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!
Calling all Superheroes!!!!
We flew into the second half of Autumn term with a Superhero day on Monday 2nd November.
Everyone looked amazing and we cleverly used the excitement to create some wonderful literacy prompts for this weeks lessons on question writing and using amazing adjectives.
Our learning this term is going to be 'SUPER!'
The children have been learning about the festival of light, Diwali, in their RE lessons. They used chalk to create some images of lotus flowers on the year 1 playground. These symbolise enlightenment and eternity!
What an adventure Year 1 had last week when we all went to Monkswood.
This activity morning informed our new literacy topic which is all about how to write a Non-fiction recount.
The children made mini-beast dens, took part in a nature scavenger hunt, had to find items of different colours and had to see how many different types of mini-beasts we could find.
We finished off the trip with a snack in the woods and then headed back to school. All the children behaved brilliantly...Well done year 1.
Year 1 had a visit from Tricky Witch last week. She had hidden the Year 1 tricky words all around creature corner and we had to venture off with our clipboards to see if we could find them all!
She explained that if we could find each word and tick them off our sheets, she would return her wand to us.
We all worked extremely hard and she was AMAZED by how well we could read them all. Eventually she knew she was defeated by our mighty reading power and she returned the wand. Well done Year 1....what superstars you all are!
Year 1 have been loving the whole school text, The Journey. We have been working hard on lots of related activities. We made red balloons and boats, feathered bird masks, and also decided what we would draw if we had our own magic red crayon.
The exciting activities continue this week...
What an amazing first day we had in Year One!
To start off our "Camping out" topic, we made a camp fire and roasted marshmallows on sticks. We also sat on blankets and inside tents.
We enjoyed singing songs around the fire and even listened to the "We're going on a Bear Hunt" story.
With Year 1 returning to school, we have put together a welcome Power Point for children to aid transition back to class. Please click below to access.
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