Class 1
Look how we are blossoming!
admin on: Class 1
1st March 2024
We were lucky enough on Tuesday to have the Musica Jazz ensemble come and perform for the whole school. The recital covers musical instruments, science of sound, key vocabulary and different styles and genres of music. We had a teacher from each family of instruments, the string, woodwind, percussion and brass families, they brought a range of instruments to show us while performing different pieces of music. They talked about how their instruments make the sounds they do and how you can change the pitch, dynamic and tempo when playing the instruments. We had lots of fun joining in with the actions, feeling the different mouthpieces and even creating our own piano! We ended our session by joining in with the song, I'm Still Standing. Thank you to the Musica Jazz team, we had so much fun!
In art, we carefully looked at a flower, like we did in Autumn 1, and then sketched this in our art books. We made sure we added in details that were on the stem, leaves and petals.We then looked back at the first sketch we did in September and compared both images to see how our skills have developed. Look how amazing we are ...
I hope you have a fantastic time at the disco tonight, if you are going, and have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
What a fabulous first week back!
admin on: Class 1
23rd February 2024
In maths, we have started looking at mass. We have been using the balance scales to see which items are heavier and lighter than each other. We also measured the mass of different objects using non-standard units of measure. We discovered how many cubes have the same mass as everyday objects.
On Thursday, Abi from Pennine Sports Partnership, took us for an active maths session. We looked at our 2, 5 and 10 timetables which we have started to look at in school. We used hoops and cones to play a range of fun and energetic games to help understand the concept of a multiplication number sentence.
Thank you to everyone who attended our maths evetn this afternoon! We have lots of fun adding our way to the rocket with you during our game! We really appreciate the time you took to come and visit us. I hope you found it beneficial!
I hope the weather stays dry!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
My voice matters
admin on: Class 1
9th February 2024
What a fantastic half term we have had in class, on behalf of the whole Year 1 team, I would like to thank you all for your continued support that you have given the children. It has allowed them to progress and mature greatly!
This week has been children' mental health week. We have done lots of activities to help children understand what is mental health and how can we help ourselves and others to have a positive mental health. The theme for this year was 'My Voice Matters' so we though about how we can express how we think, feel and behave to help each other and support each other. We learnt how to be still by completing some mindful breathing to help us calm down and relax. We also took part in some mindful movements, trying to balance and focus. We discussed how we could use these techniques at home to help our mind stay positive and healthy.
In English, we have been looking at the Night Zoo Keeper by Joshua Davidson. We have thought of out own animals that we could find in the night zoo and thought of the perfect setting for them. We have some very talented animals in our night zoo!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx
Climbing on up!
admin on: Class 1
2nd February 2024
In geography this week, we started looking at mountains, including what the highest and tallest mountains in the world are! We then looked closer to home and thought about what we would need to go and climb up mountain, considering the climate and other conditions you would encounter. We looked at different items that Mr Hobson takes when he climbs mountains and Chester even tried them on! Doesn't he look the part!
We have been looking at the shape element of our jump, shape, create topic in PE. We thought of the shapes different animals made when they moved and recreated these, thinking about their positions. We then made different shapes when we jumped safely from one side of the room to the other. We finishd by holding different points of balance for 5 seconds.
I hope it stays dry for you this weekend, one more week to go!
Mrs Parker and The Year One Team xxx
We like to move it, move it!
admin on: Class 1
26th January 2024
We have been looking at moving robots in computing and this week we had to follow instructions to move the Bee-Bots forwards and backwards. We had to place Bee-Bot on a specific object before following the commands. We always started with the clear command before programming Bee-Bot to move in different directions.
In PSHE, we have been learning what money is and how we obtain it. We spent lots of time looking at different coins and notes, understanding the value of them. We decided that we don't use coins and nots as much now, we see people using bank cards, their smart watches or their phones to pay for items from shops.
I hope you all have a restful weekend and manage to stay dry!
Mrs Parker and the Year One Team xxx