Class 1

In RE this week, we continued to explore churches. We looked at lots of different churches around the world and saw how they can vary in size and design. We spoke about how important churches are to Christians and discussed what different types of celebrations we have been to in church. 
 

We…

This afternoon, Class 1 had such a lovely visit to St Stephen’s. Father Neale kindly showed us all the different features of a church and showed us what happens at the altar and font during some services. We also got to sit in the pews where our grown ups normally sit. 
 

Father Neale also…

Class 1 were learning all about lifestyle cycles today in our Science lesson.  The children then made  their own lifecycle of a caterpillar. We are all very excited to watch our class caterpillars go through their life-cycle. The children made predictions of what would happen next.

The question we are exploring this half term in our RE sessions is ‘What happens in a church?’
 

Today, we talked about how lucky we are to have our church, St Stephen’s so close to our school and to be part of the church community.  We talked about all the different celebrations we have…

Class 1 have received their very own caterpillars this week. They arrived in a special box sent by some important scientists, they have asked us to look after them and observe them as they grow. We have been asked to keep a Caterpillar diary to keep track of the changes that happen. Today we each…

This week to finish our RE topic finding out why Christians put a cross in an Easter garden, we have heard the story of the Easter weekend and found out why Easter Sunday is such an exciting time for Christians. 
 

We then worked together to create our own flower cross before going to perform…

This week in maths, Class 1 have continued to be number explorers and today have been challenging their number skills by exploring doubling.
 

The children created their own double butterflies using our numicon and then used the numicon to help recognise the double. The children then either…

What a lovely time we have had in Class 1 celebrating our mothers and special people in our lives this week.
 

Today, we had such a lovely time in Class with our visitors following the Mothering Sunday afternoon tea and enjoyed the different activities. We then went to church for our Mothering…

In maths today, Class 1 we’re exploring 1 more than a number up to 10. We played number bingo and the children had to recognise the number shown on a card and then work out what 1 more than that number was. If they had the number on their bingo card, they covered it with a counter. It was very…

What a fantastic time we have had celebrating world book day in Class 1 today! 
 

All the children looked amazing in their costumes and enjoyed talking about their costumes and their favourite books. They have enjoyed creating their own bookmarks and drawing a picture from their favourite…

Class 1 went on a barefoot walk through the pages of the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt .

We took our shoes and socks off, then felt the different textures underneath our toes. There was long wavy grass, deep cold water, a big dark forest and a swirling snowstorm.  At the end we came to a…

Our new question  in RE for this half term is Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter garden?

To start finding out the answer, today in RE Class 1 thought about why a cross is an important symbol to Christians. The children found out how Jesus died on a cross and that the cross represents…