Class 1
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
Time for tea!
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8th March 2024
This week has been National Careers week and to celebrate this, we have been having lots of visitors to come into school and discuss what their jobs are. We have had a barrister, nutritionist, chef and police worker, who have been explaining why they chose their jobs and what they do every day in their roles. We are looking forward to seeing more visitors in the future to discuss what their jobs are to help inspire us for the future! Thank you to everyone who came and spoke to us, we loved listening to you, learning about your jobs!
On Thursday it was World Book Day. We took part in a variety of different activities including designing our own bookmark for the bookshop Read in Holmfirth and having our own tea party! Thank you to everyone who made some yummy treats for us, we loved spending time together in the library and listening to one of our new favourite books, The Night Zoo Keeper and the Lioness of Fire Desert.
A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who made and brought in cakes for us to eat! We had such a special time and a special thank you Mrs McLoughlin for organising this amazing event!
I hope the sun continues shining this weekend for you!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Look how we are blossoming!
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1st March 2024
We were lucky enough on Tuesday to have the Musica Jazz ensemble come and perform for the whole school. The recital covers musical instruments, science of sound, key vocabulary and different styles and genres of music. We had a teacher from each family of instruments, the string, woodwind, percussion and brass families, they brought a range of instruments to show us while performing different pieces of music. They talked about how their instruments make the sounds they do and how you can change the pitch, dynamic and tempo when playing the instruments. We had lots of fun joining in with the actions, feeling the different mouthpieces and even creating our own piano! We ended our session by joining in with the song, I'm Still Standing. Thank you to the Musica Jazz team, we had so much fun!
In art, we carefully looked at a flower, like we did in Autumn 1, and then sketched this in our art books. We made sure we added in details that were on the stem, leaves and petals.We then looked back at the first sketch we did in September and compared both images to see how our skills have developed. Look how amazing we are ...
I hope you have a fantastic time at the disco tonight, if you are going, and have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
What a fabulous first week back!
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23rd February 2024
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. We also 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 Thursday, Abi from Pennine Sports Partnership, took us for an active maths session. We looked at our 2, 5 and 10 timetables which we have started to look at in school. We used hoops and cones to play a range of fun and energetic games to help understand the concept of a multiplication number sentence.
Thank you to everyone who attended our maths evetn this afternoon! We have lots of fun adding our way to the rocket with you during our game! We really appreciate the time you took to come and visit us. I hope you found it beneficial!
I hope the weather stays dry!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
My voice matters
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9th February 2024
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 activities 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 'My Voice Matters' so we though about how we can express how we think, feel and behave to 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 use these techniques at home to help our mind stay positive and healthy.
In English, we have been looking at the Night Zoo Keeper by Joshua Davidson. We have thought of out own animals that we could find in the night zoo and thought of the perfect setting for them. We have some very talented animals in our night zoo!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx