Sep 30
This week we took part in a whole school celebration to explore vocabulary. To start the day off, we all introduced the word we had chosen and discussed the words’ meaning. In the afternoon we had an exciting assembly hosted by Mr.Reid. We walked around the hall in a great, big circle -a vocabulary parade …
Sep 22
This week in Year 1 we have been loving our English lessons. Earlier this week we received a letter from Mr.Bear. He asked for our help to write a different story about animals. During the next few weeks we will be changing the story as a class and then writing our own stories with our …
Sep 14
This week we have been voting in Lions and Panthers, which has been new for many of us. We used ballot sheets in our classroom voting stations to decide which book to read in the morning and which dance we want to do for our wake and shake. We have been discussing how important it …
Sep 06
Hello everyone and welcome to the new school year! We have kicked off this week by learning about the 6 Golden Rules at Merry Hill. Do be gentle, do work hard, do listen, do be kind and helpful, do look after property and do be honest. We have been completing activities that encourage the golden …
Jul 15
We would like to say a huge thank you for an amazing year of learning. It has been a pleasure to watch the children grow and blossom into independent learners. Over the year we have ventured out and embarked on a number of school trips such as our trips to Reveley Lodge, Bushey Rose Gardens …
Jul 11
In D&T, children in Year 1 have been hard at work creating their very own fruit skewers. To start, we brainstormed several fruits and described how they looked. Then, we began to plan! Choosing a range of fruit in various colours to create a personal fruit skewers. Once we had a plan in place, we …
Jul 06
This week year one have been revisiting the learning we have done on materials! In the Autumn we learnt about plastic, rubber, glass, wood and metal. In December we had a class challenge to choose the best material to make a marble run for Buddy the Elf at Christmas. We chose materials which we thought …
Jun 27
Today Year One were visited by one of our Merry Hill parents, who as well as being a daddy to Rose and Douglas, is also a bee-keeper of bee-hives! The bees in their hives have been working hard over the last 6 weeks to make new honey, harvesting lots of pollen from the Lime Trees …
Jun 24
Merry Hill was very excited to welcome families back for a fantastic morning of sport. The day began by marching up to the playground in our teams. The atmosphere was electric! Then the games begun. There was a variety of activities such as, football shoot out, hockey dribbling and an obstacle course. It was amazing …
Jun 22
Year 1 have been exploring halves, quarters and wholes for the past three weeks. Half is one of two equal parts of an object, shape, or amount, while a quarter is one of four equal portions. This week, Lion and Panther class collaborated to measure and compare various volumes using the benchmarks of a half, a quarter, and a whole. …