Spring A
Week 7
We have had a busy week to end the half term. This week the children have been working hard rehearsing their number bonds to 10. Why not click on the link at the bottom so they can play a great game to help them. In Geography they have been creating maps of the playground, discussing their opinions on the playground and designing their own playground.The children also enjoyed a great afternoon in bushcraft. The ‘slack line’ was a huge hit.
Geography
Bushcraft
Number bonds to 10
Week 6
This week the children have had a super busy week. They worked so hard creating a Kandinsky. They created colours, tints and shades. In Geography the children used a map of the playground to find the features. Then they created a map key.
Playground maps
Painting a Kandinsky
Week 5
The class have had a great week. We had a brilliant trip to Pizza Express. The children learnt how to stretch their dough, spread the sauce and how many tomatoes go into a tin of tomato sauce. Why not see if they can remember. They enjoyed tasting their pizzas back at school. In geography they have been exploring aerial views of our local area and the school. Then they created ‘messy maps’ of their classroom..
Messy maps
Labelling aerial views of the local area
Double dice game
Week 4
It’s been a busy and varied week this week. The children enjoyed trying instruments in the Rock Steady Concert, we have some budding musicians. They received a letter from Longleat Safari Park asking them to write an information report on elephants. The children have written super information reports. In art they created splatter art in the style of Jackson Pollock.
Science- Testing absorbency
Building bridges- Testing the strength of paper
Splatter art
Week 3
Year 1 have worked hard writing a report on dogs. They know the features of an information report. In science they have been testing the properties of materials. They have enjoyed creating shades in art.
Week 2
The children have had a busy week in school. We have been learning about Zones of Regulation and discussing different emotions. We have been exploring materials and went on a materials hunt. In English we pieced an information text back together and labelled the features. On Friday a teacher visiting Newcastle from Spain came and visited us. He taught us how to count in Spanish.
Materials hunt
Information texts
Art- creating tints
Week 1
The children have come back after enjoying the festivities. This week we have begun learning the differences between fiction and non fiction. The children have enjoyed looking at different fiction and non fiction books. In maths we have been exploring numbers to 20. In art the children enjoyed recreating Rothko’s Colour field. They were able to make secondary colours from primary colours.
Making different representations of numbers
Colour mixing
Fiction and Non Fiction
