Year 1 have had a great two weeks!
Last week in history we went for an archaeological dig around the school grounds and found some interesting artefacts. We have also been learning about Edward the Confessor and made our own decisions about who we think would make a good King of England after him.
In English we have enjoyed learning about superheroes linked to Supertato. After describing Supertato we have then created our own fruit or vegetable superhero! Children have been very creative and we have had all sorts of wonderful creations from Magnificent Mango to Powerful Pickle!
In maths we have continued learning about position and direction and how to describe where objects are using left, right, above and below. We also explored quarter, half and full turns using clockwise and anticlockwise. This has also linked into our PE where we have been orienteering using a map of the school.
In computing we have been using the BeeBots and had a lot of fun programming them to get to different places.
What a super start back to the final term in year 1! We hope you had a great half term.
In English, we have continued our topic of traditional tales. We have learnt about the suffix -ing, and used our knowledge to write sentences about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We will now be creating our own dwarf and describing them!
In Geography, we have been learning all about weather. This week, we explored climate and the equator, and how different countries have different climates. We coloured and labelled our own map to show this!
In maths, we have continuing learning all about fractions. We have already learnt about half, and this week we have begun learning about quarters! We have explored folding shapes into quarters, and finding a quarter of a quantity.
In Science this week, we have been learning all about fruits and vegetables! As part of our plant topic, we closely observed different fruits and vegetables, and learnt about the difference between the two.
We enjoyed a lovely assembly this week all about Bees! We learnt all about the importance of bees for our environment and food, and enjoyed a delicious lunch all associated with food from bees!
The year 1 team.
Over the past couple of weeks we have become expert weather forecasters in our geography lessons and we are delighted to inform you that the sun is here to stay for a while! This week we also looked at how meteorologists use special equipment to forecast the weather.
In science, for our topic on plants, we have been looking at the trees in our playground and carefully observing the leaves to decide whether they are deciduous or evergreen. We also combined our maths skills to measure the leaves using cubes (please see pic above!).
In art, we used our paper sculpture skills to create a ‘Tree of life’ (It appears to have been a very tree themed kind of week!)
In our English lessons, we have continued our topic on traditional tales with a focus on the ‘Hare and the Tortoise’. With this, we have looked at the prefix ‘un’ and the suffix ‘er’ and included these in our sentence writing.
Finally, in maths, after a unit on multiplication, we have started division and have practised sharing objects in equal groups. We then moved on to representing the objects by drawing counters and groups.
We are also looking forward to our trip to Hobbledown on Friday to support our science learning (animals). Only one more sleep to go! Have a super weekend.
The Year 1 team.
We have had a great few weeks in Year 1.
In DT, we have been designing and making our own fruit salads! We used our chopping and peeling skills to make the salad, and tasted them afterwards. Yum!
Over the last few weeks in English, we have been reading the story ‘Beegu’. We acted out the story and created story maps, and then used our inference skills to write about how a character is feeling. We have also practiced writing sentences using the conjunction ‘because’.
In maths, we have been learning about doubles and near doubles, and have used numicon and tens frames to practice these. We have also practised subtraction within 20 by counting back and using our number bonds!
In history, we have been finishing our topic ‘The history of flight’. This week, we looked at the future of flight, how aircraft might change in the next 100 years. We then designed an example of how aircraft might look in 100 years!
We have had a great first half of the spring term. We hope you have a lovely half term break!
The Year 1 team.
Its almost Christmas in Year 1! This week we have had lots of fun. Moles and Hedgehogs have enjoyed their final forest school sessions with marshmallows and a fire!
In English, we have started reading ‘Room on the ‘Broom’. We have loved making our own potions in carousel!
In History, we have been looking at significant explorers. This week, we learnt about Neil Armstrong and the children loved making their own rockets!
In maths, we have been learning all about shapes. We explored lots of different shapes and did a shape hunt around the classroom, finding rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.
In science, we have continued our topic ‘materials’. This week we learnt all about what a waterproof material is and conducted our own experiment for choosing the best material for an umbrella.
We have loved singing our Christmas songs too! Have a lovely Christmas holiday!
The Year 1 team.
