Blog by Tag: Seals

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…

We had lots of fun making our very kind chatterbox’s! Can you use you’re funky fingers and make one to?

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.

This week in History we have been  answering the question “How do we celebrate monarchs?”. In doing so we learnt all about the jubilee and how this celebrates the monarchs major milestones. We also  found out that Kings and Queens have two birthdays. During the summer birthday celebration they…

Year 1 have worked on writing in the past tense this week! They learnt that when writing in the past tense we are writing about something that has already happened. at first they found this a little tricky to know how tenses can be changed but eventually they blew us away with their writing.

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In History we are learning about Kings and Queens. This week we have been looking at famous monarchs, discussing their lives and both the changes they saw and made. 

Year 1 are learning all about the coast this term. This week, they have learnt that the coastline is where the land meets the sea. Children learnt that there are many types of coastlines including, beaches, bays, cliffs and sand dunes. The children labelled physical features on images, aerial…

In Maths this week, we have been counting forwards and backwards to and from 100. We also looked at partitioning numbers to 100, identifying the value of the tens and ones. The children wowed us with their amazing knowledge and understanding. 

This half term Year 1 are using the story “Hello Lighthouse” as their writing stimulus. The children used role play and drama to retell the key events in the story. In doing so they took on the role of different characters thinking about their actions, feelings and…

This week Year 1 have been writing a set of instructions for how to plant a beanstalk so that Jack can say sorry to the giant. They had lots of fun planting the seeds and learning all about imperative verbs. During their independent write they produced some outstanding instructions including a…

Year 1 have loved learning about Picasso this half term. They have been amazed by his art work and his use of colour to express him emotions. The children have also been fascinated by Picasso's Cubism and even worked on creating their own piece in the same style.