Class of 2030 (Y1)

Year 1 Science-Animals 

We have been sorting pictures of plants and animals this afternoon. The children have been talking about the features of an animal and designed their own animal. 

To begin our topic of time we all came together in the hall and we made a number line from 0 to 12 which we then transferred into a circular number line to represent a clock face. We added on the minutes numbers around the outside and talked about the purpose of the hands. We recapped over Year 1…

The children used a potato to practise and explore printing techniques.

Year 1-Science- Which materials are waterproof and which are not?

We have been looking at different materials this afternoon to see which ones are waterproof and not. “It’s making a hole” “the water is coming through the paper.” We looked at the following materials to carry out our experiment-…

Year 1-Computing

This week the children will be using the chromebooks in class. They will learn how to develop their mouse skills. The children will use the sketchpad app to design their own picture using click and drag skills. 

Today in our Nutrition unit, the children made pitta crisps. They used the bridge technique to cut their pitta bread into triangular shaped pieces and then mixed them in olive oil and mixed herbs before they were baked in the oven. Prior to the practical part of the lesson we discussed how crisps…

Year 1-Design and Technology-Rainbow wraps 

We had lots of fun in Year 1 making rainbow wraps. We talked about which foods are healthy and how they contain vitamins. The children used graters and peelers to make the wraps. “They are so yummy!” 

Year 1-Science-Material hunt

The children worked in groups to explore and find different materials around our school.

“Fred is made out of fabric.”

Year 2 talked about different vegetables and how eating a colourful selection of vegetables often contains a wider range of nutrients. They experimenting in chopping, grating and peeling vegetables to make a colourful layered salad pot.

Year 2 visited church today to see the crib. 

Year 1-Active Sefton-Oral Hygiene 

Ben from Active Sefton came to visit Year 1 this afternoon to talk about oral hygiene and how to keep our teeth healthy. The children were very excited to tell Ben about their wobbly teeth ???? 

Year 1 Science-What are materials? 

We have been talking about materials in class today. We looked at different objects and matched the correct label to each one. We thought about objects at home and what material they are made from.