Netherthong

Class 1

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

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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

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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

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A bear-ry good week!

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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

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Fantastic first week back!

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4th November 2022

What a brilliant first week back we have had! I would just like to say a massive thank you to all the support you are giving us at home, we can all really notice a difference in school!

Today, the whole school came together in our merit assembly and took part in a 2 minutes silence, as we are not going to be in school tomorrow. During this time, we remembered all of the people and animals who we have lost and those who are still helping to keep us safe. We are incredibly proud of how all of the children conducted themselves.

In PE this half term, we started our new units of work. In hands, feet, equpiment, we started to develop our dribbling skills using our hands, feet and hockey sticks. We had to move basket balls from one hoop to another by bouncing them up and down with our hands, we had to move footballs from one hoop to another using our feet and we had to move tennis balls from one hoop to another with hockey sticks. We had lots of fun outside!

Today, we started our DT topic, mechanisms with a focus on sliders and levers. We looked at different picture books with moving parts and to see if we could work out how the different parts moved. We then learn the different features of a sliding mechanism and proceeded to create our own. We chose a character before creating a background which matched the objects we had chose for the sliding part of our picture. Look how creative we all are!