Jun 19
This week in maths we have been learning about money. We begun the topic by identifying the different coins that we use in England and learning about the value of each coin. Then we worked hard to find different ways to make amounts up to 10p. We had to remember to only use the available …
Jun 12
This half term, Year 1 have been continuing our unit based on ‘Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion’ – but now we are authors of our own stories! We began by re-reading the text together and reminding ourselves of the important features that we have been learning about, such as the conjunction ‘and’, the …
Jun 05
We’ve had an exciting and hands-on start to the week in Year 1 as we’ve launched our brand-new Design and Technology (DT) unit – fruit kebabs! The children in Moorhen Class and Kingfisher Class have been busy learning the skills they’ll need to safely prepare food and will be working towards making their very own …
May 22
This half term, Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed reading the wonderful story Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion. The children quickly noticed that the story had many similarities to the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood, while also spotting some exciting differences. We had lots of thoughtful discussions comparing the characters, settings and …
May 01
In Geography this term, Year 1 have been learning about our local area. Last week we created maps to show the route from our school to Bushey High Street. We talked about some key landmarks that we might see along the way and we added them to our maps; Ashfield Junior School, the war memorial, …
Apr 24
This week in Maths we have been working hard to find different ways to make the totals. We used Numicon to help us find lots of different ways to make 14. Then we used used values between 11 and 20 and recorded our learning using balance scales. Our teachers challenged us to record our …
Mar 27
In Science we have been learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We learnt that a carnivore is an animal that eats other animals, for example, a lion, a frog and a bat. A herbivore is an animal that eats plants, for example, a rabbit, a panda and a cow. An omnivore is an animal that …
Mar 20
This week in Maths we have been working hard to find different ways to make the totals. We used Numicon to help us find lots of different ways to make 14. Then we used used values between 11 and 20 and recorded our learning using balance scales. Our teachers challenged us to record our …
Mar 12
In DT this half term we are working hard to explore, design and make our very own animal puppets. Firstly we took our time to explore different kinds of puppets such as : Finger puppets Hand puppets Sock puppets String puppets We worked out what each puppet was made from, how the pieces were …
Mar 06
On Thursday we celebrated our love of reading during World Book Day. One of our School Development Plan objectives is to embed sustainability across our curriculum, environment and community, and so we used the opportunities that stories and reading have to offer in order to help us relay this important message to the children. We …