The children had a lovely afternoon, exploring their new classroom and getting to know their new teachers. The children enjoyed working in the different areas of continuous provision, especially the construction area where they created some amazing models and the writing area where they wrote some super sentences!
This term the children have worked very hard developing work and lots of work all about.. PIRATES! To celebrate we have enjoyed our pirate day and lots of pirate activities. We made treasure maps to help us find treasure. We decorated a pirate boat, biscuits and piece of treasure, walked Read more…
We have been working hard to learn our lines and songs for our class assembly, relating to our English unit (Traditional Tales). Today we performed Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the children were all amazing! Thanks to all of the adults that came to watch, the children were very excited Read more…
Today we had a plant hunt in the environmental area. The children enjoyed using their magnifying glass to look at the flower in detail. We were able to identify lots of common flowers.
In DT, we have been learning all about vehicles including how they move. The children are confident talking about wheels, axles and axle holders. We designed our own vehicles and today the children brought their designs to life. The children even used a saw and hammer to help them create Read more…
We prepared the fruit and vegetables to make smoothies. Then we used a blender and the children made a prediction on which would be their favourite. I wonder if you can guess which one we liked best by looking at our facial expressions.
In science we have been learning about materials. The children can identity what an object is made from, today we discussed the properties of these materials. The children each chose an object from around the classroom and told us the material and a property of the material. “It is made Read more…
In RE we have been thinking about ourselves.. what makes us happy, sad and tHints that make us special. The children created little people to represent themselves.
The children absolutely loved Santa visiting school, giving them a gift and singing carols. Thank you so much to Heywood Rotary Club!
Year 1 have had a wonderful party day. This morning we made party hats and place mats in preparation for our party. The children have been busy dancing, playing games and eating this afternoon.
Today our class elf had tried to leave us a hot chocolate treat but he didn’t know how to make it. We decided to help our elf and write him instructions so that we could have our hot chocolate treat.
In science we have been learning about classifying animals. Today we had special reptiles visit our class.. Tortoises! The children loved touching the tortoises, holding the tortoises and feeding the tortoises. They asked some super questions.
The School Council presented an assembly, talking all about Children In Need and explaining the reasons behind the charity. They spoke very clearly in front of all of the school. We ran a ‘Guess the Sweet’ competition which raised £90. Well done School Council.
We have had a wonderful day at Chester Zoo, the children loved seeing all the different animals and learning new facts. Everybody was so well behaved and made me very proud. Well done Year 1! We hope that you enjoy looking at our photographs.
The children have been learning about Andy Warhol and looking at his artwork. We have been drawing portraits with different drawing media and then painted our faces in the style of Pop Art.