Year 1: Blog items
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 7:46pm
This week in Maths we have recapped on how to find half of a quantity and moved on to finding a quarter of a quantity. We used resources and concrete apparatus to find a quarter of different amounts using the concept of sharing to split each quantity into four equal parts.
Year 1 - Meeting the Ducklings
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 7:36pm
In Year 1 we have all worked very hard with our phonics screening this week, so as a little treat this afternoon we got to meet the ducklings from Reception! We we're all very excited to meet them and thought of lots of questions to ask about them. The ducklings were very energetic and cute and we loved meeting them!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 7:25pm
This half term, our Art journey is painting. We have explored paintings by Wassily Kandinsky and Steven Brown and created inspiration pages in our sketchbooks. Today we experimented with different colours and tools to explore mark making and line. We worked indepdently to use lines of different length, shape and thickness to create our own line drawing.
Date: 24th May 2022 @ 6:51pm
Today our Year 1 children went to Stanley Park! We have been excited about this trip for the last few weeks and we were all very happy to see the sun shining this morning! After walking to the park, we took part in lots of different activities linking to our Science learning for this half term, which has been all about plants and trees. We took part in a senses hunt, a scavenger hunt and drew observational drawings of flowers. We made our teachers proud with our fantastic behaviour and displayed lots of Boundary characteristics throughout our trip.
Date: 23rd May 2022 @ 7:10pm
This week we have began our Computing unit 'programming and algorithms.' We began our journey by learning what these words mean and how they are used. Our first task was to then sequence a set of instructions correctly and identify the mistakes. We then moved onto describing position and direction using the key words, left, right, forwards and backwards. We used a treasure maze to help us explore direction pracitcally by both following instructions to reach a piece of treasure and giving our own instructions to reach an end goal.
Date: 21st May 2022 @ 7:24am
Today we recalled knowledge from our Islam learning journey and discussed ‘How someone’s religion or beliefs may impact the way they treat the natural world.' We looked at different ways to help look after the environment and the positive effects that this would have. We then painted a picture of how we wanted the natural world to look and to show our own beliefs and values of the natural world and all living things. We discussed what was important to us and thought about ways to help care for our environment or how we could improve it.
Date: 19th May 2022 @ 7:56pm
Today we worked collaboratively to sort and compare a range of wild, garden, fruit and vegetable plants as well as evergreen and deciduous trees. We recapped on the key features of each category and what we mean by comparing, e.g. what is similar about them and what is different about them? We asked and answered questions about the parts of the plants including, the leaves, the flowers and the fruit. We used all our prior knowledge about plants to sort and compare the plants in small groups, discussing and justifying our answers to others in our group.
Nursery, Reception and Year 1: The Farm came to Boundary
Date: 18th May 2022 @ 4:33pm
Date: 10th May 2022 @ 7:30pm
In PE this half term our learning is all about object manipulation. During our first two weeks we have been practising dribbling with a football, trapping a ball with our feet and turning with a ball. We have joined in with lots of games to practise these skills, using our prior knowledge of spatial awareness and finding the spaces within an area. We have enjoyed using the footballs to travel with a ball with confidence and skill.
Date: 10th May 2022 @ 7:12pm
In today's lesson we learnt how to follow instructions to achieve an outcome. We recapped on the features of instructions and how they need to be in the chronological order to make sense. We learnt the importance of checking our instructions and ensuring they have every step included. We discovered that we need to be clear and specific when giving instructions to enable a final goal to be reached successfully. We then gave instructions to Miss Kay, telling her how to make a jam sandwich. We saw what happens when we weren’t clear and how the end goal wasn’t what we wanted! We then worked in pairs to follow the correct instructions on how to make a jam sandwich.
Date: 8th May 2022 @ 10:42am
In Year 1, our current Reading into Writing journey is poetry. This week we have been immersing ourselves in lots of different examples! We have looked at a range of poems, including acrostic poetry. We have worked with a partner to read and find the features of each poem. We have been looking for: capital letters, adjectives, rhyming words, alliteration and similies. We will then be writing our own Spring acrostic poems using all the features we have found to help us!
Year 1 We're Going on a Plant Hunt!
Date: 8th May 2022 @ 10:33am
Today we were learning to identify and name some common garden and wild plants. We discussed the question, where do plants grow? We worked as a class to think of as many places as we could. We then learnt that garden plants are usually planted and looked after by people and wild plants grow wherever their seeds fall. We looked at lots of different examples of wild plants and garden plants. We answered questions like, how would you describe these plants? How are these plants similar? How are they different? And where might you see these plants growing? We then went on a plant hunt around our school outdoor areas. We worked together to create a tally chart of plants we found and drew some observational drawings.
Year 1 Having Fun with Improvisation
Date: 8th May 2022 @ 10:08am
In Year 1 this half term we are going to be exploring improvisation through the key question, 'What songs can we sing to help us through the day?' Our song for our first lesson was called 'Getting Dressed.' Through our understanding music task we practised finding and keeping a steady beat and copying simple rhythmic patterns using long and short notes. We then listened and appraised the song, before singing together as a group and having fun! We stood up straight to focus on our breathing, moved to the music and created actions for the song! We also then used the glockenspiels to play the notes C, D and E with the song we were performing.
