Year 1 have worked really hard and shown great improvement in their writing this half-term. We began by learning all about sentence structure and then read the story ‘A walk in the woods’, which is a picture book about children walking through the woods as it changes through each season. Read more…
Today, Oaks went on a hunt in Forest School to find things that were moving without being touched. When we gathered back together we talked about our findings and discovered that the wind was making things move. We talked about how this relates to God and how just because we Read more…
In Learning for life this week Year one have been discussing feelings. We named lots of different feelings such as happy, scared, excited, nervous, sad and angry. We also talked about what makes us feel different ways. The children enjoyed acting out different emotions. We then played feelings charades. We Read more…
To celebrate recycling week, year 1 have been learning about what happens to our waste and why recycling is important. This linked in really well with our science topic ‘materials’ in which we have been identifying different materials by their properties. In our enquiry area, children have been using their Read more…
This afternoon, the year 1 children spent some time completing social reading. The children chose a partner and a book of their choice, to sit and read together. The children were very grown up. They sat beautifully taking turns to read and discuss the books. I
Wow! What a fantastic first week in Year 1 Willows! We have been very busy learning about parts of a sentence in Writing, sorting objects in maths, using mirrors to draw self-portraits in art, writing prayers for our reflection area and much more. We have also really enjoyed learning about Read more…
During Art week we learnt about Andy Goldsworthy, he used lots of natural materials to create sculptures and pieces of art. We recreated a sculpture with paint and chalk. We really enjoyed it, we hope you like our artwork too.
A fabulous Summer fair with a great turn out.
During maths this week, year 1 Willows have been learning to recognise money and count coins. They have done some problem solving with coins, looked at real money and used coins to pay for items during shop role play. We’ve had lots of fun!
Year 1 took part in the ‘Great Science Share’. We had to investigate the question, ‘Which solution makes the best bubble?’ We made our own bubble wands and tested a solution with a little bit of washing up liquid in it and then a solution with a lot of washing up Read more…