Hazel – Exploring Earth 🌎
Year 1 became ambitious geographers this week as they explored the world’s seven continents and five oceans! 🌍Using maps, play dough and globes, the children labelled the continents and oceans, developing their understanding of the world and their geographical vocabulary. They showed fantastic curiosity as they explored how our world is organised, building a strong […]
Hazel – Greater than, Less than, Equal
Year 1 Hazel class explored greater than, less than and equal to in maths this week, using Numicon and counting bears to compare groups of objects. 🧮🐻Our ambitious mathematicians developed their reasoning skills by identifying which groups had more, fewer or the same and choosing the correct symbols to compare quantities. This hands-on learning has […]
Jumping Stars! Maple Class – Year 1
Today we had lots of fun developing our coordination and fundamental movement skills through a range of activities. We practised jogging, jumping and moving in different ways, focusing on bending our knees to jump and land safely with control.We have been developing our abilities to master basic movements, including running and jumping, as well as […]
Hazel – Colour carousel 🎨
This week in Art, Year 1 Hazel Class explored different tools and techniques for mixing and applying colour.During our colour carousel, children experimented with primary colours through cotton bud painting, creating symmetrical artwork and using rollers to blend colours and create secondary colours.Our creative learners developed their fine motor skills while exploring how different tools […]
Visionary Hazel Class ⭐️
Yesterday, Year 1 Hazel Class enjoyed looking to the future during our “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up” dress-up day! From police officers, to chefs, artists and scientists, we loved exploring our dream careers and imagining all the exciting possibilities ahead of us.Our visionary learners enjoyed drawing and writing about what they would […]
Year 1 – Maple – Directional Language
Today, we have been busy developing our directional and positional language. We practised using words such as forwards, backwards, left and right, as well as the compass directions North, South, East and West, to describe where things are and how to get from one place to another.We loved doing the ‘cha cha slide’ to warm […]
Hazel – ambitious adjectives!
Inspired by our class book Traction Man, Year 1 Hazel class designed and created their own Scrubbing Brush characters, before generating adjectives to describe them. We then used language through colour to recognise that adjectives are our ‘what like?’ words and explored where they belong within a sentence. A wonderful opportunity to develop vocabulary, sentence […]
Brilliant Teamwork
This week in PE, Year 1 Hazel Class have been developing their talking, listening and sharing skills through a fun game of tag! 🏃♀️🏃♂️To be freed, children had to communicate non-verbally with a teammate, using gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to work together. 👀🤝Our ambitious learners had to co-operate with others, develop teamwork and […]
Year 1 – Maple – Counting On
This week in maths we have been busy developing our counting skills through lots of fun and practical activities. We have been focusing on counting on from any given number and not always starting at 1. We have taken this outside, whilst also using counters, number tracks and other resources to practise. Through exploring, playing […]
Year 1 – Maple – Fantastic Fundamentals
We have been having lots of fun in PE developing our fundamental movement skills! Through exciting games and challenges, we have been practising walking, running and jumping with control, as well as learning how to change direction, stop safely and move confidently around a space. It has been wonderful to see everyone getting active, having […]