05
Oct
Exploring the life of Bessie Coleman and creating collages in Year 1
As part of Black History Month, Year 1 have been creating collages of Bessie Coleman flying in her plane which she called Jenny!...
Year 1
29
Sep
Exploring Dalston through the ages in Year 1
We looked closely at photographs of Dalston High street, taken at each decade from the 1950s until the 2020's. We arranged the photos into a chronological timeline and discussed the signs that tell us that the photos were not a modern scenes. Finally, as a...
22
Sep
The Christian story of creation in Year 1
In RE we have been learning about the Christian story of Creation. We discussed the parts of Creation that God asked Adam and Eve to look after. Then we drew pictures to show how we can care for Creation. We suggested planting flowers, walking or...
15
Sep
Finding the pulse in Music in Year 1
In Music, Year 1 focused on finding the pulse. Here we are having lots of fun waving coloured scarves to the pulse of the music....
17
Jul
Making fruit smoothies and enjoying the Curve garden in Year 1
It was our final session at the Dalston Curve Garden this week! The children had the chance to make their own fruit smoothies and discuss all of the information they have learnt during the entire project. Furthermore, it was wonderful to see the children receive...
07
Jul
Sharing our favourite stories in Year 1
In Year 1 we had a long think about our favourite books that we have read from our classroom library this year. The children chose their favourite stories / non-fiction books and then proceeded to tell everyone why they liked it so much and what...
30
Jun
Bouncing and bumping, coding the Bluebots in Computing with Year 1
In 1H we explored the Bluebots for the first time. At first we played with the Bluebots and simply tried to figure out we could find out about them. After this we challenged ourselves to create algorithms that would make them drive under a bridge,...
23
Jun
Year 6 helpers in our Year 1 PSHE session
In PHSE we had some Year 6 children help us to think about what we could do when we were younger....
23
Jun
Young and adult animal matching game in Year 1
In PSHE we have been learning about how humans and other animals change as they grow. Some get taller, some change colour and some change shape completely! Here we played a matching game with young and fully developed animals....
16
Jun
Year 1 trip to the Queen’s Gallery
1H and 1T had their trip to the Queen's Gallery. We learnt about how people would pose for portraits and the clothes that they might wear in the past. We then drew some sketches of our own! We looked carefully at what we could see...