Class 1
We are scientific explorers!
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24th January 2025
In science, we have been looking at different materials and their properties. This week, we undertook an experiment to see which materials were waterproof, transparent and strong. We had to record our findings in a table, coming to a conclusion about which materials were strongest, which were transparent and which were waterproof. What fun we had during the experiments!
During art sessions, we have been looking at the artist, Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We started by cutting out different shapes to create portraits then looked extremely closely at the detail and texture that fruit have on them, copying this as a sketch. This week, we were exploring the colours of different fruit and vegetables and how we can change the shade of the primary colours by adding white and black.
In PSHE, we have been learning what money is and how we obtain it. We spent lots of time looking at different coins and notes, understanding the value of them. We decided that we don't use coins and nots as much now, we see people using bank cards, their smart watches or their phones to pay for items from shops.
I hope you all have a restful weekend and manage to stay dry!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Look out! There is a Woolf about!
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17th January 2025
During English, we have started to look at a new book, Woolf by Alex Latimer. The main character is an animal which is half sheep and half woof. We drew Woolf then thought of adjectives which we could use to describe him. We then put these adjectives into sentences. We had a howling good time!
In geography, we have been starting our new topic of mountains, rivers and coasts. We looked at a coast which are near to us, Whitby, in the first week and this week we looked at different places on our coastline in the United Kingdom. We used an atlas to locate the places then matched these to our own maps, labeling them.
Snowdrops put on their waterproof clothes and wellies this morning and enjoyed a great winter morning in the forest. Most of the snow had melted but we discovered some enormous pieces of ice in the water buckets. It was a team effort, trying different tools to chip away at it! Our Story was 'Jack Frost' and it certainly looked like he had paid us a visit in Netherthong! We were definitely ready to warm up with a hot chocolate.
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Christmas time!
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19th December 2024
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 fabulous 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 Thursday, 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 puppets and calendars look brilliant!
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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13th December 2024
We started our week by visiting our local chruch. The Reverend Nic discussed how we communicate differently with everyone including our pets at home. He then told the children the story of Christmas from the point of view of a Christian. We sung Away in a Manger before returning to school. We just want to thank the Rev. Nic for welcoming us with open arms, for his time and the fabulous videos that he shared with us.
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!
Have a good rest, ready for the last week of the Autumn term!
Mrs Parker and The Year One Team xxx