Category: Year 1

In Science, Year 1 were looking at the signs that Autumn has begun in the school grounds.  As we walked through the forest we spotted a picnic!  We didn't know who it belonged to but we found a few clues.  When we came back to our classroom, we had received a letter from The Gruffalo

Year 1 have been learning this term about the sea and to support their learning a trip was arranged to Stokes Bay on the morning of Thursday 13th July 2017.  Children, staff and volunteers left the school at 9.30am that sunny morning and walked to the beach.  During the morning the children painted a picture of

Year 1 children had a school trip to Itchen Valley this Monday, the coach departed just after 9.00am and the children arrived at Itchen Valley in the morning for the start of a very fun packed day of forest activities.  Everyone got to make dens, go bug hunting, whittle a stick to cook their marshmallows

This week Year 1's had their first tennis lesson from JG Tennis.  As the weather was dry all the children got the opportunity to practice tennis skills outside on the school playground.  The tennis lessons will take place every Friday for the next 5 weeks.

Year 1 were visited by the Fire Service today and spent the day learning about fire safety through an assembly, games and a look around a fire engine.  The children even got the opportunity to use the fire hose!  For more learning and games please visit the Hampshire Fire Service website www.hantsfire.gov.uk/kidzone

Last week's learning in the forest for Year 1 was team building.  The children worked together to build the strongest house, a stick house for the big bad wolf to blow down from the story of The Three Little Pigs, map read with a partner and made bird feeders.

In Geography we have been looking at atlases to identify the 4 countries of the UK.  We have also started looking at Google earth to locate where we live.

This week we chose which activities we wanted to do.  This included making a park for our dinosaur,  digging for fossils, following a trail of dinosaur footprints, litter collecting and of course enjoying hot chocolate! We all joined in to make a life size Stegasoraus using rope and all fitted inside with room still left!

In cool time we are trying really hard to practise writing  instructions for lots of different things.  We know we need a title, a what you need, a what you do and a don't forget section.

Science investigation - Are 2 eyes better than 1?