Y1 History Interview
As part of our history work learning about ‘Shopping in the Past’ Mrs Stead came in to talk to Year 1. Mr & Mrs Stead owned a shop on Egremont Mainstreet years ago, it sold newspapers, groceries and sweets. Mrs Stead explained that contactless was not invented when she had the shop, so customers…
Y1 Part-Whole Models
In maths year 1 have been learning how to use Part-Whole Models. Today we explored creating these practically with our partners. Partner 1 added the parts using counters. Partner 2 added the parts together and wrote the whole. Both partners self checked and then swapped around. Great work.
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Year 1 Explore Seasons at Whinlatter
Year 1 enjoyed a very wet Whinlatter trip to learn more about the changing seasons. We explored the Forest with Ruth looking for signs of seasonal change. We found pine cones and a couple of sharp eyes spotted some red squirrels. We found evergreen trees that keep their leaves all year round and…
Year 1 Vote
Year 1 enjoyed voting in their first School Election. Those who volunteered to be candidates gave speeches to explain why they would make good councillors. We then held a vote and used an ‘X’ on the voting slips to make our choices. Year 6 helped to organise the voting. The votes were counted and…
Y1 Visit Egremont Library
Year 1 enjoyed their visit to Egremont Library. Tracey the Librarian explained how we can use our cards to borrow books. We explored different book choices before choosing one to take home. We enjoyed a class story time together and then checked out our books. Thank you Tracey we will look forward…
Year 1 Pet Encounters
Thank you to The Brilliant Cumbria initiative for organising a pet Encounters to visit today. We enjoyed being challenged to face our fears and to learn about the animals. We were all very brave and had so much fun. Thank you to Pet Encounters.
Move up Day
Reception had a lovely morning in Year 1. We learnt where everything is in our new class. We loved playing in our new yard. Mrs Robson and Mrs Benn are looking forward to seeing you all in September.
African Drumming with Zozo
Zozo returned for our final session learning and playing the African ‘Djembe’ drums. Zozo reviewed all the previous learning and celebrated the learning achieved. Year 1 followed Zozo’s rhythms and copied the patterns. Then Year 1 enjoyed listening to an African story where some children were…
GB Paralympian Visit
Today we welcomed Jonathan Paterson a GB Paralympic Footballer. He captained the Paralympics GB side on the his Games debut at Beijing in 2008 and also at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. Jonathan was born with right sided cerebral palsy and has always been motivated to prove any doubters or…
Y1 Sports Day
Year 1 had a fantastic time competing in Sports Day. It was great fun racing and cheering everyone on. Congratulations to the green team who were the winners.
Year 1 find out ‘Can you build with bread?’
In our D&T lessons we have been investigating answering ‘Can you build with bread?’. We have been building a house for the three little pigs. After investigating we decided to heat the bread first to make toast as it is more sturdy for building with. We made our own cement choosing our own…
Year 1 and Year 6 Active Maths for Number Day
Today for Number Day Year 1 and Year 6 joined together to take part in some ‘Active Maths’. Year 6 planned maths games and activities for Year 1 to enjoy. Everyone enjoyed counting, adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying in creative ways. It was fun learning and being active together.
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