17
Feb
Year 1 Class Assembly: Australia!
Year 1 entertained us with a fantastic assembly this week, where they shared their learning about Australia with us!...
Year 1
17
Feb
Year 1: Aboriginal Paintings
In our assembly last week, Year 1 shared their art work, inspired by Aboriginal art, which they produced as part of their topic 'Australia' . Look at their lovely work!...
17
Feb
Year 1 PSHE: Identifying Our Emotions
In PSHE this week we read the wonderful story of 'The Colour Monster'. This book helped us think about the different emotions we can feel throughout the day. The book encouraged us to think about who helps us and how we can help ourselves in...
09
Feb
Year 1 Religious Education: Christingles!
In Year 1 this week we learnt a great song about Christingle! Afterwards the children followed the instructions needed to make their own Christingle and they turned out brilliantly. We were all very proud that each of us had a Christingle and we enjoyed singing...
02
Feb
Understanding Addition in Year 1
This week in Maths the children of Year 1 have been learning how to identify the addends and write the correct expression for what they can see (e.g. 1 + 2 = 3). Through the use of objects, the children noticed that if they swapped...
26
Jan
Australian Aboriginal Art in Year 1
This week the children have been looking at Australian Aboriginal Art. Firstly, we looked at the different techniques used and the patterns within Aboriginal traditional artwork. Afterwards, the children focused on improving the scale of their original outlines and then they used different colours to create...
19
Jan
Year 1 Science: Birds
This week in science we have been learning all about the birds of our world. We discussed the distinctive features of birds and compared them to other animal groups, such as mammals. Afterwards, Year 1 identified a wide variety of birds from around the world...
12
Jan
Year 1 Maths Learning: Shape
This week in Maths, we have been learning all about 3D Shapes. We had learnt the names of the shapes, talked about their features and built towers using the shapes. The children discussed which shapes are really good for stacking and which shapes are much...
21
Dec
Christmas Arts and Crafts in Year 1
This week in Year 1, we have been getting ready for Christmas by using arts and crafts materials to make some festive ornaments! The children were very proud of their paper plate Santas, which they made carefully using paints, marker pens and cotton wool. We...
15
Dec
Year 1’s London Skyline Art
This week in Art, we used our pictures of the London Skyline that we drew in the last lesson to make new art pieces. The children used water colour paints on top of their wax crayon outlines to make the pictures really come to life!...