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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! 

We have been enjoying our camping adventure so much, that today we learnt how to put a tent up and erected it together in our nursery garden.  Ms Pankiv, our nursery link governor arrived just at the right time to get involved too!

We have been taking advantage of this week’s wonderful weather and spending lots of time learning outside.  The children have been exploring nature and using their imaginations to create delicious campfire soups, taking turns to add ingredients and stir.  We have been singing campfire songs…

We have been learning about the different food groups and the importance of having a balanced diet.

The children have loved exploring our new mud kitchen in our outdoor area! The children have engaged in pretend and messy play by cooking with mud and water. Our mud kitchen has been great for the children to develop their fine motor skills and engage in role play. 

Handwriting in Year 1

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

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Learning to dribble and move with the basketball.

After reading God’s Rainbow we thought about all our actions that harm God’s world. We talked about how we can turn over a new leaf and put them right. 

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.” 

After watching a clip of Niagara Falls, we used our senses to imagine what it must have been like watching Annie Edson Taylor as she crossed the Falls in her barrel.

We worked together and selected vocabulary linked to what we would see, hear and how we would have felt at the time.

This will…

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