Week commencing 6^th December 2023
This week in art Year 1 have been learning about primary and enjoyed mixing them to create a secondary colour. We have also learnt more about maps and looking in depth at countries in the United Kingdom.  In R.E we listened to the Nativity story and then retold the story ourselves. Another great week Year 1, well done!
 

Week commencing 27^th November 2023
What a great week Year 1 have had, we enjoyed learning about Bingham and took a walk to the library. Also, we learnt about maps and talking about direction, learning our left and right. We have started our book advent adventure, thank you so much for sending in all of your lovely books, we are excited to read them!

Week commencing 22^nd November 2023
A great introduction to our new topic ‘owls’ this week, we have been using adjectives to describe an owl and creating some lovely drawings. We also had lots of fun dancing in P.E too. In our phonics everyone has been working extremely hard at practising our common exception words, keep on working hard Year 1!

Week commencing 13^th November 2023
Year 1 have been exploring our senses this week by going on senses walk, guessing the smell and experiencing have one of our senses taken away, which was tricky! We have also had fun creating firework pictures both on the laptops and using paint. We had a visit from Perform drama which everyone really enjoyed. Also, in maths we have been learning our number bonds which we are getting more confident with, well done Year 1!

Week commencing 6^th November 2023
We have enjoyed seeing all the children after our half term break and hearing about what everyone has been up to. During our first week back, we have been practising our number bonds to 10 in maths. We have also worked together to label body parts, great teamwork by all. In ICT we have really enjoyed creating our own Funnybones pictures, practising our mousepad skills. Year 1 have also started a new topic in R.E learning all about Diwali and creating diva lamps.

Half Term

Week commencing 16th October 2023
Year 1 have been doing activities based on the story The Three Little Pigs. We created pictures of the 3 pigs and the wolf using a printing method and then added the details afterwards using pens. Also, in science this week, we discussed the properties of a range of materials and then made bunting to test if our predictions were correct.

Week commencing 9^th October 2023
This week has been very exciting in Year 1! We have designed a shelter, thinking about the materials that we could use, we then created our shelters in The Copse following our plans. We managed to avoid the rain too! In RE we listened to the story of Jesus and the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, discussing the importance of sharing with one another. We collaged our own fish in our activity after the story to represent the fish in the bible story.

Week commencing 2^nd October 2023
Year 1 have been learning in more depth about the different materials and where they come from. We have also enjoyed using our laptops to sort toys from today and toys from the past, we are becoming more confident with our click and drag technique. Also, on a Tuesday we have music with Mrs Cowling which is lots of fun!

Week commencing 25^th September 2023
Year 1 have been busy this week going on an adventure to find different types of materials and we were talking about the differences between them. We also worked as a team to create a timeline of significant events in history.

Week commencing 18^th September 2023

This week in Year 1 we have been writing our own autobiographies and making faces with a range of different media. We have also been busy on the laptops practising our drag and drop skills to create a picture of a house. Also, in PSHE we discussed the importance of listening to others and created our own listening ears which was great fun!

Week commencing 12^th September 2023

Everyone has made a brilliant start to Year 1. We have been enjoying exploring our new classrooms and getting to know our new teachers. Well done to everyone!