Class 1
British Science Week
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17th March 2023
What an exciting week we have had being scientists!
On Monday and Tuesday afternoon, we joined together with Year Two and Reception to take part in different experiements. These ranged from fizzing colours with Mrs Parker and Mrs McLoughlin to making cornflour slime 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
All brassed out!
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10th March 2023
On Monday, we were very fortunate enough to have Mr Whiteman and Year Five treat us to a brass performance! Mr Whiteman also showed us different instruments in the brass family and gave us a demonstration on the cornet, trumpet, trombone and tuba. Year Five sounds fantastic and it inspired us to make our own music with percussion instruments in the afternoon!
When we read Owl Babies in class, we learned about 3 young owls who were very worried when their mum went hunting in the night. In the woods, Snowdrops learned about the food chain that owls are part of. We played a hunting game, collecting our prey that was hidden in the woods. It was quite tricky as we tried to be as silent as a hunting owl would be. We used clay and pine cones to make our own little owls using natural materials and some of us made clay owl faces hiding in the trees. We were so busy that we nearly forgot our hot chocolate!
On a Thursday, the Sports Coach has been teaching us gym acro. This week we had lots of fun learning how to safely complete a forwards and backwards roll, and in previous weeks, we have been practicing the pike, tuck and straddle shapes along with using a straight and star jump to mount off equipment.
Have a fantastic weekend and hope you managed to enjoy the snow!
Mrs P and the Year One Team xxx
Let the battle truly commence!
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3rd March 2023
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!
On Thursday it was World Book Day. We came in our pyjamas and took part in a variety of different activities including designing our own bookmark for the bookshop Read in Holmfirth, listening to the book Kobe Ketchup and the Food Bank Adventure by Madelaine Black being read by Madelaine and snuggled down with our buddies to read some special books from home!
This week, Conifers thought about the changeable weather as we move towards Spring and our book was My Friend the Weather Monster. We sorted lots of adjectives and worked in teams to create some fabulous collages using natural materials. After we had warmed up with our hot chocolate, we made cakes to take to the weather monster in our mud kitchen and built caves to hide in (just like the weather monster at the top of the mountain.)
Have a lovely weekend and keep a look out for the aurora borealis!
Mrs P and the Year One Team xxx
What a fabulous first week back!
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24th February 2023
I would like to start by saying a massivve congratulations to Lily, Daphne, Isabelle and Kate from our class who have had their poetry chosen to be published in The Big Green Poetry Machine competition! We are incredibly porud of all of you!
In maths, we have started looking at mass. We have been using the balance scales to see which items are heavier and lighter than each other. On Friday, we measured the mass of different objects using non-standard units of measure. We discovered how many cubes have the same mass as everyday objects.
On Tuesday we learnt about Shrove Tuesday and how different places celebrate this Christian festival. We then watched Mrs Parker try to toss the pancakes then tasted them. Some of us decided to have lemon juice on them and some of us decided to have them plain. They were delicious!
Snowdrops read a fantastic story called ‘ My Friend the Weather Monster’ in our outdoor learning session on Monday morning. We thought about the adjectives that described the sad, lonely weather monster (Ron) and brave Tom, the little boy who found a way to make him happy. These describing words helped us to work in teams to create some amazing collages using natural materials that we discovered in the woods. We had great fun catching the wind with our huge parachute and spotted some very interesting looking fungus!
Have a lovely weekend and I hope the sun keeps on shining!
Mrs P and the Year One Team xxx
What a brilliant half term!
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10th February 2023
What a fantastic half term we have had in class, on behalf of the whole Year 1 team, I would like to thank you all for your continued support that you have given the children. It has allowed them to progress and mature greatly!
This week has been children' mental health week. We have done lots of acivities to help children understand what is mental health and how can we help ourselves and others to have a positive mental health. The theme for this year was 'Let's connect' so we though about how we are similar and different to everyone but if we all connect together, we are help each other and support each other. We learnt how to be still by completing some mindful breathing to help us calm down and relax. We also took part in some mindful movements, trying to balance and focus. We discussed how we could uses these techniques at home to help our mind stay positive and healthy.
This week we found out a lot about prey and predators in the wild. We thought about ways that prey can protect themselves or hide from predators. In our story, Superworm, the hero luckily manages to escape from the sharp beak of its predator, the big black crow! We used spoons, trowels and spades to dig for worms and designed and created some very fancy houses for them!
Mrs P and the Year 1 Team xxx