Dentist visit in Year 1

Last week we had a visit from the school nursing team.  We discussed how to keep healthy including healthy eating, exercise and the importance of sleep.  Did you know that children in Year 1 need 11 hours of sleep? We also learnt about how to brush our teeth properly and children were given some fluoride […]

Forest School in Year 1

We had lots of fun at forest school on Friday.  We played hide and seek and a robin joined us!  Then we had a scavenger hunt for interesting objects and made some natural art using our finds.

Beebots in Year 1

This week, we have had a very exciting computing lesson in Year 1. In the first part of the lesson, half of us were ‘human bee bots’ which were programmed by our friends using a ‘bee bot controller’. It was great fun doing it outside and having to control the direction our ‘human bee bots’ went! Afterwards, […]

Curious Quest in Year 1

This week Year 1 all received a letter from Professor Klunk in our magic tins. He/she told us that they have been using our drawings and codes (from Drawing Club) to help with their Big Dream Story Machine. We have no idea what Professor Klunk looks like so we’ve been guessing with pictures and writing. […]

Windmills in Year 1

This week Year 1 had a day dedicated to being designers and creators. We had a client mouse who wanted a windmill. We looked at the different features of a windmill and their purpose before designing and creating our own for a mouse. We had to use lots of different skills to create our windmills. […]

Medieval Day in Year 1

Year 1 celebrated all they’ve learnt during their ‘Castles’ topic with a Medieval day. We dressed up as queens, kings, knights, princesses and dragons and enjoyed creating our very own coats of arms and crowns. In the morning we peeled and chopped vegetables to make our own pottage and then enjoyed this at a banquet […]

Art Club in Year 1

The Year 1 children have enjoyed Art Club. We looked at different fireworks and used our previous learning of different lines during Art lessons to create our own fireworks pictures.

Autumn Walk in Year 1

Year 1 went for a walk on Thursday to spot signs of Autumn.  After watching ‘Let’s go for a walk’ with Ranger Hamza, they were ready to look and listen carefully.  They noticed where they were and, like Hamza does, they used their geography skills to make a simple map of their route. 

Diwali in Forest School

At forest school on Friday Year 1 made firework sticks to celebrate Diwali.  We learned about Diwali and also looked at 3D art.  We used wrapping skills to make our firework sticks!

Jobs in Year 1

This week in Year 1, we have had lots of fun learning about medieval jobs which people did in castles, from noble men to gong farmers, and comparing them with jobs which people do today. We really enjoyed talking about what we wanted to do when we were older!