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…
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…
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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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!
Class 1s Big Garden Bird Watch
After learning all about birds and how to identify them Class 1 headed out to complete our big garden bird watch. We put on our rain suits so that we could lay down to camouflage ourselves and to not scare the birds away We tried our best to be quiet and headed out to the different areas of our…
Respresenting numbers to 5 with body actions
In maths today, Class 1 have been thinking about representing numbers to 5 in different ways. We put on our coats and found a safe place on our outside area to enjoy our maths activity.
Everyone took it in turns to roll a dice, identify the number rolled by subitising the dots on the dice and…
Farm on Wheels Christmas Visit
What a fabulous time Class 1 had this morning at our Farm on Wheels visit with Sheila and her beautiful animals.
All the children chose which nativity character they would like to be and then had such fun meeting, stroking and finding out about all the animals that live on Sheila’s…
Hunting for squares and rectangles
In our maths sessions this week, Class 1 have been exploring squares and rectangles and finding out about their distinct properties.
Today, we took our learning outside and went on a shape hunt to spot squares and rectangles in our environment. All the children were fantastic shape spotters…
Snow!
Class 1 explored the snow together this morning, we wrapped up warm and worked together to build some snowmen.
We talked about the changing season and about the weather and temperature and have set up some water in various pots and containers to explore in the morning to see what happens to…
Number Representation Find and Match
This week in our maths sessions, Class 1 have been exploring the numbers 4 and 5 and looking at different representations of each number.
This afternoon, we took our learning outside and went on a number representation hunt. Mrs Philp gave each child either a 4 or 5 dot pattern. First everyone…
1, 2, 3 Class 1 Where are you?
Today in maths, we have been practising using our positional language to describe where things are. We talked about how we had to use special words to describe where something was and where the bear was hiding.
We then went outside in small groups to play hide and seek in our outdoor area. All…