Blog by Tag: Year 1

Year 1 today started off their ‘Brilliant Bodies Brilliant Minds’ learning with a spot of History!

We talked about what History learning looks like and the difference between past and present. The children looked at different pictures and decided if they should be sorted into the past or…

We made our passports and boarding passes ready to board the flight to Australia. We were lucky as we only had a little turbulence on our flight! We got there in record time and explored the landmarks, animals and objects of Australia.
Thank you to our wonderful parents for bringing in lots of…

We were using vocab such as long, longer, tall, taller, longest and tallest today to compare lengths and heights of objects. We enjoyed exploring the classroom. 
 

We made different paths whilst counting in different multiples. We were counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We then jumped on the paths at different starting numbers. 

We enjoyed finding all the different phonic sounds around the playground. We read the sound and then had to come up with a word. We thought of lots of words!! 

 

We experienced playing Wheelchair Basketball today. It gave us all an insight into the sport and how difficult it can be. We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity. 
 

We enjoyed practicing our fundamental movement skills this afternoon. We spoke about the importance of being active each day. 
Thank you to the students at University of Cumbria for being great hosts! 

Team work and orienteering to find the hidden eggs. Well done for all teams showing good sportsmanship.

We have enjoyed looking and learning about the french artist Henri Matisse. We have copied his style and explored making our own collages and a group collage. 
 

Coach Steve came in to tell us all about Allstars Cricket. We practised some cricket skills e.g throwing , catching, holding a bat, hitting and controlling the ball. 
We really enjoyed it. 
If you are interested in signing up for Allstars Cricket, then please follow the details on the flyer…

We have enjoyed finding out and sorting what different animals eat. We have used the vocabulary herbivore, carnivore and omnivore. We have also thought about what we eat!