Blog Author: Mrs Halsall

Year 1 Orienteering Outdoors
 

Year 1 had a wonderful time outdoors looking for different animals, numbers and letters around the school. 

Year 1 Geography- Natural and Manmade Objects

The children sorted the different objects into manmade and natural objects. We went on a walk around the school looking for more objects. 

In groups we sorted the objects into two groups: a computer and not a computer. We will shortly be learning how to logon to our chrome books using our passwords. 

Year 1 Maths Escape Room 

The children enjoyed completing all the exciting maths activities in the hall.  The activities included making necklaces for the Queen, number bond puzzles, using leaves to make the total 10, using magnets to find the different faces, using scales in the shop and…

Year 1 Maths- More than, fewer than, the same

The children worked in pairs to roll the dice and count out the counters. They used the vocabulary more than, fewer than and the same. 

Year 1 Science- Explore the tongue and taste

We have been tasting various foods in Year 1 this afternoon. We described the flavours and decided if we liked it or not. 
 

“I didn’t like the marmite. I liked everything else.”

Creation and Covenant

We have been learning about the Creation Story in Year 1. We talked about all the wonderful things God created to make our wonderful world. The children drew all that they love in God’s world. 
 

“I love God’s world because it includes sharing and loving one…

We have been learning about how our ears help us to hear. We listened to various instruments and decided if we liked or disliked the sound we made. We know that sound is made of vibrations.

“I like this instrument because it makes a quiet sound”

Year 1- Cross-hatching 

We have been learning about cross-hatching in art today. We used charcoal, pencils and pens to make the marks and smudged some of the marks with our fingers. 

Year 1 Outdoor PE

Year 1 had a lovely time outdoors for PE today. We have been learning to keep a steady breath, move our arms faster to help us to move quickly and run on the balls of our feet. Well done Year 1! 

Handwriting in Year 1

Today we have been practising our letter formation in Year 1, with a focus on the letter ‘a’

Representing Numbers 

The children have been learning how to represent numbers using counters on the tens frame. 

“I like putting the counters on the frame.”