Today Year 1 Willows had lots of fun recreating the story of Palm Sunday which they have been learning about in class. They acted it out and got very messy painting different scenes with mud. We also made Lent promises on leaves and did some exploring.
In art, year 1 have been learning about and creating 3D art. This week, in forest school, we created our own 3D sculptures, of an animal of our choice, using clay and natural materials. After working so hard in lessons today, we also had some free time exploring forest school Read more…
This half-term, Year 1 are going to be writing a travel journal. Yesterday we learnt about what a travel journal is and watched a travel vlog to help us gather ideas about the type of things we will write about. Today we watched videos about safaris so we could remember Read more…
Today, Year 1 had a fab Christmas party. We ate party food, played party games, sang, danced and even had a special visit from Father Christmas, who brought us all a gift. Merry Christmas to all our Year 1 Children and their families. We hope you have a fabulous half-term.
In history, we have been learning about and comparing toys of past and present. Today, our classroom was set up to look like a toy museum. We used post-it notes to ask questions about the toys and discussed how we thought they were used. We then spent some time playing Read more…
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…
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…
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 geography, we have been learning about weather. This week, we watched weather reports and discussed why they are important. We also learnt symbols that are used to show different types of weather. Then, we became the reporters. We used language such as North, South, inland and coastal to act 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…