Class 1
Christmas time!
admin on: Class 1
21st December 2023
I can't believe it but the end of the Autumn term is here! We have had such a fabulous time and the children have all worked incredibly hard, we are extremely proud of them and how they have all matured. We would just like to thank all of you at home for the continuing support that you have given us and the children, we really do appreciate it!
We performed in our tree-mendous Christmas production on Tuesday and what a spectacular job we did! We are all so proud of the children as they projected their voices, sang beautifully and the show went without a hitch!
Thank you all the grown ups that came to watch us perform, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed performing it!
On Wednesday we had our Christmas party! We played lots of games and even had some party food, thank you FONs for providing this!
We have been busy making lots of different Christmas crafts. These Christmas crackers and Christmas tree decorations!
Have a lovely Christmas break and we will see you in the New Year! Thank you all again!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Stepping into Christmas!
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15th December 2023
We finished our DT project this week, we made Christmas cards with moving mechanisms. We chose between the following mechanisms: sliders, levers and pivots, wheels and pivots. We decorated the front of our cards in a Christmas theme, thinking of what our recipient would like on the front of a card, before adding our mechanism. I think you will agree, that they look beautiful!
We took a moment this week to relax as things have been a little different with rehearsals for the Christmas production and did some yoga. We centered ourselves and thought about how we can take time out if we feel overwhelmed over the Christmas period and use some of these techniques to have a little moment to ourselves. We all feel ready for the last week before Christmas now ...
Have a good rest, ready for the last week of the Autumn term!
Mrs Parker and The Year One Team xxx
Stepping into winter
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8th December 2023
We had a snowy start to the week so we went outside at playtime while it was snowing! We had lots of fun making patterns with our footprints and making snowpeople!
In maths, we have been consolidating our 3D shapes knowledge by making them using marshmallows and cocktail sticks. We realised which 2D shapes are used to create 3D shapes. How much fun we had making these safely!
We had our school pantomine today, Snow White by M&M Productions. All the children had lots of fun (Oh no we didn't, oh yes we did!) and really enjoyed participating. We a great way to end our first week in December!
During English on a Wednesday, we have been larnnig about poetry, looking at the specific poem I Do Not Mind You, Winter Wind by Jack Prelutsky. We have been leanring to read this orally and even put some actions to it! The children were completely amazing, here is the copy of it. Why not ask the children to perform it at home at home for you with actions!
We are very excited about the next two weeks coming up so get lots fo rest ready for the Christmas festivities to begin!
Mrs P and the Year One Team xxx
Stop look, listen and think!
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24th November 2023
As this week is road safety week, we were incredibly lucky to have a visit from WJ Roadmarking, HW Martin (Trraffic Managment) Limited and Sustrans to help use learn more about how to safe on roads. We had a brilliant assembly where we even got to see how effective high visibility jackets are and why we need to wear them when it is dark!
In maths, we started looking at 2D shapes and their properties. Today, we went on a 2D shape hunt around the school grounds spotting the shapes, naming them and recalling their properties. We found that shapes are everywhere ...
In our history lesson this week, we looked at what Netherthong was like in the past using primary sources. We then compared them to what netherthong looks like now and wrote the similirities and differenes down on post-it notes next to the pictures.
Have a lovely weekend and hope you don't get blown away!
Mrs Parker and The Year One Team xxx
A bear-ry good week!
admin on: Class 1
17th November 2023
In English, we have been exploring the book Old Bear by Jane Hissey. This week we described the characters from the story using adjectives and then ended the week by writing a 'grrr-eat' fact file all about the history behind teddy bears.
In computing, our new topic is all about digital painting. We have been using Microsoft Paint to create self-portraits of our partners and this week, we looked at the artist Piet Mondrian and re-created his Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow. Here are some examples of our work.
In music, we have been listening to the Colonel Hathi's March from The Jungle Book. We practiced marching in time to the pulse of the music and even started to create our own music to march to. Hup, two, three, four, keep it up, two, three, four!
Have a brilliant weekend after a busy week!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx