House building
Funky fingers were set the challenge of building a house, using Lego today. They created some amazing houses, this one includes a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living room. They talked beautifully about their designs to each other. Well done everyone!
Developing designers
After lots of practise creating mechanisms, year 1 have begun to design their own moving pictures based on the story of The Billy Goats Gruff. They created a design criteria say agreed their design should meet this included. I think the links to the story and moving part and colourful. Children…
Construction fingers!
Today Funky Fingers were set the challenge of building a tower, in teams using straws and connectors. We used our fine motor skill to join these together and built tall towers.
Hello Lighthouse - Diary writing
We have been writing diaries in Year 1 this week, using the text Hello Lighthouse. We focused on using last tense and first person, as well as including all the features of a diary entry. Today we planned a diary entry for our independent write next week. The children came up with lots of amazing…
Marvellous Maps
During Geography, year 1 were se the challenge of locating seaside towns using an atlas. They learnt that atlases contain maps of the world and can help us to find specific places. Children used their prior knowledge of coastlines to know that seaside towns would be at the edge of the United…
Spotting seasides!
Today we worked together to locate the seasides around the UK using an atlas. The children drew upon their prior knowledge, knowing the seaside is located on the coast, to help them locate and identify the specific seaside destinations. The children’s map skills developed considerably throughout…
Sensational sports day!
We had a fantastic day on Thursday for KS1 sports day. The children were absolutely amazing and wowed me with their courage, determination and sportsmanship. What an incredible morning we had, finished off with a nice resting ice lolly.
Wheely Good Wheels
Year 1 have continued to learn about mechanisms is DT this week. The children have made a wheel mechanism to make the wolf appear closer to Little Red Riding Hood. They used lots of skills to complete their finished product and were very proud of themselves! ⭐️
Wild flowers
In science, year one continued to learn more about plants, today we learnt that some plants are wild plants, which means they grow by themselves without any help from humans, how amazing! We investigated wild plants in our school and recorded our findings, we found lots of daisies, buttercups and…
Funky fingers do origami !
We had lots of fun making our very kind chatterbox’s! Can you use you’re funky fingers and make one to?
Lifting Levers
During DT, Year 1 have continued their learning on mechanisms by making a lever. They learn that levers move around a fixed point - the pivot. They used a lever to make Jack climb the beanstalk. They were so impressed with the work they had done.
Celebrating Monarchs
This week in History we have been answering the question “How do we celebrate monarchs?”. In doing so we learnt all about the jubilee and how this celebrates the monarchs major milestones. We also found out that Kings and Queens have two birthdays. During the summer birthday celebration they…