spring and summer. The children then worked with their parents to create Read more…
In maths this week, Year one have been learning about part whole models. We have learnt some actions to help us to remember what they represent. We have also used different objects in part whole models. Today we have started to write the part whole model into a number sentence. Read more…