WOW what a busy start for year one! 

We have kicked off the term by learning all about Pirate Blackbeard in Literacy. We will be writing a non-fiction information book all about the Pirate Blackbeard. We even got to eat, drink and play like a pirate! 

In maths, we have been focussing on numbers to 40! Thinking about how many tens and ones there are to make any given number. To help develop our understanding of numbers, we have been using dienes and ones. We have been enjoying counting up in 10s and 2s using an interactive number grid and noticing the patterns!

In science, we have been thinking all things plants. We went for a walk around the school searching for wild plants and identifying where they were growing.

In History, our focus was Grace 0'Malley- who she was, and what she did? We had fun ordering her life to make our very own timelines! In year one we are adventurous!

WOW! what an amazing busy week we have had in Year one! We kicked off the week with a new chapter in maths all about 3D shapes. We went on a hunt around the classroom to find different objects that matched the 3D shapes! We enjoyed art this week with the focus being on another famous artist. We mixed primary colours together to make secondary colours, which we then created our amazing piece of artwork inspired by Jasper Johns. In science this week we were set the task of completing activities with our eyes closed!! We had to navigate our way around a maze, build something from playdough, guess what was inside the bag, and we even learnt how to write our names in Braille. In Year 1 we are adventurous! 

We don't stop in year 1! What a busy few weeks it's been. In phonics, we have been learning alternative spellings for the sounds we already know. We have continued our learning on space and space travel - putting the events of the moon landing in order in History and writing about Tim Peake in Literacy. We even tweeted Tim Peake some photos of our writing, and we are hoping to get a retweet or a reply!

In maths, we have been learning about numbers to 20, and have used tens frames to make our numbers.

In History this term Year one have been learning about old and new. One of our sessions focused on how toys have changed over the years. We played with different toys that were popular in the past such as dominoes, football cards, spinning tops, yo-yos, TY beanie babies, etc. 

In Literacy, we have been learning about Florence Joyner. She was a famous Olympic medalist. We searched around the room to find facts about her and then next week we will be making some non fiction posters filled with facts! 

We have had a busy week and are now ready for some Christmas fun next week! 

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. 

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!