Year 1: What seasons do we have in the UK and how is our climate changing?
Published 08/11/23
This week's highlight has been when each class created an underwater piece of artwork altogether!
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Read MoreYear 1: What are the countries that make up the UK, and what are some of their unique features?
Published 01/11/23This week, we have started our new topic learning all about the UK. We learnt which countries make up the United Kingdom and looked at lots of landmarks that we might recognise. In PSHE, we discussed telling the truth and what this means. We looked a
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Published 18/10/23What do we need to include in a sentence?
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Published 11/10/23Dinosaur day and much more!
Read MoreHow many parts of the body can you name and what are their uses?
Published 04/10/23Is there anything we don't know about dinosaurs?
Read MoreWhat do animals eat?
Published 27/09/23And does that make them herbivore, carnivore or omnivore?
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15/09/23 Year 1 news
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What are the parts of a tree?
Published 14/07/23This week the children all impressed us with their final Star Writes in English and we know that their teachers next year will be pleased. The children wrote diary entries pretending to be Hamish, from 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Cat'. In Maths, we have been looking at recognising different coins and notes.
In History, we have been looking at the similarities and differences between seaside holidays today and 100 years ago. In PE, the children all enjoyed participating in an interhouse competition playing Scatterball.
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How have seaside holidays changed?
Published 07/07/23This week in English we have been learning to write in first person and have been using different sentence types. We have been using The Lighthouse Keeper's Cat as stimuli and are getting ready to write our own star writes on it, pretending to be the cat.
In Maths, we have been working with numbers to 100, partitioning numbers into tens and ones and finding numbers on a number line.
In History, we have been looking at how seaside holidays have changed and in RE we learnt why colours are important to Hindus.
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What were holidays like 100 years ago?
Published 16/06/23This week in English we have been learning to use suffixes. We have looked at the suffixes 'er' and 'est and used them to write comparative sentences. We have also looked at using 's' and 'es' to make words plural. In Maths, we have been learning to find doubles and halves of different amounts and finding halves of shapes. The children enjoyed taking their Maths outside this week to work practically.
In Science, we looked at what plants need in order to grow. We planted potatoes outside our classrooms and can't wait to see them grow! The children looked at mixes primary colours in Art, to make secondary colours, and produced some lovely artwork. In History, we looked at what holidays in Britain were like 100 years ago.
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What is a prefix?
Published 08/06/23This week is English, we have been learning about prefixes. We have been focussing on the prefix 'un' and how this can change the meaning of the root word. We have also been having some additional phonics practice in preparation for the phonics screening check next week.
In Maths, we have been working practically to recognise equal and unequal groups. We have also been adding in 2s, 5s and 10s to help us add equal groups and we have been learning how to make arrays.
The children really enjoyed learning about primary colours in Art, and how they can make secondary colours using them. We used play dough to mix the colours and made purple, green and orange. In Science, we looked at the different plants that grow around our school and in History we looked at the features of a seaside holiday.