Y1: Gallery
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 1:30pm
Wow! What an amazing response we had to our story spoon competition. Here are some photos of the fabulous entries. Thank you to everyone who took part. The children enjoyed looking at all of the wonderful creations and talking about the stories that the characters were from.
The names of the winners will be on our newsletter.
Well done everyone!
Lyme Country Park - Science Learning Walk
Date: 2nd Mar 2022 @ 12:41pm
This morning, Year 1 have been on a Science Learning Walk - even though it was slightly wet and very muddy in places a great time was had by everyone.
We learnt some of the names of the plants in the country park - such as:-
* Scots Pine
* Hawthorne
* Gorse
* Pussy Willow
We also talked about some of the signs of 'Spring' - like the plants turning from brown and orange colours to light green. Also, when the natural water and puddles start to reduce this is also a sign that Spring is coming.
We listened to some of the birds tweeting and singing to each other - we even saw a robin.
Before we returned to school, we stopped by one of water features in the park and saw a cormorant - it feeds on fish and frogs.
It was a very long walk (just over 2 miles) and we climbed some big hills - including Skylark Hill (although Scott The Ranger told us he calls it Scott's Hill). We could see a long way from the top of the hill - we saw parts of Haydock and Earlestown Town Hall.
It was great fun!
Date: 28th Feb 2022 @ 12:57pm
As this week is World Book Day ... Year 1 participated in an online learning session with Julia Donaldson.
Julia told Y1 all about her new book 'A Pocketful of Songs'. They also joined in with some singing - The Highway Rat and Superworm were some of their favourites.
It was a fun activity.
Date: 25th Feb 2022 @ 3:49pm
Lesson 1: I can investigate foods and say whether it is a fruit or a vegetable.
This week we looked at different foods and sorted them into groups: fruit and vegetable. We found out that it is a fruit if it has seeds and that we can eat some seeds (like on strawberries) but not others (like in mangoes).
Finally, we did a taste test – using adjectives to describe the taste and textures.
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!
