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26th April 2024
We were lucky enough this week to be involved with a Read Bookshop event with author, John Kane. We got to listen to him read through his new book, What is black and white? We had lots of fun listening to why he made his books and how they have all now been made in lots of different countries and in lots of different languages. He told us that me started making books to get his twin children to enjoy reading! Thank you so much to the Read Bookshop team for organising this amazing event!
In computing, we have started our new topic of digital writing. We looked at a keyboard and tried to get familiar with where the letters are. We then discovered how to access Microsoft Word and how they can be used like a piece of paper on our laptops. We opened a new document and typed the first 6 letters of the alphabet followed by the names of ourselves and our partners.
We managed to use our motte and bailey castles for imaginative play this week. We had so much fun creating different scenarios and stories, using something that we had made collaboratively.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Mad about multiplying
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19th April 2024
This week, we have been completing our design and technology topic. We worked in groups to create our motte and bailey castles, making sure that we made the free standing structure strong and stable. We use lots of different techniques including cutting, folding and joining. We included features like a flying bridge, drawbridge and a palisade.Next week, we are going to use them for imaginative play!
In science this week, we planted some beans. We discussed what plants needed to grow and then used this knowledge to plant the beans. We are going to observe them grow over the half term and keep a bean diary, measuring how they have grown in our classroom. Keep your eyes peeled for updates ...
We have started to look at grouping to help us with our multiplication. We used lots of different manipulatives to help us understand how to group different amounts to help us write a multiplication number sentence. We needed to count up in jumps of 2, 5 and 10 to help us work out the answers.
I hope the weather stays sunny for this weekend and it starts to warm up a little!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
What a first week back!
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12th April 2024
Wow! What a way to kick start the summer term here in Year One!
We had a lot of fun in the forest on a rainy Monday! It was lovely to hear the rain pattering on the shelter when we had our story, ‘The Weather Monster’. We used pots and pans to collect the water and worked as a team to build a channel system for it to run along.
In maths, we have been exploring position and direction. We have been looking at forwards, backwards, left, right, above and below. We gave our friends different instructions to follow and remembered that when giving instructions, we have to be specific, like when we were using Bee-Bot in computing.
In science, we have started our new topic all about plants. We looked at wild flowers that are common in the United Kingdom and learnt the names of these. We then wents on a soggy plants hunt to see which was most common in our school grounds. We discovered that daisies were the most common wild plant growing in our school grounds.
I am very excited to see what the rest of this half term bring!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
The holiday is here!
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22nd March 2024
What a brilliant end to a fabulous half term! On behalf of the whole Year 1 team, I would like to thank you all again for your continued support that you have given the children.
Sadly, we said goodbye to Mrs McLoughlin in assembly as she is leaving us to become a head teacher at another shool. We are especially sad in Year One as she taught us every Wednesday! We created cards for her where we wrote all about her and what we have remembered in our time with her. We are going to miss her terribly but wish her well for the future!
In history, we have been learning about the battle for the crown in 1066 after King Edward the Confessor died. We studied the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the deadly war fought between Harold Godwinson and Harold Hardrada. We recreated the battle on our field, with half of us pretending to be the Nords and the other half pretending to be the English. What fun we had bringing history to life!
We had an exciting design and technolody session today. We planned our structure of a motte and bailey castles in our groups. We thought about how we are going to make our freestanding structure and which additions we were going to add to the bailey. We are going to be creating these after Easter so keep your eyes peeled!
Have a fantastic weekend and holiday everyone, get lots of rest ready to start school again in 2 weeks!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
British Science Week
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15th March 2024
What an exciting week we have had being scientists!
On Monday and Wednesday afternoon, we joined together with Year Two and Reception to take part in different experiments. These ranged from exploding volcanoes with Mrs Parker and Mrs McLoughlin to making sand timers with Mr Hobson and Mrs Kendal. We had so much fun learning why the different changes took place! We have even started using our new skills to complete experiments at home!
We have started to look at the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood in English. On Thursday, we followed a recipe to make some cupcakes like Little Red did when going to visit her Grandma. We then wrote our very own set of instructions how to make cupcakes which Little Red could use in the future if she wanted to make more.
Have a great weekend and hopefully we will see some sun!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx