Nov 07
In English we are learning about reports. When we came into school on Tuesday morning, we were quite shocked because our classrooms had been messed up! It looked like there had been an intruder! We used our detective skills to look for clues as to who it could have been. We found purple prickles, brown …
Oct 25
This half term we have been doing weekly Art lessons in Lions and Panthers. In Week 1, we introduced our art sketchbooks and their purpose, how to use them to gather ideas and plan a final piece. After designing our title pages, we sat down and discussed the key questions: What is art? Why do …
Oct 17
In Year 1 we have been enjoying our science lessons. We have learnt what science is and have been keen to learn more about ourselves and the seasons. We learnt that science is: When learning about our senses we found out that living things, like humans, have 5 senses. We identified the body parts that …
Oct 11
This half term in Maths, we have been focusing on our number skills. We have been working hard to perfect our number formation using our number rhymes to help us. We have been practising representing numbers in different ways. Then we used the language ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ to compare amounts and have practised identifying 1 …
Oct 03
Year One have been working hard in English to learn the story of the Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg. First we drew a whole class story map for the text, agreeing together what drawings and actions best represented the words. We used traffic light colours to show the beginning, middle and end of the story: “green …
Sep 26
This half term in Science we are learning all about ourselves. We started the topic by thinking about the names of some of our different body parts. We played ‘Simon says’ and drew around some of our friends and labelled the different parts of their bodies. We made sure to include lots of body …
Sep 20
Recently in Maths, Panthers and Lions have been learning about different types of positional language. First we learnt to describe the position of something and used cupcake cases to demonstrate our understanding. We noticed that some of the key language in our lessons was very similar, such as ‘above’ and ‘on top’, ‘next to’ and …
Sep 12
This week in English we have been reading ‘Funnybones’ by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. We looked carefully at the front cover and tried hard to predict what might happen at different points in the story. We learnt about labels – what they are and why they are important. We used the Word Aware approach to …
Sep 06
Welcome back, everyone! It has been wonderful to see the bright, happy faces of all the children this week and to meet with you. We’ve had a fantastic start to the new school year, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to. At the beginning of the week, our headteacher, Ms Adams, sent out …
Jul 12
This half term in English we have been learning about traditional tales. We drew a story map and added actions to help us learn the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We tried really hard to use good expression in our voices at the right times. We learnt and practised writing plural words. We found …