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Jan 11
Our History Trip to Reveley Lodge
Year one would like to wish you all a happy new year! We have come back to school ready to go and ready to learn after a wonderful break. Lion Class and Panther Class visited Reveley Lodge House and Museum this week. The children will be using this shared experience to write a recount of …
Dec 15
Science- Seasons
In Science this week we learnt about what seasons are. In year 1 we say that the seasons are the four parts of the year- autumn, winter, spring and summer. We explained that each season has 3 months- Autumn is September, October and November. Winter is December, January and February. Spring is March, April and …
Dec 06
Shapes- 2D shapes
Shapes This week in Lions and Panthers we have been looking at 2D shapes. We learnt that 2D shapes are flat shapes that are closed. We have been learning the names of different shapes and their properties. We have also looked at different variations of shapes. We discussed whether or not they still belong to …
Dec 01
Reports
Reports Over the last two weeks we have been learning how to write a report. Firstly we learnt a report about big blue whales. We practised this until we were confident retelling the report. We do this so we learn the language of a report which will support us to write our own report independently. …
Nov 24
Curious Geographers
At Merry Hill we are curious about the world and its people. We have started our Geography learning by exploring globes, maps and Google maps. First we zoomed in and made a map of our classroom from a bird’s eye view and included a key to explain where things are. We enjoyed thinking of icons …
Nov 18
What does waterproof mean?
This week we have been learning what the word waterproof means. In year 1 we have learnt that ” Waterproof means that water cannot go through something”. Firstly, we discussed what we already know about this word. We looked at some of our friends waterproof jackets/coats and talked about why they are suitable for rainy weather. …
Nov 09
I am thinking of a number…
This week in Maths, Panthers and Lions have been building on our Reception learning of working with numbers 1 to 10 and we have been making numbers greater than 10. We are also using new language to discuss place value, trying to decide how many ‘tens’ and ‘ones’ a number has. Our teachers have been …
Nov 03
English: Story writing
This term we have started a new book called ‘ I Can Be Anything Don’t Tell Me I Can’t’ by Diane Arbus. It is a book about a little girl with huge dreams. She faces a battle with little voices that tell her that she is unable to follow her dreams. She comes to learn …
Oct 18
Computing
In Autumn 1 we have learnt so much in Computing. We can now confidently open a laptop, turn it on and login to a program called Purple Mash. We are becoming more familiar with the keyboard and touch pad. We have used PurpleMash to complete different tasks and explore games during Choosing time. We are …
Oct 11
Science-Year 1
This week in Science, we have been continuing to learn about the human body, specifically, our senses. Over the last few weeks in Science we have learnt about what body part we use for each sense. We have completed tasting experiments and we have been outside on a senses hunt to see if we can …