In Science we have been learning about plants and today we explored looking at different seeds using a magnifying glass. We then chose our own seed to plant and over the next few weeks we will care for it and watch it grow.
We loved dressing up in comfy clothes and our favourite book characters for World Book day. All day we LOVED reading, listening to and enjoying great stories. We visited the library and had a visit from Mrs Hyde to share one of her fave books with us. We took part in craft activites based on a gorgeous book called “Look up” by Nathan Bryon. We created our own personalised bookmarks and even made reading crowns. What a great day!
Today Year 1 went to Bowker Vale’s school kitchen to make Gingerbread Men. In English we are learning how to read, follow and write our own instructions. So, when we were in the kitchen we followed a set of simple instructions on how to make a Gingerbread Man and it was so much fun. After making our Gingerbread Men we decorated them and even got to enjoy eating them before any of them ran away!
Watch this space for Year 1’s written instructions and you can make a Gingerbread Man too.
This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Mental Health Week activities. They came to school wearing clothes that represent ‘My Place’ this years theme. The children enjoyed taking part in artwork and calm activities where they shared what and where makes them feel safe, happy and have a sense of belonging.
The children in Year 1 have loved celebrating National Story Telling Week. We took part in a live retell of a lovely story and got involved through song and actions. We have enjoyed listening to and then retelling stories in class and we have loved bringing in and sharing some of our favourite stories from home.
We do LOVE reading and we are becoming excellent story tellers.
Today Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful afternoon exploring speaking and listening activities and developing their skills. We listened to a beautiful story called ‘Too shy for show and tell’ and enjoyed discussing it. We played games which involved us sharing our favourite things and listening to others share theirs. We had fun outside, listening carefully to play duck duck goose. Then finished off the afternoon with a beautiful session of our own show and tell. The children were amazing at speaking and listening to each other, encouraging and celebrating each other too.
Well done Year 1, we are so proud of you!
Year 1 Rabbits enjoyed their first day back after the holidays in the lovely snow. First we all enjoyed making melted snowman biscuits as we are now learning a new poem in our English lessons about a snowman. Then we went outside to explore the snow and made a class Snow Rabbit called Frosty.
What a fabulous autumn morning Rabbits had in Forest School today. We went on a hunt for autumn treasures and found mushrooms, conkers and conker shells, berries and all sorts of different coloured autumn leaves. We shook trees so the water droplets fell, we climbed trees and enjoyed swinging.
We can’t wait till next time.
Year 1 Rabbits enjoyed a fabulous Forest School session. The weather was beautiful and we found autumn treasures to create nature crowns.
Year 1 were amazed to find a spaceship had landed in our playground yesterday. Also a red hoola hoop and a book called ‘Beegu’ was left for us to read.
We enjoyed the story which told us about a friendly alien named Beegu who had got lost in our city. In the story Beegu makes some children friends before being rescued by her family and going back into space.
The children have loved talking and learning about this story and over the next few weeks we will be making Beegu some alien friends and writing character descriptions of them.
