Year 1: Blog items
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 7:55pm
Today we became historians and celebrated Heritage Day! We we're looking forward to finding more about our local area and the history of Stanley Park.
We began the day by creating some observational drawings of the early Blackpool Illuminations and discussing how these have changed over time. We watched a video which showed us how the illuminations have developed into what we know today!
We then took part in a virtual tour of Stanley Park, whilst completing a timeline and answering lots of questions about different aspects of the park.
We then created our very own illumination! We watched a video of the illuminations through recent years and collected lots of ideas and thoughts about what our own illumination may need to include. We all had lots of brilliant ideas for our new illuminations, ranging from Sonic The Hedgehog, to Ben 10, to a Winter Snow Scene to Elsa and Anna from Frozen!
We thought about what colours we wanted the bulbs to be, how they were going to flash and how different parts of the design may move!
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 7:26pm
Along with the rest of Boundary this week we have taken part in and enjoyed sports week!
We had two brilliant afternoons filled with balloon races, speed bounce, hurdles and egg and spoon races.
We all had lots of fun, showing lots of our Boundary characeristics throughout the week and supporting our friends and team mates.
We enjoyed all these activities in the lovely sunshine and contributed to our Road to Tokyo goals with each physical activity we completed.
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 7:11pm
During the last two weeks year 1 have enjoyed our final two sessions of Forest School. We were very excited to be able to take part in our last sessions before the summer holidays!
Over the past two weeks we have explored teamwork, resiliance and cooperation through a number of different activities. We also linked our learning to our current topic in DT, structures.
We recapped on the key fundamentals of Forest School, looking after nature, keeping ourselves and others safe and having fun!
During our sessions we matched different colours in nature, made plates of food for fairies, tried fruit growing from the trees, collected 'nectar' for the Queen Bee, toasted marshmallows and ate them!
Date: 26th Jun 2021 @ 7:59am
This week in Year 1 some of us were lucky enough to get a visit from the ducklings that had hatched in Reception class. We thought of different questions we wanted to ask about the ducklings and drew some pictures and did some writing about them in Always time!
Growing and Caring for Ourselves
Date: 23rd Jun 2021 @ 8:20pm
This week in Year 1 we have been learning about how we grow and change and how we are all different but can still be friends.
We recapped on a number of different emotions and discussed examples of when we have all felt this way. We then read a story about two very different children. We paused at different parts to explore the emotions the characters were feeling and why. The two children initially thought they couldn't be friends, but we know that it is okay to have friends who are different to us! We talked about the ways we are all different and why it is important to be kind to those who are different to us.
Our learning has also involves discussing different types of families and who we can ask for help. We read another story and thought about all the different people who are a part of our families. We learnt that we all have lots of different people who are our family and we identified that all our families are different! We have also discussed how babies need lots of care and support, but as we grow and change we begin to learn and do more things for ourselves.
Date: 22nd Jun 2021 @ 6:53pm
This half term in our PE sessions we have been focussing on striking and fielding games, including cricket. We have watched lots of videos of cricketers striking balls, noting how the batsman stands in a sideways position, the position of the fielders and how the bowler bowls the ball.
We have practised striking a ball off a tee, stopping a ball with 2 hands and hitting a ball correctly. We have worked to communicate effectively and work well with others in our team and how to work safely in a defined spce.
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 7:51pm
As part of our current journey in reading into writing we have been exploring lots of different types of instructions.
This has included us verbally sequencing different sets of instructions, before writing them down. We have also pieced together mixed up instructions and improved them by adding missing features. Whilst talking through our instructions we have continued to use time connectives and imperative verbs to tell people what to do and when.
One of the sets of instructions we have verbally sequenced were how to make a jam sandwich. We gave Miss Kay instructions and found out what happens when our instructions aren't specific! We will be writing our own instructions next week.
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 7:26pm
This week in Year 1 we enjoyed a Now Press Play adventure all about number bonds.
We each had a headset and used our outdoor area to take part in a pirate adventure! We explored life on a pirate ship and acted out each part in the story brilliantly. We met other characters, discovered hidden treasures and solved the problem of the missing treasure!
We all loved our Now Press Play experience and listened brilliantly to the story.
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 8:40pm
This week in Maths we have explored partitioning numbers. We built lots of different numbers using Base 10 and completed sentences together to show the tens and ones, e.g. 49 = 4 tens and 9 ones. Once we understood the concept of tens and ones we worked to represent each number on a part part whole model. We then extended our learning to show these numbers in different representations, using Numicon, number lines, bar models and hundred squares. We worked hard to understand the value of each number in a 2 digit number and that ten ones are equal to one ten.
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 8:34pm
As part of our WOW for our new journey in reading into writing we read a new story, ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth.’ As our next journey is all about instructions, we read this book to tell us how to wash a woolly mammoth, something not many of us had done before! We then had a task to complete. Lots of dirty animals had been left in our outdoor area! Our task was to work with a partner to verbally give instructions on how to wash one of these animals. We recapped on our past learning about the importance of giving specific instructions, before choosing which tools we thought would be best for the job. We were then ready to get started and give our first instructions!
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 6:35pm
After exploring all existing products and making prototypes of each mechanism, it was time to create our own design! We linked our designs to the story 'Giraffes can't Dance,' and we chose a scene from this book that we would like to bring to life.
