Welcome to our Year 1 class! We will be sharing all our exciting learning.

                                                                                             The staff in Year 1 are:

Miss Sausby

Class teacher

Mrs Wildin

Teaching Assistant

 

Autumn 1

 

 

RE

We have been enjoying our first branch in Religious Education, entitled Creation and Covenant. We have listened to the Creation story and placed the events of creation in order - by making paper chains. We have also responded to the Our Father prayer by creating items out of play dough to share what the prayer shows about God's nature. 

  

We enjoyed taking time to reflect on our learning through worship, using bubble prayers to send our thanks to God for His Creation.

 

Music

In music lessons, we have been exploring the use of dynamics in a piece of music inspired by the Great Fire of London. First, we listened to the piece of music, sharing our ideas about the dynamics from what they had heard. Then, we used our voices and instruments to practise changing dynamics in a piece. 

    

 

History

In History this half-term we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We began our learning with a sensory hook, where Miss Sausby read a story retelling how the fire started, while we listened to a crackling fire and passed round bread to smell. We learnt how the fire spread and firefighting techniques of the time period. As part of our learning, we investigated sources – such as the diary of Samuel Pepys – and discussed how the fire brought about changes. 

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We have really enjoyed being creative in this topic. We have just straws to create art by blowing paint, just like how the wind spread the fire. We built our own models of London at the time, with wooden houses standing closely together. We even built our own fire engine!

Maths

This half term in Year 1, we have been focusing on place value within 10. We have explored how numbers can be made. We have compared numbers using less than, greater than and equal to. One of our favourite activities was using Numicon to investigate different ways of making 10. 

          

Autumn 2

 

Writing

In Writing, we have been developing our understanding of sentence structure by practising writing dictated sentences. We are also focusing on our letter formation and taking care with our handwriting. As you can see, we have been working very hard and we are very proud of the progress we are making in our writing!

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Anti-Bullying Week

We marked Anti-Bullying Week by celebrating what makes us all unique. On 10th November, wore our odd socks with pride. During Anti-Bullying Week, we participated in an online workshop all about kindness and how our actions can make a difference. We also designed our own superheroes to show how we can use our ‘Power for Good’ every day. We were proud to share our ideas and think about the positive impact we can have on others.

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Remembrance Day

As part of our Remembrance learning, Year 1 painted Remembrance Day poppy pebbles. We painted beautiful poppies on our pebbles while learning about why we wear poppies.

        

    

We then placed our pebbles as a focal point for our morning worship on 11th November - as an act of respect and to remember those who help keep us safe.

 

Science

In Science, we have been investigating everyday materials. We have explored and observed a range of materials and described what they feel and look like. We have also explored our classroom and identified objects made from these materials. We have enjoyed developing our scientific vocabulary and learning more about the world around us.

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Computing

In our Computing lessons, we have been learning about technology around us. To begin, we discussed common examples of technology and identified technology in our classroom. We then learnt how to use this technology, by learning how to turn on a computer. Over the half term, we will be developing our confidence in using this technology by focussing on mouse skills, typing skills and knowledge of how to use this responsibly.