This week in Year One we have been working really hard to complete the class puzzle. Well done to all the children that have helped complete it. The children have also enjoyed doing their pictures for the colouring competition. In Phonics we have learnt to use sound lines and sound buttons and we can’t wait to … Read more
A huge well done to all the children in Class One for settling in so well. This week we have been exploring the numbers 1 – 10 and understanding one to one correspondence. We have used concrete materials to show the values associated with the numbers. In Geography we have used Google Earth to see … Read more
Class One have made a wonderful start to the year. This week we have been working hard in Maths to show what the numbers 1-10 look like using different objects. We have also been able to start sorting objects in different groups to help us count.
We have come to the end of a very exciting and exhausting year and I am sure that everyone is looking forward to a very well earned break. There have been many high lights over the year; our local nature walks to look at the seasons changing, making bread and Christmas cakes, the Fairy Tale … Read more
We had some good news this week! We found out that our class were runners up in the 5 Days Wild Challenge. BBOWT were overwhelmed with the number of entries and the amount of effort our class put into the challenge, and said our scrapbook was truly delightful. Although our class was not one of … Read more
In our English lessons we have focused on story writing. We thought about the kind of language we should use to describe places, events and people in our story about Stephen and Matilda. Each day we worked on a different part of the story, making sure we were adding some wow words to write good … Read more
Oxford Castle We had a very exciting start to the week when we went to visit Oxford Castle on Monday. After a short journey to Oxford we arrived at the castle, we were all feeling excited as we met our tour guide dressed in old fashioned clothes. We started our tour of the castle by … Read more
This week we have been learning about amphibians as we are working the final part of our books about Animals Around the World. There are lots of animal experts in class one now as we have been learning so many facts about such a wide range of creatures. On Thursday we proudly sent away our … Read more
At the moment we are making Fact-files about Animals. We are learning about Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Fish, Amphibians and Insects. Last week we learnt about mammals and reptiles, thinking about the similarities and differences. For example, are they cold or warm-blooded or do they lay eggs or have live young? This week our focus has … Read more
Last week we had a fabulous visit from BBOWT, the wildlife trust. We went outside and were given a magical jewel to hold while we listened carefully to the sounds around. We heard birds, trees and manmade sounds. We then had a set of binoculars each to go bird spotting. There were 10 toy birds … Read more
