To start our new topic of Fur. Feathers and Scales, Year 1 were visited by Ark Farm.
The children had the opportunity to pet and feed different animals such as Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Chicks, Owls, Dogs and Tortoises.
We had prepared lots of questions to ask the ladies and afterwards we all wrote a recount of our experience.
Year one are learning about prepositional language, writing instructions and using adverbs of time.
We were left a letter from a pirate saying that there had been some treasure left somewhere in the outdoor area.
We followed the photo clues hopping over the icy squares, leaping over the crocodile pit, climbing up the rusty rigging and bumping across the rickety pathways that led us to the gleaming booty!
When we got back to class, we wrote instructions for another pirate to find the treasure!
This week the year 1 children have been creating actions and dances to pirate poetry and sea shantys.
The children listened to 'The good ship sails on the ally ally oh' and created an action for each verse. They then wrote about why they chose that action and what it means.
We also looked at the poem 'Yo Ho Ho' and identified rhyming words and then thought of our own to add and extra section.
Year 1 enjoyed our science day last Friday. We went on a 'sound walk' in the morning, trying to identify different sounds around our school. Then had a session exploring lots of different science experiments. We made lava lamps, Jumping raisins, Skittle rainbows, Cup rainbows and talked about how they worked. Some of the children went home and carried on doing experiments, we had lots of photos emailed in!
In Year one our science topic is about Our Sense.
Our lesson this week was focusing on TASTE.
The children had to try different items of food and describe them.
Some were brave enough to try them blindfolded
During devices down day Year 1 finished our DT topic which was making alien puppets. We then made chocolate rice kripsies cakes and made DREAMS collages with items we could find in the classroom.
As part of our PHSE topic, we have been learning about resilience and perseverance.
This week we focused on learning new things and how sometimes we have to stretch our thinking. This usually means trying over again and again, stretching a bit more and a bit more each time. We then made our very own ‘stretchy’ flowers. We discussed how important it is to keep trying even if we found the task difficult.
Year 1 loved visiting the new Sensory Garden! We explored the different textures all around us. We used the colour changing lenses, listened to the different sounds and sat on the very special bench. We finished our exploration by reading a story in the dome.
On Monday 16th November we wore Odd Socks for Anti-Bullying Week. We watched 'Andy and the Odd socks' and learned all about the importance of being unique. We celebrated our differences and showed off our Odd Socks!
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