Look at us learning

Autumn 1

English

Maths 

PE

Art and Design

Our first week in Year 1

English

Maths 

Science

Art

In art we have been using clay to make models of castle towers.

DT

We enjoy our DT lessons with Mrs Monks.

Mechanisms -Moving People

Exploring and making a slider mechanism.

Moving stories - The Gingerbread Man 

Moving Firework Pictures.

The children have made a moving Nursery Rhyme book for the Reception Class.  Next week we will share our book with the younger children. 

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Nursery Rhyme Week with Reception. 

Whoops-a-Daisy Angel with moving wings. 

R.E

On Tuesday the church wardens from Clayton Brook Community Church visited Year 1. They read the Nativity story and afterwards there was an opportunity for the children retell story and dress up in some of the special costumes.

Cricket

As part of our theme week 'Against All Odds' we enjoyed meeting Hannah, a professional cricketer, who taught us how to play cricket.

Art

We have been using our knowledge of colouring mixing to paint pictures of castles.

P.E.

This half-term we will be having a dance lesson with the P.E coach each week. We really enjoyed our first session!

English

We have been enjoying the story 'Nobot' in our English lessons. We have made predictions, written diary entries as the main characters and retold the story through drama and story maps.

PSHE

In PSHE we have been learning about the emotion jealousy. We have been recognising our own strengths and comparing them with our partners.

P.E.

We have been enjoying our P.E. lessons outdoors in the lovely spring weather!

Maths

In maths we have been learning about fractions. We have been discovering halves and quarters of shapes and amounts.

D.T

Exploring axles and wheels.

Exploring how the axle and axle holder works. 

Hoghton Tower

We had a fantastic trip to Hoghton Tower this week. We had a tour of the castle, including the underground tunnels, took part in a knighting ceremony and learnt about the Tower's famous visitors, including the Duke of Edinburgh. 

Geography 

We have identified the four countries of the UK, named the capital cities plus located four famous castles. 

Creating a map with symbols and a key. 

We have learning about direction and using the compass to locate North,South,East and West. 

Yoga Day 

Music

We have enjoyed learning the song Your Imagination.  Listen to us singing!

We have started to learn the song called Your Imagination.

We have enjoyed playing glockenspiels this week.

Computing

Our computing unit this half term is iData. We have been making digital pictograms.

World Book Day

Computing

Art

We have learnt about the artist Claude Monet and painted our own poppies in his style.

Science

We have been exploring materials and went on a walk to see what we could find.

We have been learning about plants. We followed instructions to plant our seeds and enjoyed watching our cress grow.

We have learnt the names of the parts of a flowering plant.  We used our magnifying glasses to look at the petals, stem, leaves and roots of garden plants.

For our "Fabulous Finish" in Science, we went on a walk to spot wild and garden plants, deciduous and evergreen trees.  We found all of them and had a great time too!

Art

We have been recreating Van Gogh's famous 'Sunflowers'.

Computing

We have been using software called 'Paintz' to create digital drawings of The Enormous Turnip.

Maths

We have been using non-standard units of measurement such as paper clips, rubbers and our hands to measure items around the classroom.

English

We are becoming confident, independent writers!

P.E.

We love our relaxation session at the end of our P.E lessons, using our deep breathing and stillness techniques.

Computing

Our computing unit this half term has been 'iModel'. We have been enjoying learning about computer models, using them to make choices during games and then creating our own models.

English

This term our topic is 'Growth and Green Fingers'. We have been enjoying reading and retelling the story of The Enormous Turnip.

Geography -Fieldwork 

The children have been exploring the UK countries and capitals.  Next week we will meet Barnaby Bear who enjoys travelling around the UK. 

Barnaby Bear has travelled to all 4 capitals of the UK. During the next few  weeks  he will be travelling to the 7 continents around the world.

Messy Maps - Map of the classroom.

Messy Maps - Map of the playground.

We devise a simple map of the playground and used directional language ( near, next to, left and right).

DT - Gardening 

We planted garlic and spring bulbs ready for next year. 

Year 1 enjoyed a tasting and sorting activity to decide whether a certain food was fruit or vegetable.  

We have started spring gardening and hopefully we will have a crop of homegrown fruit and vegetables .This has helped the children understand where fruit and vegetables are grown whether underground, above ground or on trees or vines.

Thank you Jo (Asda Community Champion) who visited Year 1 and provided a range fruit and vegetable ingredients for Smoothies. 

Christmas

We all had a fantastic time at our Christmas party and Christmas dinner.

Art

In art we have been studying the work of Modigliani. We have recreated his famous portrait 'Jeanne'.

Computing

We enjoy using the iPads in our computing lessons. We have learnt what an algorithm is and have been using them in our programming lessons.

English

We have been retelling our innovated stories based on our class book, 'Lost and Found' in preparation for writing our new stories.

History

In history we have been sorting toys in to old and new. We looked at what they were made of and how they worked.

Letters and sounds

In letters and sounds we have been using our new sounds in sentences.

Outdoor Education - There’s No ‘I’ In Team 

Science

We have enjoyed learning about the different senses.  We used our senses to touch, hear, smell, see and taste a variety of objects.

Music

We enjoyed moving to the pulse, in our warm-up game.

Dance