Another busy week in Year 1! The children have now had their last Forest school session and it is definitely something we will all miss- and look forward to doing again in Year 2. We have had lots of fun making, creating, building- and looking out for those mischievous Dobbies! We were also lucky enough to have a campfire and toast sugar apples. A big thank you to Melissa, our Forest School leader.  In Carousel, with a focus on Room on the Broom, we have been Witches and Wizards creating a magical potion. This week, we have been using ‘Bossy’ verbs to write a set of instructions to go with our Christmassy spells. Year 1 have also been practising their Christmas singing and are really looking forward to putting on an amazing performance for you all this Thursday. Have a lovely weekend. The Year 1 team.

Forest School and golden books.

This week we continued our geography topic on the 7 Continents with a focus on Asia. We visited China and, while we were there, we saw The Great Wall (please see the picture above!) and sketched an animal native to this country- the Panda. We learnt that Asia is the biggest Continent (which is why it comes first in the song!) as well as other fascinating facts. In maths, we have started our unit on addition and subtraction and have been using Part –whole models.  In our science carousel, we have been using our sense of touch to feel and then describe different objects in a ‘feely bag’. Finally, in our PSHE lesson, we came up with some wonderful ideas about being a good friend. Have a lovely rest of the week! The year 1 team.

 Welcome to Year 1 - what we have been learning about this week

Archaeologist, Orienteering and digital painting