Date: 27th Apr 2022 @ 8:08pm
This week we have began our DT journey and began learning about mechanisms. Today we made levers! For this mechanism we linked our learning to the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We read and discussed the story and we were then ready to turn part of the story into a moving picture using a lever mechanism. We followed each instruction carefully and all successfully made a lever to show Jack and his beanstalk! We recapped on the importance of safety whilst using scissors and putting split pins through pieces of paper and card. We evaluated our finished product and talked about two top tips we could share with other children to make levers!
Date: 26th Apr 2022 @ 7:18pm
Today we introduced weight and mass and investigated how we can measure mass. We discussed key vocabulary associated with mass, e.g. lighter, heavier and balanced. We looked at a range of examples and highlighted how we know if an item is heavier or lighter by looking at the scale. We orally stated comparison sentences for lots of examples, e.g. ‘the crab is lighter than the shell’ and ‘the shell is heavier than the crab.’ We then moved on to measuring mass using cubes. Using a range of items, we counted cubes into the balance scale to measure the mass of each object. We also then compared difference objects using the balance scales.
Year 1 How should nature be treated?
Date: 21st Apr 2022 @ 7:39pm
Today we began to discuss our key question in RE, ‘How might beliefs about creation affect the way people treat the world?’ We began by learning the name of the religion we will be learning about and that Muslims believe there is only one God – Allah. Todays lesson involved learning about how we should treat the environment, why it is important and whose responsibility it is. We did this through looking at images and real life nature examples. We went on a nature walk to collect lots of natural resources and we then used these natural resources to create transient nature pictures.
Date: 21st Apr 2022 @ 7:26pm
Today as part of Science Day we investigated the question, ‘Do our body parts grow as we get older?’ We took a sample of hand spans and foot lengths from children from Reception to Year 6. We then used rulers to measure the lengths of each and recorded our results in a table. We discussed our results and identified any ‘anomalies.’ From these results we then created bar graphs to display what we had found out. We discussed that the anomalies are due to the fact everyone is different and grows at different rates. We also explored this through comparing the hand span and foot length of children in our classroom who are the same age. Overall, we found that almost all of our body parts grow as we get older and generally this was shown in our results. We then shared our learning with the rest of our school in our end of day assembly.
Date: 10th Apr 2022 @ 7:18pm
Today we took part in our Science Seasons lesson. We learnt all about the signs of Spring, collaboratively disucssing and sharing our ideas as a class. We compared Spring to the others seasons and shared our ideas on how Spring is different to Autumn, Summer and Winter. We then completed a Seasons sort and looked at the effects of Spring on trees. During the afternoon we also completed some observational drawings and paintings of daffodils.
Year 1 Measurement - Takeover Day
Date: 7th Apr 2022 @ 7:18pm
This week we have began to explore measure and the vocabulary associated with height and length. Today, we continued with measurement as part of our Year 5 Takeover Day. Our Year 5 teachers introduced non-standard units of measurement through our input. We recapped on our key vocabulary and the meaning of length and height, before learning how to measure objects using non-standard units. Our independent task was then to measure objects accurately and compare them using language associated with measurement.
Date: 7th Apr 2022 @ 7:13pm
Today, as part of our Year 5 Takeover Day, we read and discussed another Julia Donaldson story...Superworm! Our Year 5 teachers read the story and we all recapped the key events and characters. We asked and answered lots of questions about the story to ensure we thoroughly understood the story line and main events. We then wrote descrptive sentences about the main character. We tried hard to use ‘because’ and ‘and’ to link ideas and to show our best work to our Year 5 teachers!
Year 1 Human and Physical Features
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 6:51pm
Today we worked collaboratively to explore the definition of physical and human features, famous features around the world and the continent they are located in. We worked together to answer the question, what are the main features of each continent? We were split into seven groups and each group had a pack of images from one continent. We had to sort the images into human and physical features. We then moved around the room until we had sorted the images for each continent. We quickly found that we needed to work effectively as a group, to share reading and knowledge, to help us to sort the features.
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 7:38pm
Today we learnt to count in multiples of 2. We completed this practically by using physical resources, including base 10 and Numicon to practise counting on. We also did our daily maths workout song – but today we were counting in 2s!
Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 7:25pm
Today we enjoyed Art Day alongside the rest of the school. In Year 1 our theme was to use collage to create a seaside scene. We began the day by going on a virtual tour of Blackpool and creating a mind map of key words and attractions that we saw. We then used photos of Blackpool features to create a page in our Art books. Using the photo stimulus we drew, wrote and designed images/words that we wanted to show on our page. We then practised our tearing skills to tear silhouettes out of black paper. We created starfish, trams, Blackpool Tower, seagulls and even ice creams! in the afternoon we then put all our learning together to create our final piece - a Blackpool scene!
Date: 19th Mar 2022 @ 9:12pm
As part of our History journey about Christopher Columbus, today we answered two key questions; Did everyone think Columbus was a hero and why should we remember Columbus? We looked at a range of ways in which Columbus is celebrated and ranked reasons as to why Columbus might deserve to be famous. We then selected the reasons we each thought were the most important and wrote a word plaque for a statue of Columbus.
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:09pm
Today in Year 1 we enjoyed our History Day! The first question we explored was, why do you think we remember Christopher Columbus? We became History detectives to explore the answer to this question! Clues were placed around our room, as if in an art gallery. We worked in pairs to write simple words that came to mind whilst looking at each clue. We then came back together to collect all our ideas from the clues and images we had seen!
