Year 1 Summer 2023-24
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Maths - Measuring Capacity
In todays Maths lesson, Year 1 carried out an investigation measuring the capacity of 6 different sized containers. We filled a cup of with water and counted how many of those cups filled the container. This told us the capacity of the container.
Maths - Making equal groups
In Maths, we have been learning about multiplication and division. In this lesson we learnt how to make equal groups by creating groups. We were given a number of challenge cards where we had to collect a certain number of counters, split them into equal groups and work out how many of those groups we had.
Geography - South Shields beach
Our topic in Geography is Seas and Coasts. For this lesson, we looked at a local beach and discussed the human and physical features. We shared the types of activities there, what jobs can be done in the North Sea and what else might attract people to visit. In pairs, we created a poster trying to attract people to South Shields beach.
DT - Smoothies
For our DT lesson we followed our plan that had the 3 fruits we were going to use. We then cut and juiced the fruits we had chosen and put them into a blender. Once blended, we tasted our smoothie and designed a smoothie cup. We really enjoyed this!
Art - Andy Goldsworthy
This term we are learning about a famous artist called Andy Goldsworthy. We learnt that he likes to use natural materials, such as stones, logs, sand and grass in his artwork. We looked at his different artwork, and described the different patterns he used. We then went outside, and in pairs, gathered natural materials. We sorted these into different groups e.g. grouping all of the twigs together. After this, we worked in our pairs to create our own artwork in a similar style to the artists. We used objects such as leaves, twigs, grass, bark and flowers to create our artwork.
Literacy - List Poem
In Literacy, we are learning about a list poem called 'Ten things found in a wizards pocket'. Today we looked at the poem, discussed its features, gave our opinion on it and acted it out. Over the next few lessons we will be writing our own version which will be called 'Ten things found in a teachers pocket'.
Beamish
Year 1 really enjoyed their time at Beamish supported by the Rotary Club! We spent some time in the classroom, learing about how school life was different then to now and completed some activities in there. We were then able to explore the farm and the town.
Science - Senses
Todays lesson focused on our senses and we discussed how important each of them is and without having even one of them, it can affect our day to day life. For todays activity, we had a carousel of activities, one relating to each sense. For hearing, we completed a mini obstacle course. One partner was blindfolded and the other gave instructions on how to complete it. It was very important we listened carefully to complete this. For touch, there was a feely bag and we had to use our hands to feel the object in the bag and describe it to the other children to see if they could work out what it was. We used our taste and smell senses to describe fruit. For sight, we had to find measure a number of Tinys to identify which one was 7cm long. We really enjoyed this lesson!
Maths - Shapes
We began the lesson by discussing the difference between a 2D and a 3D shape. We then looked at 2D and 3D shapes, discussed their name and their properties. We were then placed in pairs, where we had to use toothpicks and playdough to create those shapes. Once we created the shape, we had to write the name of the shape, how many sides, edges or vertices they had and if they had faces, how many of them.
Be Fit Be Healthy Week
We are really enjoying the activities we have completed for be fit be healthy week. We were taught some jujitsu skills, had a visit from the lifestyle and fitness team where we learned ways to stay healthy and linked in our DT topic about creating a healthy smoothie. We practiced our cutting and juicing skills with fruit and tasted them too. We look forward to the other activities we have planned!
