Caring for the small creatures that share our world
Throughout this term our RE topic has been about Special Stories. We have found out that stories that are special for Christians are in the bible and help Christians know how to live and follow God. We have read different parables from the bible and thought about the lesson Jesus was teaching…
Freezing & Melting
Today Class 1 carried out a melting experiment. We tested 4 different ways of melting ice cubes to see what happened to the ice and which was the quickest method.
We left one ice cube to melt at room temperature, one ice cube was placed into a bowl of warm water, one ice cube has warm water…
Germs experiment!
Class 1 have been learning about 'Keeping Healthy' in our topic science themed lessons. Today's experiment was to find out how germs can spread and what we can do to stop them spreading. We used glitter to use as visible germs, one of our friends had the glitter germs on their hands and they high…
Did we find the lost sheep?
In our RE sessions about Why are some stories so special, we have been finding out about the bible and the stories Jesus told to his followers. We have found out that these stories are called Parables and teach us important lessons.
Today Class 1 listened to the Parable of the Lost Sheep…
Doubling fun!
In maths today, Class 1 have continued to be number explorers and have been finding out all about doubling numbers up to a total of 8. We talked about how to double a number but getting an amount and then getting that same amount again.
Class 1 took their maths outside to practise their…
Polar animals
Class 1 have explored our Wonderful swinger topic and delved into all things Polar Animals! Here are a few snapshots of our learning and activities so far. We have all learnt lots of new language relating to these animals and found out about how animals survive in such cold conditions.
Mud kitchen bakery
Class 1 created a “Mint Bakery” in our mud kitchen today, we had rock cakes, mint tea, herb pancakes and much more. We even had a driver to help the bakers collect their supplies and then a scooter driver to deliver the orders to customers. Lots of watery, muddy fun and a few sets of wet socks!
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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders
In our RE session today, we discussed the Parables we have learnt about so far and talked about why Parables are so special to Christians.
We then listened to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders and talked about the lessons we could learn from the story.
Following the…
Exploring 1 more and 1 less.
In our maths session today, we have been exploring 1 more and 1 less using our outdoor resources.
Mrs Philp called out and showed a number and challenged the children to show 1 more than that number. All the children could accurately identify the number that was 1 more and had such fun finding…
Forest school Chinese New Year
Forest school morning celebrating Chinese New Year.
Class 1 enjoyed creating natural dragon and lion masks, cooking up a storm in the Chinese mud kitchen, making new year fans, Chinese symbol mud writing and exploring our outside area.
We got very muddy and had lots and lots of fun!
Chinese New Year
Class 1 are exploring all things Chinese New Year this week. So far we have listened to the language and we have learned how to say "Hello I am___" in Mandarin.
We have all tried to use Chinese symbols to write our name, it was very tricky and the symbols were much more complex than our…
The Year of the Snake!
Class 1 have listened to the story of the Zodiac and have acted out the story using animal masks. We remembered parts in the story and that the rat and the cat had a lift across from the Ox, but the rat was not kind and pushed the cat off! We had such fun reenacting the story and learning about…