Class 1
What a first week back!
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21st April 2023
Wow! What a way to kick start the summer term here in Year One!
We enjoyed a beautiful Spring morning in the woods on Monday. We noticed a lot of changes since last term, especially thousands of sycamore seeds that have germinated and are starting to grow! It felt a bit strange to be stopping seeds from growing but we had a very interesting chat about how we can look after our woodland by making sure that the trees and ground level plants have enough space and light to grow. Too many sycamore trees would make it too dark and crowded! We found lots of minibeasts that have their habitats in the woods (and then very carefully put them back). Some of us had a go at making our own caterpillars filled with a mixture of soil and grass seeds. We are hoping that, if they get lots of water and sunlight, the grass seeds will grow and they will turn green!
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.
For the best 2 days, we have been completing our design and technology topic. We worked in groups to create our motte and bailey castles, making sure that we made the free standing structure strong and stable. We use lots of different techniques including cutting, folding and joining. We included features like a flying bridge, drawbridge and a palisade. We then had lots of fun using them for imaginative play!
I am very excited to see what the rest of this half term bring!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
The holiday is here!
admin on: Class 1
31st March 2023
What a brilliant end to a fabulous half term! On behalf of the whole Year 1 team, I would like to thank you all again for your continued support that you have given the children.
To round off our history topic, we took to the field once again to recreate another battle. We have been looking at the critical contest for the crown in 1066 between Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy. We thought about how the English soldiers would have felt having just marched all the way down to the south of England to take part in another battle, then having to travel up and down the steep slope several times while battling the Normans.
What a lovely Spring morning we had in the woods this week! We spotted hundreds of sycamore seeds trying to grow, daffodils blooming and our bluebells growing steadily. Some of our deciduous trees are starting to grow fresh green leaves as well! We revisited the story of Owl Babies and thought about the food chain that owls are part of. We tried to hunt for prey like the mother owl; it was very tricky to keep quiet while we were searching for food! We got creative with clay and made some wonderful owls of our own using sticks, leaves and feather and seeds.
During our outdoor learning session, we managed to plant our Red Nose That Grows! We have placed it in our window and will keep you updated with the progress it makes. Our nose is going to promote butterflies visiting our beautiful woodland.
We had an exciting design and technolody session today. We planned our structure of a motte and bailey castles in our groups. We thought about how we are going to make our freestanding structure and which additions we were going to add to the bailey. We are going to be creating these after Easter so keep your eyes peeled!
Have a fantastic weekend and holiday everyone, get lots of rest ready to start school again in 2 weeks!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Quarter turn, half turn, whole turn!
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24th March 2023
We have had a busy week in maths! We have started looking at position and direction, making quarter, half and whole turns with Mr Sweeney. We went on to the playground and used chalk to show the turns that their partners had asked them to do.
Today, we used our programming skills to practice all the vacabulary we had acquired during the week to help BeeBot move to the different locations of Little Red Riding Hood on maps.
Sadly, we said goodbye to Mrs Lindley in assembly. We all drew a picture of ourselves and stuck them together to create a beautiful card for her. We wrote a lovely message inside too. We are going to miss her terribly but wish her well for the future!
I hope the weather continues to improve, 1 week to go!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
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