Where are Class 1 hiding?
Today in maths, Class 1 have been practising using our positional language to describe where things are. We talked about how we need to use special words to describe where something was and where we could see the bear hiding.
After practising, we then went outside in our small groups to…
Creating poppies for our Remembrance Day service
Class 1 have been very busy creating our Class 1 wreaths and individual poppies ready for our Remembrance Service next week.
The children worked together to create our beautiful wreaths using red and purple handprints and discovered that red poppies are for the soldiers who died in the wars…
Finding out about Diwali
To launch our Celebrations topic, this week Class 1 have been learning all about Diwali.
We have watched a video about a family preparing and celebrating Diwali and listened to the story of Rama and Sita. We have made our own Festival of Light lanterns and created and explored making…
Being Creative with Circles and Triangles
In our maths today, Class 1 have been exploring circles and triangles. We have talked about what makes a circle a circle and why a triangle is a triangle. We played a game where we had to listen to clues to determine what shape Mrs Philp was hiding in her bag and then we got creative.
We all…
Post Office
Class 1 have enjoyed the story The Jolly Postman this week and have learned all about the journey of a letter. We watched what happens to a letter as it travels through the sorting office and how it reaches its destination.
We created our own post office in our classroom and have been enjoying…
Exploring numbers to 3
In maths this week, Class 1 have been exploring 1, 2 and 3 and using our mathematical skills and Ten Town to support our learning. We have meet King One, a Tommy Two and Thelma Three and played some brilliant number formation and subitising games to help us recognise these numbers.
Outside…
Keeping our teeth healthy
Class 1 have been learning about Keeping our Teeth Healthy this week in our topic.
The children have completed an experiment using apples to see what happens if our enamel on our teeth is damaged - we are waiting to see the results tomorrow!
We have practised brushing teeth correctly,…
We brushed our teeth at school!
A fabulously fun filled afternoon brushing our teeth at school! What fun! Lots of giggles were had and lots of toothpaste covered faces were seen!
The children have embraced their learning of keeping our teeth healthy and we put everything we have learnt into practice and brushed our teeth at…
Autumn walk
Class 1 went on an autumn walk around the school grounds to tick off the first signs of autumn. The children spotted orange, brown and red leaves, mushrooms, berries, sweet chestnuts and lots of leaves on the ground.
We will revisit our autumn walk next term where we will compare the photos we…
Musical mindfulness in Class 1!
Before we started our maths learning this afternoon, Class 1 enjoyed a short musical mindfulness session to calm our minds and bodies after our lunch break and to make sure everyone was ready to learn. We often enjoy a musical mindfulness session before starting our learning and sometime use…
Look at our amazing natural patterns!
In our maths sessions this week, we are exploring patterns. This afternoon after looking at some repeating patterns together in class, the children were challenged to create their own repeating pattern using natural resources they found in our outdoor classroom.
All the children worked…
Doctors and Ambulances
Class 1 have been learning about People Who Help Us in our topic and this afternoon we took a deeper look at Doctors and what they do. We shared our experiences of going doctors surgery or if we had been to hospital.
The children had a wonderful afternoon dressing up as doctors, nurses,…