Category: year1

Year 1 – Aqua and Sky

Wiggle Worm!

Hi everyone, This week’s topic we have combined R.E.  topic which is looking at our human responsibilities and values and Science topic looking at deciduous and evergreen trees. The children have considered why we care for the planet and ways to protect it. How they can be responsible by taking small actions such as; turning …

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Flora and Fauna

Hi everyone, This week, in our Art topic we have been studying different flora and fauna. We created detailed pencil drawings of different wildflowers and used our fingerprints to create minibeasts. At the end of the week, we used the skills to create our own flora and fauna artwork using paints and black marker pens. …

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Being Responsible!

Hi everyone, This week, our PSHE topic is about being responsible. The children talked about the things they are responsible for now and how those responsibilities will change as they grow older. The children looked at different scenarios and discussed the best outcomes for each one and how irresponsible actions can cause accidents. In English, …

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London’s Burning!

Welcome back! It’s hard to believe the children are now in their last half term of  Year 1. This week, the children have enjoyed our History topic on the Great Fire of London. The children looked at images of London at the time comparing housing, emineties and living conditions to today. They talked about the …

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A Day at the Museum

This week in English, we had fun setting the scene using some action figures for inspiration  and wrote our own Traction Man adventures.  We worked on our skills of different sentence types and tried to incorporate a range of end of sentence punctuation: full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. In Maths, we have been …

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Follow the Leader!

In English this week, the children have been very excited to learn the story ‘Traction Man’ by Mini Grey. We have used adjectives to describe his outfits, creating story maps and designing our own action figure dolls. In Maths, we have been learning about the division symbol and consolidating our knowledge of equal and unequal …

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Seeds and Celebrations!

This week in English, we have been reading our new text, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.  The book explores the journey and growth of a seed through the seasons and how it finally finds a place to settle and grow into a beautiful flower.  Our work around the story has linked to our Science …

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Weather Warning!

This week in English, the children have been having fun creating their own version of our class text, Mr Gumpy’s Outing.  They chose their own animals to join Mr Gumpy and wrote sentences using some exciting verbs to describe their bad behaviour! In Maths, we have worked on drawing and linking arrays to the associated …

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Fruit kebabs – yum!

Hi everyone, Welcome back. We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. The children have had a great few days and enjoyed exploring the new playground.  We have seen lots of smiling faces, as the children have more equipment and materials offering opportunities for creative child initiated play. In phonics, we are revisiting all …

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All about Easter

Hi everyone, We are at the end of our spring term and the children are ready for break. They have all worked so hard and enjoyed the topics covered and books read. In maths this week, the children have revisited the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. They have practised saying them aloud, learned some …

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