Y1: Gallery
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 1:39pm
In art this half term, Y1 have been learning about formal elements such as line, tone and texture. They have enjoyed experimenting with different media and using a variety of artists as a stimuls for their own pieces. This week the children used their new learning of primary and secondary colours to recreate their own version of 'Numbers in Colour' by Jasper Johns.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 1:20pm
Y1 have been thinking about how to stay safe online this week. From our Purple Mash computing learning we already know how important it is to not share our passwords with anyone apart from a trusted adult. In our lesson on Safer Internet Day we thought about what else is safe to share online and what should stay private and be kept offline. Then we thought about different scenarios and talked about how we would feel and what we would do in these situations. To finish off, we used all our knolwedge to create a list of ingredients to help Digiduck from our assembly to make 'A Kinder Internet' spell.
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 5:09pm
Year 5 Football Tournament
Today, year 5 and two pupils from year 4 participated in a football tournament. The children were respectful, showed good sportsmanship, manners and displayed plenty of footballing talent. After only losing one match in the group stages, we progressed to the semi-finals. We won the semi-final match after a fantastic goal from Nathan. Unfortunately, the final didn't go the same way and the children finished in second place! However, the children should be so proud of themselves after a fantastic effort all afternoon.
Coming second out of sixteen other schools is something to be extremely proud of!
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 4:56pm
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 3:34pm
This week we had a special assembly to celebrate reading. Each class has decorated their door to showcase their class novel and author for this half term. We have now set up a Reading Council and two ambassadors have been chosen as representatives for each class. On Thursday we had our first meeting and came up with lots of exciting reading events that we would like to do over the coming months.
Evie and Rosie in Key Stage 1 were excited to take home our TRENDING BOOK today - 'The Dragon with the Blazing Bottom' by Tom Fletcher.
We can't wait to get dressed up for World Book Day that we will be celebrating on Friday 4th March.
Date: 24th Jan 2022 @ 12:59pm
Year 1 participated really well in their KABS session today.
Everyone worked well in their teams and enjoyed their session.
Great teamwork Year 1.
Date: 19th Jan 2022 @ 3:46pm
There was great excitement in Year 1 this afternoon.
We were investigating a big crash that had happened ... we found a broken spaceship on our school field. There was a baby alien inside the spaceship - his name is Baby Zorg. We are taking care of him in Year 1 - until we can send a message to his parents - but first of all we have to learn all about The United Kingdom so we can tell his parents where to find him.
What helps us to stay healthy?
Date: 12th Jan 2022 @ 4:09pm
Today we have been learning about staying healthy and the importance of washing our hands.
We have taken part in a 'germ experiment' to understand how germs spread - especially if we do not wash our hands.
Some of the children said:-
* Germs can make you sick.
* Germs can make you ill.
We now understand how easily germs spread and why it is important to wash our hands.
Date: 21st Dec 2021 @ 12:53pm
Year 1 have had a great month preparing for Christmas! We have developed our art and design skills by making lots of different things to take home - decorations, cards and calendars. Then we enjoyed a visit for Father Christmas and had a class party!
Every day in December, our cheeky elf Buddy has been in our classroom doing funny things - it has made us smile alot and helped us to write some lovely notes to him!
Date: 21st Dec 2021 @ 12:42pm
Year 1 have started to think abouty what artists use sketch books for. We have learned lots of different skills in art this half term: using a variety of media (pens, pencils, paints, pastels) and skills (drawing, painting, colour mixing and printing. We have also looked at the work of the artist Louis Wain and thought about what it would be like if we 'jumped' into a piece of his work - we used the FANTASTICS to talk about what we would be able to see, hear, touch and feel; we then predicted what might happen next.
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:24am
The Eco Action Team have been very busy over the past few weeks. Along with Mr Brooks, they have built some planters using old pallets and filled them wirth compost and bulbs ready for the Spring. The crocus bulbs were given to school by the Rotary Club as part of their campaign to eradicate polio across the world.
The original planters were very overgrown and were in need to of a tidy up - they have weeded them ready for the Spring.
They have also carried out a litter pick on the field - especially after all the windy weather we have had recently.
Date: 11th Nov 2021 @ 4:57pm
Our KS1 children took part in an assembly about Remembrance Day today. They then listening to 'The Last Post' and observed the two-minutes silence.
DT Moving pictures: Humpty Dumpty
Date: 2nd Nov 2021 @ 9:53am
In Autumn term 1, Y1 learned how to make two different mechanisms - levers and sliders. They applied this learning to designing and making their own moving picture book using the beginning, middle and end of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.
