Blog Author: Mrs Powles

We have had a wonderful, busy morning in Class 1. This week we are looking at different homes and where we all live. The children have had great fun in the classroom, designing new houses, building with the blocks, making objects for the different rooms out of play dough as well as writing about…

The children were amazing last week when we started our phonics sessions. They really enjoyed black cat introducing us to the first of his letter sounds. This morning we have learned another new sound and have been using it to sound out 3 letter word! Great work Class 1!

The children had a fantastic afternoon observing what happens when you add skittles to water. The children observed all of the colours running and creating rainbows on the plate. They were fascinated and spent a while watching as the colours moved around the paper plate. We talked about the…

Class 1 have had a lovely day exploring our new text, The Colour Monster. This afternoon we explored what happens when we mix different paint colours. The children had great fun and were surprised by the colours they created. Well done Class 1.

This week we have been learning all about each other’s families and the people who are very special to us. The children have created pictures using different materials of the people that are special to them. We have made a family album in our classroom and the children have written labels for the…

What a wonderful day the children have had in Class 1! We are so proud of how well the children came into school this morning. We had a great day, exploring our classroom together and building up our relationships. Well done everyone!

Here are a few photos of the children’s first day. 
 

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The children have thoroughly enjoyed listening to our new text this morning. They thought of some wonderful words to describe how each of Duncan’s crayons were feeling. Well done Year 1!

The children had a fabulous morning learning about Pancake day. At the beginning of the week we read the story, Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. The children really enjoyed the story and were surprised with how it ended. They decided they wanted to help Mr Wolf by writing him some instructions to follow, which…

We had a fabulous time at the Space Centre today. The children were fascinated by all of the different objects and artefacts to explore. We started the day by going into the huge planetarium, where we learned all about what it takes to be an astronaut. It was very interesting to learn all about…

The children in Year 1 have been learning about the spelling patterns for the ‘ow’ sound. They were able to use their phonic knowledge to write a selection of words containing the sound. Well done Year 1!

The children in Year 1 had a fabulous RE lesson with Miss Jennings this afternoon. They have been learning all about ‘What do Muslims believe?’ 

The children learned all about the 99 names of Allah and then they made special pieces of artwork to represent 1 of the 99 names. Lovely work…

Our year 1 children have had a wonderful lesson exploring clay as part of their art topic. They have tried different techniques to shape and mould the clay. 
In their lesson today, they have made clay pots using the pinching technique. They had a great lesson and loved making their pots which we…