Subsidising Superstars!
Year 1 loved using the one minute maths app to practise the skill of subsidising. They worked hard to beat their previous scores and were so excited to showcase what they had achieved.
Snail trails!
Today we have been investigating the artist Molly Haslund, we created our amazing works of art in her style using chalks and black sugar paper. Molly Haslunds art often contain spirals and circles, we started by using a white chalk to make a snail trail on our paper then we filled the spiral in…
Spirals in the Sun
Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed their first art lesson of the year!we learnt about using our whole body to draw, then practised this drawing spirals outside. It was great to see them choosing to work together to create multicoloured spirals too!
House building
Funky fingers were set the challenge of building a house, using Lego today. They created some amazing houses, this one includes a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living room. They talked beautifully about their designs to each other. Well done everyone!
Developing designers
After lots of practise creating mechanisms, year 1 have begun to design their own moving pictures based on the story of The Billy Goats Gruff. They created a design criteria say agreed their design should meet this included. I think the links to the story and moving part and colourful. Children…
Construction fingers!
Today Funky Fingers were set the challenge of building a tower, in teams using straws and connectors. We used our fine motor skill to join these together and built tall towers.
Marvellous Maps
During Geography, year 1 were se the challenge of locating seaside towns using an atlas. They learnt that atlases contain maps of the world and can help us to find specific places. Children used their prior knowledge of coastlines to know that seaside towns would be at the edge of the United…
Wheely Good Wheels
Year 1 have continued to learn about mechanisms is DT this week. The children have made a wheel mechanism to make the wolf appear closer to Little Red Riding Hood. They used lots of skills to complete their finished product and were very proud of themselves! ⭐️
Sports Day Superstars
Seagulls class absolutely loved their sports day today! The showed great sporting ability and great sportsmanship to the class mates. They took part in javelin, sprints and even a tricky obstacle course! We are so proud of their efforts and they kindness they showed to each other. ⭐️
Wild flowers
In science, year one continued to learn more about plants, today we learnt that some plants are wild plants, which means they grow by themselves without any help from humans, how amazing! We investigated wild plants in our school and recorded our findings, we found lots of daisies, buttercups and…
Funky fingers do origami !
We had lots of fun making our very kind chatterbox’s! Can you use you’re funky fingers and make one to?
Lifting Levers
During DT, Year 1 have continued their learning on mechanisms by making a lever. They learn that levers move around a fixed point - the pivot. They used a lever to make Jack climb the beanstalk. They were so impressed with the work they had done.