Making toys
As part of our History topic on Toys Year One have been busy making a Victorian optical illusion toy called Thaumatrope. If you spin it fast enough it looks like the bird is in the cage!
Spring 2 Term 🌸
Welcome back to the Spring 2 Term. We hope you had a lovely week off. We’re certainly ready for some 🌞 and great learning 📚. Watch this space…
Nirvana Day – Final Nirvana
For our families who follow the Buddhist faith we wish you an amazing day of contemplation and reflection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2GQZshHwGg
End of Spring 1 term
We’ve reached the end of our Spring 1 Term and what a great one it’s been with lots of learning, new experiences and fun 🤩🤗 Have a wonderful week - see you on Monday 24th February 2025.
History: noticing similarities and differences
Year 1 have had a special visitor in to show us toys from the past to help us understand the similarities and differences between toys from the past and toys today.
Library Visit
Year 1 visited the Library this morning. We have had a wonderful time. The Librarian read us a story called Wonkey Donkey. We then had an opportunity to explore the books. Year 1 were amazed at the choices that we…
Computing: Properties
This week Year One have continued their learning with grouping. This time we have included properties of objects This session helped us to understand that we can group by colour and not all objects will be the same. They can…
Chinese New Year
Gong Xi Fa Cai ! Happy New Year ! We have been busy. Year One have read Dim Sum Palace. It is a fantastic book! We have watched and listened to how people celebrate with their families. We…
Happy Chinese New Year 🐍
Happy Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year). It is celebrated with gifts, fireworks and dragon and lion dances and culminates on the 15th day with a lantern festival. It is thought to be largest annual human migration as Chinese return…
Computing: Grouping Data
Year One have been busy grouping and sorting objects. To help understand how we group and name groups we we set a task to work in groups we used Round Robin to support us. This week Year One have continued…