Earth Day

Blue Class had a fantastic time learning about Earth Day!

We learnt about the impact that litter can have on our environment and in our oceans.

We learnt about how long plastic can take to decompose and the importance of recycling.

We even had a go at picking up our own litter safely and we then sorted it into the correct recycling bins!

 

Measuring in Maths

This week we have been measuring in maths.

We have been using the vocabulary - shorter and longer for length, shorter and taller for height!

We placed ourselves in height order.

We placed objects in order of their length from shortest to longest.

We used a non standard measurement of cubes to measure classroom objects and today we have been using rulers!

Can anyone remember what we measure in when we use a ruler?

 

Red Nose Day 2021

We had an excellent day raising money for Comic Relief!

We learnt about where our money goes and how important it is and we really enjoyed dressing up as superheroes and telling our jokes.

Thank you to all parents and carers for helping with the amazing costumes!

 

Transparent and Opaque

 

In Science we have been focusing on everyday materials and their properties.

We have already tested to see if materials are absorbent and waterproof.

We have now tested which materials are transparent and which are opaque. We tested whether light would pass through the materials and if we could see through the material clearly. We then catergorised the materials based on their properties.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Tea Party!

 In Year 1 we have been focusing on 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea'. We have already used a range of nouns, verbs and adjectives to write a character description about the tiger! 

We had our own tea party in school based on the story, we started off by having a snack and a cup of juice on the carpet whilst we read the story. We then enjoyed playing a range of games such as sleeping tigers, a teabag hunt, we used play dough to make treats, paper chains to decorate and we even played a memory game. We had lots of fun and we have planned our recounts this week, ready to start writing next week!

Singathon!

We loved performing our songs for the singathon in our outdoor classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC3rTj8wtk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p71u104_tQ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z6_C3V2UXs

Please click on the links to enjoy watching our singing!

Thank you so much for all of your hard work finding sponsors and helping us to fundraise! 

Testing Materials

 In Year 1 we have been learning about everyday materials.

Our Class Bear Bertie needs a new coat so we have been testing materials to find out if they are waterproof or absorbent.

First we made predictions and then we carried out a fair test.

We tested foil, plastic, paper and fabric. 

We concluded that plastic would be the most effective material for Bertie's new coat!

Vocabulary Day

Blue Class really enjoyed our vocabulary day.

We learnt new words such as 'equity', 'contagious' and 'explosive'!

Thank you so much to all parents and carers for helping to celebrate the day with such creative ideas!

Creative Friday

 We had a lovely afternoon in Year 1 on Friday.

We have been looking at Robert Delaunay's art work in our art lessons. We have learned that Delaunay uses bright colours and shapes to create his art, which is a style called 'orphism' which is abstract.

We mixed the three primary colours to explore which secondary colours we could create, ready to recreate our own art work this week using similar styles and techniques as Delaunay.

We discovered red and blue make purple, yellow and blue make green and red and yellow make orange.

On Friday we also celebrated Children In Need. We enjoyed learning about why we dress up and raise money for this charity and we also created our own Pudsey art work. 

Partitioning Numbers to 20

 

This week in maths we have been partitioning numbers to 20 into tens and ones.

We have represented partitioning in lots of different ways.

We have used part-whole models.

We have used dienes.

We have used numicon.

We have also used tens frames!

Remembrance Day

 This week we have marked the event of Remembrance Day through creating our own poppy pictures.

We learnt about the soldiers who have bravely fought to keep us safe and we held a 2 minute silence in school today at 11:00.

Amazing Art

 In Year 1 we have been focusing on animals in art. We have practiced using a range of lines to create patterns and textures and we have drawn some of the animals from 'Monkey Puzzle'.

Today we created these animals using clay. We learnt how to sculpt, mold, pinch and add texture using tools.

Can you guess which animals we have made?