Year 1 have had a great two weeks! 

In English we created our own monster. We then used adjectives to describe our monsters. We have now also learnt about verbs and have been writing about our morning routines. 

In maths we have been continuing to add and subtract numbers using tens frames, number lines and resources to help us. We also leant about fact families using part whole models.

We have begun our new history topic all about explorers! We thought about what an explorer is and what they do, we then drew ourselves as explorers. We have learnt about a significant explorer called Ibn Battuta and how he travelled for nearly 30 years!

In science we have been enjoying exploring a range of materials and describing their properties. This week we tested which materials were transparent and which were opaque. 

In art we have been working together to create a piece of artwork using different types of lines using oil pastels, pencils and pens. 

Year 1 have had a lovely last two weeks of half term! 

This week in DT we made our moving pictures using sliders or levers. We were all very happy with our end result!

In maths, we have been learning about addition fact families using part whole and bar models. We have also been learning our number bonds to 10 and wrote them systematically so that we didn't forget any!

In science we have learnt about our sense of taste! We did a blind taste test of five different foods ranging from sour, spicy, sweet and bitter. We have also been observing some seasonal changes and went for an autumn walk around the woodland trail. We noticed the changing colours of the leaves and enjoyed seeing the huge pumpkins!

In RE we explored humanism and how humanists believe the word was created through the Big Bang.

We hope you enjoyed our harvest assemblies and have a lovely half term. 

Year 1 team.

During carousel activities, the children have engaged in a variety of exciting tasks, including a science experiment, sentence writing based on The Snail and the Whale, collage making, handwriting practice, and a phonics treasure hunt. They’ve also been developing their sense of touch through a mystery bag activity, where they described how different objects feel. 

In maths, the children have been learning to represent numbers in different ways and to compare groups through matching.

In RE, they explored the creation story, learning how the world was made in seven days.

Meanwhile, in Geography, they discovered the seven continents and the five oceans of the world.

In PE, we have been exploring different ways of moving safely to avoid obstacles.

Year 1 have had a great two weeks! 

Last week in history we went for an archaeological dig around the school grounds and found some interesting artefacts. We have also been learning about Edward the Confessor and made our own decisions about who we think would make a good King of England after him. 

In English we have enjoyed learning about superheroes linked to Supertato. After describing Supertato we have then created our own fruit or vegetable superhero! Children have been very creative and we have had all sorts of wonderful creations from Magnificent Mango to Powerful Pickle! 

In maths we have continued learning about position and direction and how to describe where objects are using left, right, above and below. We also explored quarter, half and full turns using clockwise and anticlockwise. This has also linked into our PE where we have been orienteering using a map of the school.

In computing we have been using the BeeBots and had a lot of fun programming them to get to different places.