We then brought our designs to life by creating our moving picture of a scene from ‘Giraffes can’t Dance!’ We looked back at the designs we had created to check the key elements, including the characters, background and the type of mechanism we wanted to use. We recapped on our key vocabulary, lever, slider, pivot, push, pull, direction, up, down, left and right, and described our desired movement and mechanism to our partner. We reviewed how to make each type of mechanism and the key parts to remember with each one, before beginning to make our moving picture. We all successfully made a moving picture with a combinatnation of levers, sliders and wheels!
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 6:31pm
We began the morning by exploring existing products and introducing our new vocabulary. We read each key word and discussed what they mean. We identified which of our key words – lever, slider, pivot, push, pull, direction, up, down, left and right – fit with each example of the mechanism. We then found examples of levers, sliders and wheels in books. We discussed the way the moving part moves, how does it work and what effect is has.
Our first mechanism to make was a slider! We read the Gingerbread man story and talked about which part we might like to turn into a moving picture! Lots of us said a good part of the story to make would be when the characters chase the Gingerbread man and this is the picture we made! To make a part move in our picture we needed to make a sliding mechanism.
Our second mechanism was a lever! 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.
Our third and final new mechanism technique was a wheel. We read the story Little Red Riding Hood, and discussed that we are going to again turn part of the story into a moving picture using a wheel mechanism!
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 8:35pm
This week we spent some time outside and used our senses to take in the world around us! We talked about things we can do to support our mental health and how we can support each other. We listened to the birds, looked for patterns in the clouds and looked at all the different colour we could see. We also listened to a story.
During snack time we then recapped on the 5 important things we can keep doing to help us boost our mental health: Connecting with others, staying active, keeping learning, taking notice and giving of our time.
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 8:00pm
At 9.50 this morning we listened to Anthony Horrowitz broadcast for the ‘Take 10’ event. We listened to him explain why he enjoys reading, where his favourite place to read is and what his favourite type of books are. At 10 o’clock it was then our turn to read! We each selected a book or comic we wanted to read and had ten minutes of independent reading. After this we then briefly discussed our favourite books and what we like about them. All the children enjoyed having the time to read and talk about books they enjoy!
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 7:52pm
This week in our Reading into Writing sessions we have been using 'and' and because to extend our sentences. We began the week by finding and building sentences containing 'and' and worked on writing the remainder of a given sentence. For example, 'I went to the shop and...'
"bought some sweets!"
"saw my friends!"
"my mum bought some milk."
We then linked our learning to the story 'Aliens Love Underpants.' We described different aliens from the story, using and to extend our sentences and connect two ideas.
We have also then began to talk about using commas! Miss Kay showed us a sentence she had written about the aliens, but it had too many 'ands!' We learnt how to use commas in a list, and we will continue our work with this.
Date: 9th May 2021 @ 6:18pm
This afternoon we firstly completed an old and new toy sort, thinking about materials used, whether the toy was electric or not and the different kind of colours used. We then looked at our toy timeline. We looked at our example time line from Victorian toys to grandparents toys, to parents toys and finally to our toys! We tried hard to use our number knowledge to follow the years on the timeline and place each toy into the correct time period!
Date: 9th May 2021 @ 6:11pm
Today was our History Day! We began the day by talking about our favourite toys, and creating a mind map of all the toys we could think of. We thought of lots and lots! We then thought a bit more about what our favourite toys are and why they are our favourite, discussing with our talk partner what we like about them. After that, we talked about what our favourite games are to play, and who do we play them with.
After writing about our favourite toys we then began to think a bit more about what toys were like in the past and how we can find evidence to help us understand more about these toys. We thought we could ask older people we know, we could research on the Internet, we could visit museums or we could read non-fiction books.
It was then time to get ready for our visitors! We had some time to think of different questions we could ask our visitors to collect information about their favourite toys.
Date: 7th May 2021 @ 7:29pm
Today in Science we created a microhabitat in the form of a bug hotel! We have linked our Reading into Writing sessions this week with our previous learning in Science and have been using our senses to complete sentence writing about hot and cold habitats. We have looked at the features of polar habitats, under the sea habitats and desert habitats. We then also looked at where various deserts are located on a World map. Before we went outside to forage for materials to make our bug hotel, we discussed what features bug hotels need to make an appropriate habitat for mini beasts. We said they need to be compact, contain different materials and have different layers. After foraging for materials we used our plastic bottles to create our very own micro bug hotels for our gardens.
Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 7:50pm
Today was our DT day! We began the morning by recapping on what are the Olympic games, when the next Olympics are and where they are being held. We then looked at a variety of different party foods, and thought of lots of different adjectives to describe them.
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 11:25am
In computing this week we used the Beebots! For the past few weeks we have looked at algorithms, creating step by step instructions and saying why it is important to be precise when writing an algorithm. We have tried hard to learn our left and right from different points and which way is clockwise or anticlockwise. This week we put all our prior learning into practise to program Beebots. We used the terms algorithm, sequence, debugging and programming to explain what instructions we were giving to our Beebots, to get them to move from one point to another. We had to remember to clear each previous instruction before giving our Beebot a new instruction, or our Beebots went off in the wrong direction! We worked in small groups to program the Beebots and then on the IPads using the Beebot app.