The children were very skilled in their marking and cutting skills to make the slits for their mechanisms and could talk about why they had used each one.
To test out their design criteria, Y1 shared their books with some of the children in Early Years - they really enjoyed them!
Bonjour / Je m'appelle / Au-revoir
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 5:04pm
Bonjour / Je m'appelle / Au-revoir
This half term we have been learning to say Hello / My name is ... / Goodbye - in French.
To celebrate we have enjoyed tasting croissants / pain au chocolat and brioche.
We enjoyed our French Teddy Bear's Picnic! It was fun!
Date: 18th Oct 2021 @ 10:41am
This morning Y1 had their first session with Tommy from KABS.
It was great fun - Mia and Emily earned their first KABS stickers.
All of Y1 enjoyed playing games to develop their listening, teamwork and communication skills.
Date: 29th Sep 2021 @ 6:42pm
In Year 1, we have been thinking about 'What toys do children play with nowadays?'
To investigate this question we all brought in our favourite toys from home.
Our favourite toys included Lego, toy dinosaurs, Guess Who? game, a game called 'Slap Ninja' and lots of teddy bears and dollies.
We were able to say how to play with our toys and what our toys were made from.
It was a fun afternoon!
What playground games did children used to play?
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 4:59pm
Today, our History lesson was fun - we have been learning about traditional games that children used to play and we found out that some of the games are still played nowadays.
We played the following games:-
* Traditional Skipping Games
* What times is it Mr Wolf?
* Duck Duck Goose
* Lucy Lockett
* Hopscotch
* Hula Hooping
* Steal the Bacon
* Traffic Lights
We were able to say why we liked the games from the olden times.
Date: 13th Sep 2021 @ 3:42pm
Today in our Science Learning, we have started to think about 'Are humans amazing?'
We sang songs and performed the actions to Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and The Skeleton Song.
Then, we played 'Simon Says' ... some of the children led the game.
We also labelled body parts on a body diagram of Joshua in Year 1.
It was fun!
Date: 7th Sep 2021 @ 1:26pm
Today we have taken part in practical Maths Activities - to sort ourselves into different groups. We used criteria such as boys and girls / hair colour / height - tall, medium, small / glasses and no glasses / black shorts, red shorts and no shorts. This also links to our SCIENCE learning of sorting / classifying HUMANS according to different body parts.
What plants grow in our school environment?
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 12:26pm
In our Science lesson today we have been investigating the plants that grow in our school environment.
We found:-
* poppies
* buddleia
* dahailias
* lavender
* pansies
* primulas
* thistles
* daisies
* buttercups
We all loved the lavender plants.
It was fun!
Date: 1st Jul 2021 @ 4:22pm
Year 1 enjoyed their Sports Day today! They took part in lots of different activities - the relay, egg and spoon and sack races; nerf throwing; long jumping and bean bag target games. There was lots of team spirit - cheering each other on and helping their team mates get into their sacks! Well done Year 1!
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 4:12pm
Year 1 have enjoyed a fun-filled week, learning a variety of different art skills and techniques.
We used the work of Beatriz Milhazes as a stimulus, using circle shapes to create an abstract composition in pairs.
Then we explored different kinds of lines - wavy, vertical, horizontal and cross hatch. Using the work of Bridget Riley, we created our own line composition on black card using chalks - piecing them together as a class composition.
In our next lesson we used our line drawing skills to create a collaborative piece of art with an underwater theme, inspired by the work of David Hockney and Vija Celmins. We experimented with a variety of materials - chalks, oil pastel, cryaons, coloured pencils and felt tip pens.
At the end of the week, we did a colour mixing investigation - making primary and secondary colours using play dough and paint. Using our knowledge of colour, we then created some art work based on a study of the artist Jasper Johns.
We have some very talented artists in our Year 1 class and have been impressed at how well they have all worked together to make their compositions!
Date: 23rd Jun 2021 @ 12:09pm
Year 1 have had a wonderful time celebrating the theme of 'Wonderful Water'.
We have been learning all about the different ways we use water. Then we have sang lots of songs all about water.
* It's always wet
* 8 days in the sea
* The deep blue sea
* Oh what a lovely thing to do
* Wonderful water
* Splish splash
" 8 days in the sea" was our favourite.
Date: 22nd Jun 2021 @ 1:13pm
Today we have been learning about Special People in our community such as teachers, doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters and vets. We have worked in a group to talk about what they do - then we presented our information to the rest of the class.
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 4:45pm
I can sort animals into groups.
Today, we have been learning about animals and we talked about their features. Then, we sorted them into groups
