Year 1: Blog items
Date: 13th Feb 2020 @ 7:52pm
In History we have been looking at how toys have changed over time. This week we invited out parents in to share their childhood memories of the toys they used to play with. We enjoyed looking at all the old toys such as pickup sticks, tiddly winks and a jack in the box. We were able to compare that all of these toys were made of wood, unlike all our current toys which are mainly plastic, we also observed that non of the old toys needed batteries or power unlike the high tec toys we have today.
We would like to say a big thank you to all the parents and carers who shared their toys and memories with us.
Date: 13th Feb 2020 @ 7:27pm
We have been exploring the properties of different materials in science and today we tested materials to discover which were waterproof and would make a good umbrella. We ensured we conducted a fair test by treating each material the same. We found that although glass was waterproof it would not make a good umbrella because it was fragile. We learned that paper was not waterproof, nor was fabric but plastic was.
Date: 23rd Jan 2020 @ 7:30pm
Well done Year 1 for a fantastic class assembly this morning. You showcased your learning about autumn and winter fantastically. We are all very proud of you! It was great to see so many family members, carers and friends and there too.
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 12:25pm
This week we have been learning number bonds to 20. We used our existing knowledge of number bonds to 10 and our number bonds song to help us learn the number bonds to 20. “We will need to add 10 onto each number bond because 20 is 10 more than 10”. “20 has two tens not one ten.”
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 4:07pm
What a fantastic afternoon we had exploring our new Forest School Area. We made 'fat balls for the birds', pretended we were squirrels and hid food ready for hibernation and built shelters that we could hide in. However, I think for most of us our favourite part was getting as muddy as possible and jumping in all the mud puddles!
Spring 1 WOW - Our Tremendous Toys
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 3:57pm
Today we began to explore how toys and games have changed over time. We watched a video of what toys were like 40 years ago and how they have changed to the toys we play with today. We noticed that some games, like monopoly and dominoes have hardly changed at all but other toys are very different, like the dolls and computers we have today.
We had a wonderful afternoon exploring toys we each brought from home, we discussed what the toys can do, how many different parts the toy has, what material it is made from and how it can help us learn. We then wrote a ‘toy review’ on our favourite toy and gave it a star rating.
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:24am
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:22am
Spring 1 Topic Overview 2019/2020
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:18am
Date: 17th Dec 2019 @ 2:44pm
On Tuesday this week Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 performed their Nativity play in front of parents and carers. Reception performed 'The Wriggly Nativity' and Year 1 and Year 2 performed 'Miracle in Town'. Congratulations to our incredibly talented, confident and enthusiastic children who entertained us all with their singing, dancing and acting.
Date: 19th Dec 2019 @ 9:55am
What a fantastic day we had at our Christmas party! We came to school in our favourite party clothes ready for an exciting festive, fun packed day. We started off by playing party games in the hall, best dancer, musical statues and musical bumps - there were lots of winners and great dancers too. Just as we were about leave the hall to go back to class, the hall door opened and in walked SANTA!!!!! We were all very excited. He came in and sat down with a large sack full of presents. One at a time he called our names and gave us a present. We know Santa is extremely busy at this time of year so we were very lucky to see him. Finally we went back to class to continue our party, we had party food and we played a game of pass the parcel.
Church Army evangelist, Captain Matthew Rowley
Date: 4th Dec 2019 @ 8:28pm
In RE we have been learning about Christianity, God, prayer and the church. We know that most "Christians pray to God so they can talk to God", that "Christians believe God loves everyone" and that "the church is a special place for Christians". To extend our knowledge and learning even further we decided to ask Church Army evangelist, Captain Matthew Rowley to come in and talk to us. We had lots of questions we wanted to ask him and we knew he would have lots of things to tell us about Christianity and prayer.
Look who has arrived in Year 1 this week!!!
Date: 4th Dec 2019 @ 8:19pm
What an exciting start to December is has been in Year 1. We arrived at school on Monday morning to find a new member of Hazel and Beech Class ..... our class elves! However, these elves have not been making the right choices and they certainly don't have their always badges. Hazel Elf has been trapping superheroes in bins, climbing up Christmas trees and swinging on Christmas decorations, whilst Beech Elf has been eating Miss James' smarties and using shaving foam to draw shapes on the floor. He made such a mess that he slipped and broke his arm!!!
We have been writing about what our elves have got up to each day. When they first arrived they even sent us an email that we had to read.
I wonder what they are going to get up to tomorrow .... we are very excited to find out!
Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 2:16pm
Our Year 1&2 Children got to take part in the KS1 Blackpool Schools Athletics Festival at Stanley Park Sports centre. Our pupils got the chance to participate in all the events our KS2 Children do, when competing at the Blackpool School Games Athletics Finals.
We had a fantastic morning out of school and our children did not stop smiling through out the Festival. We definitely have some future Athletes who will be competing and representing our school when their time comes around.
Well done to all involved!
Winter - Science, Phonics, Writing and PE!!!
Date: 27th Nov 2019 @ 10:11am
This week we have been learning about winter in Science. It is "one of the four seasons of the year". We know it is often "very cold in winter" so you "need to wear warm clothes". 'Sometimes it snows in winter and you can build a snowman". We used bicarbonate of soda and citric acid to create a snowstorm! We revisited, recapped and embedded our seasons learning and knowledge in PE by making seasonal tress in our warm up, writing about our winter experiment in writing and finding 'snow' words in phonics which contained different snowmen sounds.
Date: 14th Nov 2019 @ 5:34pm
Today was national Anti-Bullying day. Our theme was 'change starts with us'. We talked about what bullying is - something that is hurtful that happens over and over again, we thought about how it might make someone feel if they were being bullied and what we could do if we saw someone being bullied. Should we be be a bystander or an upstander .... and upstander!!! Our class pledge is to be kind and helpful.
Date: 15th Nov 2019 @ 4:26pm
Danceathon, spots and Pudsey Bear! What a great day we had in Year 1 for children in need. We started our morning by doing our Children In Need danceathon. Children all over the country took part and we wanted to join in too. We enjoyed learning the dance, it was great fun, a way to support charity and good exercise for our bodies. In writing we wrote about Pudsey Bear. We had to make a fact poster and an opinion poster. What food do we think Pudsey bear would like to eat? What do we think Pudsey bear might like to do? These were all our opinions. Finally we ended the day with a whole school Children in Need assembly. Everyone looked different .... because we were all spotty!
Open Morning - Come and see how we write!
Date: 5th Nov 2019 @ 12:07pm
This morning we made a Forky from Toy Story, we wrote about Halloween and created bonfire pictures. We chose these things as they are events in Autumn and a character from a film we enjoy and we wanted to write about them. We invited family members into school for the morning to help us learn. They helped us with our writing and spelling. It was great fun!
Date: 30th Oct 2019 @ 10:28am
To launch our ‘Sensational Seasons’ topic we explored the physical effects of autumn. We went on an autumn treasure hunt and found lots of wonderful natural items such as leaves,twigs and pinecones and used these natural items to make our own autumn art. We explored the colours of the leaves and mixed paint to make our own autumn colours then painted leaves to create an autumn tree for our classroom. We examined the texture of leaves and bark through wax rubbing which created a range of interesting patterns. We looked at foods which are harvested during autumn and designed our own pumpkins.
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 2:04pm
Autumn 2 Topic Overview 2019/20
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 2:00pm
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 1:58pm
Date: 14th Oct 2019 @ 7:09pm
When we came back into class after lunch we had a shock .... our classrooms looked like this!!! It was 'horrible', 'dirty', 'full of rubbish' and 'a mess'. What had happened???
Miss James and Mrs Hopwood had done an experiment to show us what the world would be like if we didn't look after it and take care of it. They had dropped rubbish everywhere to show us what littering is. We then watched a video which helped us further understand the impact of littering on our environment both for us and for lots of animals too. It was horrible.
We decided we wanted to see if there was any litter in our local environment, so on our trip to the library we used our observational skills to see if we could spot any litter. We hoped we wouldn't, but we did.
Remember always put your litter in the bin. We want to live in a clean, happy environment!
Date: 11th Oct 2019 @ 3:45pm
No pen day was great fun! We did all our learning without using a pen. In writing we learnt about instructions. We were given a set that was all in the wrong order and our challenge was to correct it. We thought about what should go first, next, after that and what would come at the end. Maths was exciting too ... we used objects to create the part part whole method of addition. Some of us even got up to 20! In the afternoon we carried on our 'No Pen Day' learning in PSHE. We learnt about the characteristics needed to be a good friend and what friendship means. We had a go at various activities and challenges which tested our friendships skills and we were all very sucessful. A couple of children asked if we could have no pen day every week!!!Â
Date: 4th Oct 2019 @ 1:11pm
We were very excited about the Book Bus coming to school. There were so many books to enjoy and we all managed to find a favourite. Morgan said 'the book bus is huge and has lots of books'. Logan said ' I bought a Toy Story book to read at bed time' and Jacob said 'I've got a Roblox book because I love Roblox'
