Year 1 Spring Term 2018-19
P.E.
This week in P.E. we have started our new unit Infant Agility.
This unit will help us develop many skills such as; coordination, agility,
core stability, spacial awareness and many more. To develop these skills,
we completed activities that involved balancing and bouncing. We will
continue to practice more of these skills over the next term.
Year 1's Class Assembly
What a fantastic performance Year 1 put on for their
parents/carers to introduce their new topic 'Toys'!
They did extremely well to remember their lines/dances
as they only had a few weeks to practise. They thoroughly
enjoyed sharing their new gained knowledge and this was
evident throughout the performance.
Safer Internet Day
The focus of this year's Safer Internet Day was 'consent'.
As part of their session on internet safety awareness,
Year 1 learnt the key ways to stay safe whilst online.
They created 5 rules to follow whilst using the internet
and then shared their rules as a class. By the end of the
session, they had good understanding of what information
should not be shared online and were able to respond well
to tricky scenarios which may have put themselves at risk.
Planning and Making Puppets in D.T
After a couple of lessons learning about puppets
and the materials used to make them, we developed a
plan suggesting how we were going to make our own.
We used our plans to create the finished product and
were very proud with what we had achieved! Next we
will evaluate our design to explain what went well and
what we could improve next time.
The Good Samaritan
We have been looking at stories about Jesus.
This week we focused on The Good Samaritan
and finding out the moral of the story. We created
posters to show how we can be good Samaritan's
and discussed the different ways we can help people.
Measurement in Maths
This week in maths we have been learning
to compare and measure length and height.
We understand the different between
length and height and the vocabulary
used to compare them. We estimated
and measured the length of classroom
objects using various non-standard units
and recorded them in our books. Next week
we will move onto measuring length and height
using standard units.
World Book Day 2019
Year 1 enjoyed completing a range of World Book
Day activities around the story 'The Three Billy
Goats Gruff'. These activities included: performing
a puppet show based around the story, writing their
favourite quotes from the book, designing a front
cover and painting their favourite character from
the story. The had lots of fun and were able to
answer questions about the book during a quiz at
the end of the day.
Visit to Preston Park Museum
What a great day Year 1 had at Preston Park Museum!
We had so much fun learning all about the Victorian
period; including how household objects and toys have
changed over the past 182 years. We also enjoyed
visiting old-fashioned shops such as: a Victorian clothes
shop, a toy shop and chemist. We also took a trip to the
police station where we were greeted by an old-fashioned
policeman who gave us a tour of a small, grubby cell and
taught us about some of the punishments.
The Easter Story
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 1 have been learning all
about the Easter story. They began by looking in a mystery
bag on their tables. They had to investigate the items and
find out what they thought the story was gong to be about.
We read the Easter story as a whole class, then the children
worked in small groups to sequence the story and write their
own sentences. In the next lesson the children all tasted hot
cross buns. We talked about what each part of the bun represented.
Science Investigation
This term in science we have been learning about animals,
including humans and how they are classified. We also
carried out an investigation to explore which animals/insects
live in our local area and how they survive in their habitat.
Visiting the Ducklings in Reception
We were very excited to visit the newly hatched ducklings
in Reception this week! We each had a cuddle and stoke of
them and learnt a lot about how they were born and cared for.
