Year 1 - Brighten Up For CAFOD 1st Dec 2023
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We loved learning about the vehicle painting being done in Pakistan so we decided to brighten up our own!

Year 1 - Design & Technology - Moving Pictures - Making 1st Dec 2023
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We used our designs to make our moving picture storybooks! We thought carefully about where we needed to make our holes and cut our slits. We had a great time and worked so sensibly and independently. When it went a little wrong, we didn't panic, we thought how we could fix it! Sellotape was our friend!

Year 1 - Maths - Subtraction 28th Nov 2023
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Year 1 have been learning more about subtraction. We have been looking at different methods of subtraction. We have told maths stories, crossed out and used a number line!

Year 1 - Geography - The Geography Of Where I Live - Aerial Photographs 28th Nov 2023
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We have been learning about what geography is. We have been learning about the planet, continent, country, nation and town that we live in. We are getting so good at labelling a map of the UK! We can also spot the 'shape' of the UK on lots of different maps! One of our favourite things to do has been to explore the world using Google Earth. We have looked at aerial photographs of the school and its surrounding area and tried to label what we can see. We love geography!

Year 1 - Computing - Moving A Robot - Algorithms 27th Nov 2023
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We have been learning about how to program the Beebots! We have been learning about the buttons and how to use these to move the robot to where we want it to go. We have been predicting where the robot will end up if we follow the algorithms and then tested these out. We have also written our own programs. One thing is for sure - Year 1 LOVES computing!

Year 1 - P.E. - Gymnastics 27th Nov 2023
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We have been looking at the different shapes and balances we can do with our bodies. We have learned about long, tall, wide, small, low and medium shapes. We have also been looking at how we can balance on different parts of our bodies. We put some of our ideas together into a sequence and performed it to each other.

Year 1 - Science - Materials - Water & Ice - Melt & Freeze 23rd Nov 2023
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Those naughty Evil Peas were at it again in Year 1 - they had frozen all the vegetables in ice! We looked at water and ice and tried to describe what they were like. We then used our science brains to make a plan to free the vegetables! We decided to pour warm water over the ice, to use a hairdryer and to smash the ice off! We were so happy to help our veggie friends!

Year 1 - Design & Technology - Moving Pictures - Prototypes 17th Nov 2023
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Today, we thought about how we can create up/down and side to side movements in our moving pictures. We learnt about the different slits we need to cut in our backgrounds and had a go by building and testing out some prototypes! We had such fun and we learned so much ready to make our storybooks next time!

Year 1 - Phonics - Dictation 15th Nov 2023
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We have been working so hard on writing a dictated sentence using some of the sound spellings we have been learning. We are getting more accurate with our spellings from our memories.

Year 1 - Art - Remembrance Day Art - Collage And Mixed Media 14th Nov 2023
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We learnt about Remembrance Day and why it is so important for us to remember it each year. The children held a lovely collective worship with very thoughtful responses. The children then responded to this by creating their own pieces of 'Poppy Art' for our class wreath - We hope you were able to see it in the window!

Year 1 - Design & Technology - Moving Pictures - Skills Lesson 10th Nov 2023
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Year 1 were very excited to learn about what DT was. We are going to be designing and making a moving picture book. In order to do this successfully, we needed to practise some skills. We practised making holes in paper using a pencil and an eraser. We then tried to cut a straight line between 2 of our holes. We did a great job!

Year 1 - Science -Materials - Rock 9th Nov 2023
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We have been looking at the difference between objects and the materials they are made of. We have been looking at rock. We were so interested to learn that rocks are so different! We carefully drew our rocks, looked at them through a magnifying screen and predicted which rock was heavier.

Year 1 - Maths - Add Together (Within 20) 3rd Nov 2023
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We have been learning about adding two parts together to make a whole! We have been writing number sentences.

Year 1 - Art & Design - Drawing - Final Pieces 2nd Nov 2023
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Our creative juices were flowing in Year 1 this week! We were creating our final pieces of art to finish off our unit of work based on drawing. The children looked back at what they had done and made their own choices about the paper, materials and stimuli that they wanted to use. Some children were inspired by the oceans and beaches, some by autumn, some by observational drawing and some by shapes! What great artists we are!

Year 1 - Computing - Moving A Robot 31st Oct 2023
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We were very excited to begin our learning about robots! We learned that to control a robot, we have to talk to it in the right language. For a Beebot robot, that means using the buttons. We loved making the Beebots move!

Year 1 - R.E. - Judaism - The Story Of Moses 20th Oct 2023
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We have been learning about the importance of stories passed down through generations in all religions. We learned that the story of Moses leading his people to freedom is very important to Jews. We retold the story using finger puppets that we made!

Year 1 - Science - Senses 20th Oct 2023
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This half term, we have been learning all about the 5 senses!

Year 1 - History - Chronology 13th Oct 2023
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In history, we have been learning about timelines. We have been thinking about what might have been the same and different about our lives and the lives of our grandparents. We were really lucky that Grandad Malcolm came to visit! He told us about his life as a child. We compared games we play at break time and decided to teach him how to play 'Duck, Duck, Goose'!

Year 1 - Music - My Musical Heartbeat 12th Oct 2023
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We have been learning some new songs in our music lesson and also how to play the glockenspiel. We are playing the glockenspiel to the song 'Shapes'.

Year 1 - Computing - Technology Around Us 12th Oct 2023
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We have been learning about technology and have found out all about the different parts that make up a computer. We have been practicing our mouse skills and our typing skills.

Year 1 - Maths - Addition 11th Oct 2023
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Year 1 have been working so hard in maths! We have been learning about parts and wholes and how we can use a part-whole model to write addition number sentences! Great work, everyone!

Year 1 - Art - Drawing - Line 6th Oct 2023
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We have been learning about different types of line in art. We listened to some classical music (Debussey's La Mer) and thought about the types of line that it made us want to draw. Once we learned that it was about the ocean, we worked together to use different types of line to create an ocean themed piece of art!

Year 1 - RE - Family - God Takes Care Of Me 3rd Oct 2023
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We learned that Psalms are song prayers and that there are 150 in the Bible. We read Psalm 63, where it says God looks after us like a mother bird looks after their chicks. We thought of other baby animals that we could use in this Psalm and recreated some scenes to use with the Psalm.

Year 1 - R.E. - Family - God cares for the flowers and the birds and even more for me. 2nd Oct 2023
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Year 1 - Reading - We love the library! 27th Sep 2023
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We love our visits to the library!

Our First Week in Year 1! 16th Sep 2023
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We wonder how these photos will compare to our last week in Year 1!

Year 1 - Maths - Counting - Within 10 16th Sep 2023
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We have been working really hard in maths to make sure we are confident with numbers within 10. It is super important that we have a really deep understanding of these numbers to make us better mathematicians in the future! We have loved playing games together to develop our understanding.

Year 1 - Science / Art - Seasons - Autumn 13th Sep 2023
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The children found out that artists use a lot of reds, yellows, browns and oranges when they create autumn art. We decided that they are warm colours because they are like a fire. The children selected from a range of coloured paper and materials to create some beautiful autumn art! We will display these in our window when they are dry for you to see! We hope you like them!

Year 1 - Science / Geography - Seasons - Autumn 6th Sep 2023
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Throughout the year, we will be learning about the seasons. We started by thinking about autumn. We went on a walk around the school grounds to look for clues that autumn had begun. We loved the sounds of the crunchy leaves!