We have been using the numicon in our classroom for counting, ordering the numbers and for understanding the composition of numbers 1 to 10. In this photo the children worked successfully to put the numicon in order from the smallest to the largest. The children...
In our Art lesson we made Rainbow collages with tissue paper. We used scissors carefully and made sure we used a suitable amount of resources for the task. We also talked about our favourite part of the story, Ruby's Worry, when she becomes happy again...
We have been using ten frames and fruits to practice counting a group of objects. We talked about the rules for counting and we confidently told our partners how many we counted....
We had a wonderful day out at Hampstead Heath. The sun shone and we were able team sports, splash out friends in the mini-pool and even climb to the top of Parliament Hill to admire the view of London including the Shard, the Gherkin and...
Year 1 had a fantastic day at the Young V&A! We particularly enjoyed the giant magnetic marble run as there seemed to be endless possible arrangements. The giant building blocks were also hit and we loved building towers to topple and tunnels to burrow through!...
In Year 1 Spanish this week we have been learning the Spanish words for body parts. We then combined this new knowledge with our previous learning about Spanish colour words. We used these two vocabulary banks to describe aliens!...
In Computing this week, Year 1 explored the drawing tool within Keynote. We are learning to create digital paintings and this week our focus was self-portraits....
In our Geography lesson this week we watched, wrote and presented weather reports. We found it interesting to look at a temperature map of the UK and also notice clouds moving across the country. In our reports, we included information about current weather, weather predictions...
During their visit to the Curve Garden this week, Year 1 went on a mini-beast hunt and then created blot paintings using coloured ink and kitchen paper. We spotted many mini-beasts including ladybirds, spiders, flies, aphids, ladybird larvae and snails....
In Maths this week, we have been learning about the value of one penny. We used real coins to give two children pocket money of an equal value. We noticed similarities and differences between one pence coins. For example, some had a picture of a...