Blog by Tag: Year 1

We have made our passports and boarded our flight. First stop … Hong Kong. Mrs Law told us all about life in Hong Kong and we learnt some Cantonese! 
Next destination … Honduras. We looked at lots of photos, tasted Plantain crisps (fried bananas) , made our own fruit salad and looked at stories…

We had a wonderful time on our school trip today. We saw some amazing animals and imagined what it would be like to travel on a steam train in the past. 

We had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day.

Today we have been sorting our 3D shapes. 
 

We have enjoyed celebrating with Alfie this week as he rings the bell completing his treatment!

We wrote some Bonfire Safety Instructions and shared them with Reception. 
 

Today we have been learning about our bodies. We have been labelling the different body parts using play dough models we have made. 

Today, Year 1 heard about the Jewish harvest festival. This is called Sukkot. Jews build and decorate a sukkah, which means hut and spend as much time as possible in there. They eat, pray and even sleep in the shelter to remember when Moses led the Jews through the wilderness. They give thanks to…

The amazing Rock Kidz came in to spread the important message of bullying. We spoke about what bullying is and what it means. 

We enjoyed exploring about capacity in Y1. We predicted how many cups it takes to fill different containers.

We had an amazing day at the zoo. We fed the giraffes, monkeys and touched the snake. We learnt all about the animal groups and also discussed the animal diets.

We have enjoyed making some clay flowers. We cannot wait to paint them. We also discussed the parts of the plants when we were designing them with playdough.