Year 1

Year 1 have made a great start to their DT topic of Mechanisms. They have made and used sliders to create moving pictures.

In Maths we have been looking at part, part whole models and using counters to find the total. We have also been using these models to find missing parts.

Year 1 enjoyed learning about the artist Frida Carlo. We used her inspiration to draw our own self-portraits in her style.

This week Year 1 have started their new science topic learning about plants. Today they were looking closely and examining some fruit and vegetables that grow on plants and trees. Magnifying glasses were used to help to really see up close the inside of the fruit and veg.

We have some great artists in Year 1. Some of the detailed paintings of the fruit were amazing.

Grteast guided reading in Y1 today. Even thought here is lots of exciting things going on at this time of year, we are making sure we still do our learning and reading is an important skill for us!

We have been looking at the story The tiger Who Came To To Tea our English lessons. We have been looking at the story on a story mountain and using this to help us perform the story in small groups!

In maths we have been adding numbers by putting a number in our heads and counting on. It was hard work to begin with, but we got there in the end!

We had such great learning experiences today. We made a map to get to Bethesda then explored the church before moving the chairs around to make beds for hospital patients. Back in class we made a 3D model of the building and coloured a map and key to show what each room could be.

We have been learning about Florence Nightingale this week and how she improved the hospitals when she was sent to help in the Crimean War. Some of us wrote about it, some of us looked at a photograph and talked about it adding labels, some of us made a hospital in the provision.

Year 1 have been working hard in maths this week using the symbols + and = to write and solve number sentences.

We’ve also been making our own number lines and thinking where the numbers we chose would go.