Year One Blog

Today in their RE lesson with Mrs Bartlett the children went out exploring the school grounds, enjoying nature and looking for all of the things that they liked about their 'wonderful world'.

This week we have been counting forwards and backwards to 20. We have been ordering the numbers and using a numberline to help us work out what 1 more or 1 less is.  On Friday your child brought home their number line please use it at home to practise finding 1 more and 1 less.  Immediately being…

A huge well done to all of the new Year One children who have had an amazing first week.  They have risen to every new challenge with a smile and I am certain that we will have a really great year.  This week we have been writing postcards all about our summer holiday, sorting, counting and…

This week we have been looking at Van Gogh's famous painting of sunflowers.  We have been experimenting with making our own colourful sunflower paintings and models.  We have been thinking lots about colour and texture. 

Inspired by our trip to Strikes we have been planting our seeds.  We have been learning about what will help the seeds to germinate.  We set up some experiments with mustard seeds to investigate what a seed needs to germinate and grow well.

Today we had a fantastic time at Strikes Garden Centre.  The outdoor Garden Centre Manager Paul was kind enough to show us around and share his in depth knowledge of plants.  We learned lots about the different parts of a plant and why plants look and smell different from each other.  A huge thank…

This week we have been getting busy learning all about making equal groups.  We have been organising larger quantities into groups of 2's, 5's and 10's to help us count them more easily.  Knowing how to make and count equal groups will help us begin to learn how to multiply and divide.  Why not…

Today we said a big well done to our children with 100% attendance.  A big well done to Sam, Reivenna, Ciara and Jessica as well as Emily, Katie, William and Millie.  We also celebrated those children who had worked hard to improve their attendance.

The mission is on to have our rain makers completed ready for our performance at Wednesday's open classroom (2:40pm).  It has been amazing to see such superb teamwork from all the children. Making the cylinders and sealing the ends has been very tricky and an extra pair of hands has been very…

This week we have been learning about comparing the weight of objects.  We have been using a balance scale to help us compare the weight of different objects.  We have also been measuring the weight of objects using non-standard as well as standard units.  We have been doing lots of teamwork,…