Class 1

Class 1 have read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week. We have completed lots of caterpillar related activities and have acted out the story on our puppet theatre. We have really enjoyed this story and are looking forward to the arrival of our very own caterpillars.

What a fantastic time Class 1 have had this afternoon at our PTFA disco!

The children have enjoyed the fab stalls and getting treats from the tuck shop. The pizza and hot dogs have helped keep the energy levels up and kept the children’s feet dancing!

Thank you to our fabulous PTFA for…

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…

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…

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…

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.
 

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…

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…

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…

Class 1 have been discovering different emotions and how to manage those feelings.

We listened the beautiful story Find Your Happy and listened to how the character finds his happy after experiencing emotions of feeling sad, shy, angry, worried. One of the things the character does is think of…

In preparation for our Big Garden Big Watch Class 1 have been learning all about birds, watched a video on how to encourage birds into our gardens and how to identify each bird. We looked at the markings on the different birds and listened to their bird songs. Class 1 enjoyed sharing what birds…

In maths today Class 1 were exploring the concept of one less than. The children had great fun using snowballs to help them find one less than a given number.

In this activity, the children used their subitising and number recognition skills and practised their number formation on our fantastic…