This week is financial awareness week. In Year 1 we have been focusing on job and skills. We have thought about which jobs and skills are going to help us to communicate, problem solve, use creative thinking skills and work as a team which also ties in with our skills 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
We have loved taking our Geography learning about weather outdoors into our Forest school lessons. Take a look at our lesson about wind, in which we made wind-catchers, and our lesson on rain, in which we made umbrellas. We are really enjoying our outdoor learning!
Today we are celebrating Hello Yellow, we have focused on our 5 ways to well-being and completed some activities. We have moved our bodies, we have given money to charity, time to one another and ourselves and we have also connected with our minds, bodies and each other. Just some Read more
Year 1 have been introduced to greater and less than symbols today. We used our essential skill of ‘Teamwork’ to create mathematical sentences using cubes and our crocodile symbols.
Today the whole school celebrated European Languages Day. As at St Luke’s we learn French, the children also came dressed in red, white and blue. We have fun doing lots of different activities such as learning to say good morning in different languages, learning numbers to 10 in French, eating Read more
This half term, Year 1 are learning about weather patterns during our geography lessons. So far we have learnt about weather patterns and how they differ from inland and costal areas. We have studied pictograms to see how the weather differs during different seasons of the year too. Today. We Read more
Our Art topic this half-term, is ‘Line and Shape’. So far, we have learnt the names of various lines, explored drawing lines with a variety of music, developed shapes and used music as a stimulus for line drawing.
This morning year 1 enjoyed a musical master class with Miss Fisher in the hall looking at rhythm and speed of sound. The children were able to create their own music using a range of equipment. The first produced different rhythms with their bodies and voices and then moved onto Read more
For this year’s art week theme – The Natural World, Year 1 have studied the artist Andy Goldsworthy, we have collected and remembered facts, looked at his artwork, collaged a fact file and then created our own pieces inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. During cool time, some of us practised what Read more