Our key stage one children have been out and about in the local community picking litter, they were supported by many of our parents and grandparents. The council provided us with a range of equipment and spoke to the children about how they can help clean up the local environment. The children had such a […]
In science we have been exploring our senses. We felt a smooth conker, smelt sweet perfume and strong coffee, heard birds singing and cars beeping and looked at optical illusions. Please follow and like us:
This week in literacy we have been learning how to write instructions. On Monday we made a fruit salad which we are going to write our very own instructions for. Lots of us tried kiwi for the first time, it was yummy! Please follow and like us:
The children enjoyed our visit to Longshaw. We learnt all about our natural environment and recycling linked with this terms topic ‘What makes our world wonderful?’. We went hunting for minibeasts, found lots of different types of leaves, made plant pots from recycled materials in the kitchen garden and went on a hunt for materials […]
The children in1/2WH love using the ‘character’ phoneme spotters in their Guided Reading book. Look at all the words they found! Excellent phoneme spotting skills guys! Please follow and like us:
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This week in Maths we are learning how to add 2 numbers together. We used different Maths equipment to support our learning. Please follow and like us:
In our first week in Y1 we went outside for Maths and used chalk to draw our own number lines. Please follow and like us:
Today we used the counting skills from last week to add 2 numbers together. Some children added a 2 digit number to a single digit number using numicon. Max was great at counting in tens and ones! Please follow and like us:
Drawing our own number lines and counting backwards and forwards as we jumped. We are getting better at counting backwards! Please follow and like us:
In Literacy we have been reading ‘Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish’. We found dinosaurs in the sand pit and picked the adjective cards that we could use to describe them to a partner. Please follow and like us:
In Y1S during our transition week we have practised our number bonds to 10 using counters. Please follow and like us:
The children reflected on their learning about Materials from the Spring Term to plan, design and make their raft. The raft needed to float and be big enough to hold a playmobil pirate. We will test the rafts and evaluate our designs later in the week. Please follow and like us:
Following on from the learning of our text ‘The Pirate’s Next door’, the children used their skills in numeracy to make ‘Pirate Grog’. There was a lot of collaboration as the children had to follow instructions and measure the correct amount of each ‘ingredient’ using the scale on the jug in millilitres. Please follow and […]
To celebrate our topic ‘Land Ahoy’ coming to a close, we came together to have a lovely fish and chip supper and be pirates. We went ‘Old School’, put away the mobile phones and played good old fashioned board games with each other and completed word searches that the children had made. Some parents had […]
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We have been learning to retell a story using actions. We are becoming really confident! We are going to use this learning to help us with our writing later in the week. Please follow and like us:
The children in 1/2WB have been reasoning about adding numbers using a ‘whole, part model’. The children have used their counting skills to find the missing number. Please follow and like us:
Thank you to the Y4 experts who came to show the children (and adults!) in 1/2WB how to use book creator to add pictures and sentences about our visit. The children loved working and learning together. Please follow and like us:
Year 1 did 5 activities to earn our 100 points for the NSPPCC – Speak out Stay Safe fundraising activity. The children did really well and embraced all the activities. We love PE! Please follow and like us:
30 of the Key stage 1 children were selected to go to the English Institute of Sport for a fun Multi skills day. The children thoroughly enjoyed their day and learned lots of new sports that they might like to try in future. They also had to use their problem solving skills to rescue each […]
The KeyStage 1 children had a cold but great time finding out about Conisbrough Castle and its history. During the visit, Seth became a spit boy who would have worked for 4-6 hours without a break, turning a pig over the fire for the lords and ladies whereas George’s job was to clean out the […]
Some of our Y1 children learning to tell the time. Please follow and like us:
Just look at this castle! It tasted as good as it looks. Thank you for your superb effort. Please follow and like us:
Last week in our computing session, the children had to programme the bee bot to help Shrek to rescue Fiona from the castle. They had to endure dragons and obstacles on the way! Please follow and like us:
In our Materials learning in Science, we were investigating which would be the best types of paper to a)mop up water and b) paint on. We had great fun with the investigating. The conclusion we came to was that paper towels were the most absorbent paper for mopping up water and art paper was the […]
The Year 1 children have been busy over Christmas and in the last week! They have made castles from recyclable materials such as left over Christmas paper, cardboard boxes and toilet roll inners! They are embracing their learning about Towers and Turrets with vigour. Well done 1B ! Please follow and like us:
In our Art lesson this week with Mrs Taylor, we learned about Tone using a 4B pencil. The children copied parts of the fairy tale castle and used their skills to show different tones and create some fantastic artwork. Please follow and like us:
What a wonderful start to our Christmas productions, the Y1/2 children took to the stage to perform a donkey for sale. What a performance it was, the children sang their hearts out. Well done everyone we are really proud of you. Please follow and like us: