History: Finding out about toys
Year 1's Topic for History is toys. We have been busy thinking of questions that we can ask to help us find out more information. Year 1 worked in groups to ask Mrs Zafar questions about her childhood toys: "How…
Design Technology: Joining Fabrics
Year One have been investigating the best methods to join pieces of fabric together. We have trialled gluing, safety pinning and stappling pieces of fabric together. Before beginning we discussed the importance of safety and the correct methods to…
Art: colour mixing
Welcome back! Year one have been busy colour mixing. We have revisited primary colours and focused on key vocabulary: blend, mix, secondary colours. To help us understand colour mixing we used playdough. We were able to see the colours changing.…
Fun in the snow ❄️⛄️
“This is the best day ever” some of the children from year 2 said today whilst we were outside playing in the snow. It was very chilly but that didn’t stop us enjoying the cold, having (safe) snowball fights and…
Bar models
Year One have been working hard in Maths using Bar Models with the support of Rally Robin. Building on our prior knowledge using fact families. We are able to create number sentences e.g. 5 + 3 = 8, 8= 5…
Why do we have rules?
For RHSE Year 1 have revisited classroom rules. Using Rally Robin we discussed why we have rules around school and if they are the same or different. We understood that rules are there to keep us safe, to learn, to…
Lest we forget ❤️
Today we had a wonderful morning learning about Remembrance Day and why we celebrate it each year. We created some lovely poppy pictures 👇🏽, we completed some reading and research and creatively used cubes to make some poppies. We paid…
Children in Need 2024
We will be celebrating Children in Need in school on Friday 15th November. Children are encouraged to wear spots or yellow. Watch this space to see all of the exciting and amazing things we’ll be doing 💛🟡