A Party Fit for a King
Year 1 celebrated in royal style. We enjoyed making our own crowns to wear at our street party. We decorated ourselves with Union Jack face paints and tattoos. We bounced till we dropped and finished off with an ice cream or ice lolly. Having our lunch with all the classes joined together…
Y1 Amazing Art
In our Textiles lessons we have been learning to attach materials in different ways and add colour, pattern and texture.
Marvellous Measuring in Year 1
Today we have been learning about measuring length. We have been using non-standard measures like cubes, paper clips, rubbers and hands. We have measured objects around our classroom using cubes. We had lots of fun counting the cubes to find out the length and we even measured a row of tables!
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Y1 Forest School Fun
Into the woods for more fantastic learning experiences with Mia our Forest School Leader. We enjoyed creating our own necklaces. We used tools to create the hole for the string to go through. We explored climbing trees and had great fun playing group games. This week we saw lots of progress with…
Y1 Wonder in the Wonder Dome
Year 1 enjoyed a fascinating and fun interactive Planetarium Show in the Wonder Dome. It showed Year 1 how wonderful and intriguing the universe is. The Wonder Dome created a magical learning environment to learn all about the wonders of space with a 360 degree immersive experience. We learnt…
Science Sounds Fun in Year 1
As part of British Science Week Year 1 had a scientific enquiry based on this year’s theme of ‘Connections’. We learnt how sound travels in ‘sound waves’. We created cup and string telephones. We investigated if sound could travel along the string to send a message. We started with measuring…
African Drumming with Zozo
Today we welcomed back Zozo to continue our learning playing African Drums. We learnt about the syllables in our names and used the Djembe (drums) to create the beats. We learnt how to hold an open hand position on the Djembe. Zozo taught a new song about a chicken and we loved putting actions to…
Y1 World Book Day
Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed dressing up as our favourite characters. In class we made our own poems and shared our work together. It was fun sharing our favourite stories and listening to new ones.
Forest School Fun for Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed their first Forest School session today at Longlands Lake. We enjoyed exploring the woodland, jumping in muddy puddles and being outside. It was so much fun to relax in hammocks. Walking to the Forest School we enjoyed spotting all the different wildlife around. We can’t wait for…
Year 1 Chefs make Vegetable Kebabs
In Design and Technology Year 1 have been learning about food and nutrition. We have already made Rainbow Wraps and today we created Vegetable Kebabs. We used courgettes, red, yellow and green peppers, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms. We used all the cutting techniques to chop the vegetables safely.…
Year 1 Visit Bowness-on-Windermere
Year 1 enjoyed an action packed day in Bowness-on-Windermere. First, we visited The World of Beatrix Potter. In English we have been reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit so it was amazing to learn more about the author and the other stories she created. We enjoyed getting up close with the different…
Y1 Digital Footprint
As part of ‘Safer Internet Day’ Year 1 learnt about what a digital footprint is. They discovered that a digital footprint is a trail that we leave behind every time we go online. We learnt that websites can record that we have visited sites. Knowing our digital footprint is part of staying…