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…
All of year 1 had a fantastic time at forest school today. Oaks enjoyed finding things that grow and went on a hunt for different types of seeds. We then carried out a mindfulness activity, thinking about where the seed has come from and what it might grow into. We 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
Year 1 Oaks have made a fabulous start to the new school year and have settled into their new class well. We are really proud of how the children have come in showing green behaviour and starting their year one learning journeys. We have discussed the classroom rules, created self-portraits, Read more…
A fabulous Summer fair with a great turn out.
Mrs Spears surprised Year 1 today with some new Lego! They got to choose to either play on the playground or play with Lego. There were some challenges for the children to complete. What a lovely surprise… the children loved it! Thank you Mrs Spears.
We loved Science today. We conducted an experiment to see which solution would be better to blow bubbles with. We made our own bubble wands and tested a solution with a tiny bit of washing up liquid against one with lots of it! We found the one with loads was Read more…
In gardening club over the last 2 weeks, we have had lots of fun making caterpillar grass heads and creating watercolour paintings. We have planted plugs into our planters and we hope to see some growth soon.
We loved our Coronation picnic. We ate in our classrooms and had a lovely time. We made crowns, biscuits and got to take home a lovely Coronation mug!