Year 1
Welcome to our Headline of the week. This will give you a small taster of some of the learning taking place in your child’s class.
We hope you enjoy reading our Headlines each week.
12/04/24
In Maths we have been learning about money. We have been looking at different coins and ordering them from the smallest amount to the biggest amount.
05/04/24
In Maths we have been estimating numbers on a number line from 0-50.
28/03/24
In Maths we have been sorting large amounts of items into 10’s and 1’s to make them easier to count.
22/03/24
In Maths we have been learning about capacity. We used different containers to estimate and then show which had the bigger capacity.
15/03/24
In Maths we have been using scales to find objects that are heavier, lighter or balance.
08/03/24
In Science we planted seeds for our topic of plants.
01/03/24
In English we wrote a poem. We discussed the order it should be and edited it.
23/02/24
In Computing we learnt about algorithms. We created a set of instructions to build a lego model.
09/02/24
In English we have been practicing our tricky words and writing them in a sentence.
02/02/24
We have been learning how to measure items in cm using a ruler.
26/01/24
Tribe came into school for a Tu bishevat activity. We planted beans and can’t wait for them to grow.
19/01/24
In English we speech bubbles about how Halibut Jackson would feel at the party.
12/01/24
In English we are reading Halibut Jackson by David Lucas. We drew an outline of him and then wrote words to describe how he feels about his appearance.
15/12/23
In Maths we have be completing subtraction sums. We have used our fingers, cubes and number lines to help us work out the answers.
08/12/23
This week in English we have been learning how animals eat lots of food before they hibernate for winter. We made a bird feed to help the animals find food easily.
01/12/23
This week in Computing we learnt about Internet safety. We learnt the SMART rules to staying safe online.
24/11/23
:In History we learnt about Edith Cavell and how she helped soldiers in World War 1. We acted out different scenarios from Edith’s Red Cross hospital.
17/11/23
In Computing we have been practicing how to login using the caps lock, delete and enter keys.
10/11/23
In Maths we have been working out number bonds to 10. We drew around our hands and cut them out and moved the fingers to find all the number bonds of 10.
03/11/23
In English we have been looking at lots of winter poems, finding the adjectives to see how they make the poems more interesting.
20/10/23
We learnt and performed actions for the poem called ‘Nature Trail’ by Benjamin Zephaniah for Black History month.
06/10/23
We wrote lots of messages about how to be kind to each other and made them into a chain.
29/09/23
In Maths we have been finding 1 more and 1 less than a number.
22/09/23
In Computing we have been learning about the touch screen on the iPad and using them to make an image move around the screen.
15/09/23
In Art we tried to create our own junk monster sculptures from junk modelling.
12/04/24
We learnt the song Chad Gadya and sang it at our mock Seder.
05/04/24
In DT we have been creating moving pictures.
28/03/24
In Computing we have been using algorithms to programme the BeeBot to move around the mat.
22/03/24
In DT we have been making moving pictures.
15/03/24
In Humanities we asked Thomas Percy questions and then created wanted posters for him.
08/03/24
In DT we made a moveable picture
01/03/24
In Computing we worked with a partner to say algorithms to build a potato person.
23/02/24
In English we looked at our new story The Secret Garden. We looked at the front cover and wrote down our initial observations.
09/02/24
In Art we created pictures like Wassily Kandinsky.
02/02/24
In Art we created pictures like Jackson Pollock.
26/01/24
In English we used a thesaurus to find different meanings for words.
19/01/24
In Art we learnt how primary colours are used to make secondary colours.
12/01/24
In Maths we used cubes to help us find part numbers of 11, 12 and 13.
15/12/23
In English we have been looking at question words. We have asked and written questions that start with ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘how’, and ‘why’.
08/12/23
In Maths we used positional language such as forwards, backwards, left and right the help the pirate find the correct treasure.
01/12/23
As part of our road safety week we learnt how to cross the road safely.
24/11/23
In Maths we learnt our number bonds and worked out the answers using number fans.
17/11/23
In Science we went on an Autumn walk to spot signs of the seasons changing.
10/11/23
In English we used adjectives to write about the differences between autumn and winter.
03/11/23
In Maths we have been looking at the whole number and finding parts of the number.
20/10/23
We went on a 2D shape hunt around the classroom.
06/10/23
We had so much fun in the DT room making coloured icing and decorating biscuits.
29/09/23
We were builders in Art this week and we made a house for travelling Ted.
22/09/23
In English this week we have been authors and have written our own Snail and the Whale story book.
15/09/23
We went on a material hunt around school to find different objects made of plastic wood metal, glass and rock.