Year 1 are poets! Last week we published our very own poetry book (you can find it in our book corners). We wrote poems about Bonfire night and tried to think of exciting words to describe what we might see, smell, feel, hear and taste!
We have also been busy in phonics and have completed lots of exciting games to support us with learning new sounds.
This week has been FULL of ARTastic activities! We listened to a piece of music by Claude Debussy’s named La Mer. This inspired us to create images of water and movement. We worked in groups to create these masterpieces.
The art continued with hand prints to make Poppies for Remembrance day, which will be displayed around the school.
What a brilliant way to end this half term - year 1 LOVED having their grown ups at school to do our fantastic finish! We made a Humpty Dumpty sliding book and it was a huge success. Thank you to all of the parents who joined us on Tuesday morning.
Maths has been very successful in Maple and Elm too. We have been making number sentences, by building our numbers using multi link and using the correct maths symbols.
We can't wait to be back after half term for more amazing learning in Key Stage One
Year One have completed so much learning over the last few weeks. We are wicked weather reporters. We are tremendously knowledgeable about trains. We are clever at comparing numbers and we are creative when it comes to coordinates.
We really enjoyed World Mental Health day and looked fabulous in our yellow clothes … we even met a footballer in a whole school live lesson.
In year one we are eager!
The Elm and Maple children have had a busy few weeks with lots of exploring!
In maths, we have been using lots of different resources to help us with counting. We completed a scavenger hunt in science, spotting all the different signs of Autumn. We then put on our wellies for our walk to celebrate ‘Camping Out’. We collected lots of leaves and sticks which we used to make leaf and bark rubbings. We then had some yummy marshmallows around the (pretend) fire and sang some campfire songs!
At Roebuck we are explorers!
The Maple and Elm children have settled in extremely well to Year One, and we have had a great few days of exciting learning.
In phonics, we have been recapping our phonics monsters, including Yellow I and Miss Oh No! We enjoyed our whole school text of "Bottled" and we created our own bottles full of feelings, using pictures from familiar story books.
We started reading "We're going on a bear hunt" and have loved joining in with Michael Rosen to read along with the story. We are also maths wizards and have been ordering numbers to 10! What a busy start to the term.
In Year one we are going on a Bear Hunt!
This week, Year 1 have enjoyed a maths topic all about mass. We used the scales to weigh different objects and compared them using the language 'heavier, lighter, as heavy as'. In Literacy, we have been reading The Storm Whale by Benji Davies. We enjoyed rowing on the stormy seas, smelling fish and writing sentences to retell the story. In Geography, we have kicked off our topic going on a 'safari'. We sang a song to help us learn to remember the seven continents and five oceans. We also located them on a world map and zoomed in to Kenya in Africa. What a great week it has been!
This week, Year 1 have started a new maths topic all about volume and capacity. We used language such as 'full, empty, half full, half empty, etc'. We practically used water and cups to visually make different amounts.
In Literacy, we have been reading Grandad's Island by Benji Davies. We enjoyed writing a letter using lots of exciting sentences!
In History, we have been learning about a Pirate named Grace O'Malley and an explorer named Christopher Columbus. We created a timeline of events and put these in chronological order. What a fun week it has been! Happy half-term everyone 🙂
In maths, Year 1 have enjoyed using clocks and learning to tell the time. We have used fantastic time vocabulary to describe different parts of our day. We have also been busy recapping all of our Phase 3 and Phase 5 sounds and reading a mixture of real and non-real words. Our history kicked off with learning about Grace O'Malley and ordering the events of her line on a timeline. We have also been learning to play the Glockenspiels in Music. We sound great! In Year 1 we are Historians and Musicians!
Ahoy there me hearties! Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed kicking off their new topic with a Pirate dress up day. We had a full day of DT where we designed, created, tested and then evaluated our very own pirate ships.
It was great fun testing out of the boats on the seven seas!
In Literacy, we have been writing a non-chronological report all about Pirates. We used role play to act out many different jobs aboard the ship and decided which ones we would and would NOT enjoy! We also learned about different foods and drinks that Pirates may have had. We even tried our very own Ginger Beer.
Yo-ho-ho! We've had a blast!
Year 1 have been thoroughly enjoying their Science topic this term. This week we focused on the sense of 'taste'. We tried a variety of different foods and used a range of adjectives to describe them. As you can see from the photos, some of us were not fans! They do say marmite is LOVE IT or HATE IT!
Continuing with the science... the whole school completed a Science day all about BUBBLES! Our question was 'What is the best way to make bubbles?'. We tested using whisks, hands and straws. It was absobubbly brilliant!
Also, a huge thank you to all the parents that attended our KS1 reading morning and afternoons. We LOVE sharing books with you.
Year 1 have had a fab start to the term. In Art, we have been learning all about primary and secondary colours. We enjoyed mixing primary colours together to see what new colours we could make! Our Science topic this term is all about US.. humans! We started the topic off by using the correct terminology for different parts of our bodies and we thought about our similarities and differences. We also measured to find out who had the largest \ smallest hands and feet in our class!
At Roebuck we are Artists AND scientists!
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