KS1 Spanish Club had the best time with Mr Rundle during their first session. They learned all about animals and consolidated their knowledge by playing some games of bingo!
Yesterday, year 1 had the BEST day at Donnison House. The children experienced a school day in the 1950’s, they dressed up in Victorian clothing, wrote on slate boards, recited a famous poem by William Wordsworth, exercised in the garden, explored artefacts and finally had a discussion around 1950’s children and the lifestyle they lived. Wowza such a busy, jam packed day but we all absolutely loved our time at Donnison House, even the staff commented numerous times about the impeccable behaviour, manners and learning of all the children. We are SUPER proud of you all year 1.
Miss Randle could not just choose one pic collage as there is so many gorgeous photos that need sharing with all our parents and carers!
Year 1 have been using concrete resources this morning to help understand tens and ones in place value to 50. The children worked amazingly as peer support, using the number cards to form a number then represent this using base 10. Year 1 teachers were super impressed that the children challenged themselves to represent numbers greater than 50, wowza!
Yesterday morning for collective worship year 1 focused on The fruits of the spirit. The children discussed what the fruits represent and then completed a self-reflection activity thinking about times they have felt joy, kindness, patience, love, gentleness and self-control.
On Wednesday Year 1 walked to Jarrow library in the gorgeous sunshine ☀️. The lovely Catherine read the children some stories then we explored the library and chose a new book to bring back to school.
Today year 1 have been focusing on William Shakespeare as a mover and shaker and what we can learn all about The Globe Theatre. The children completed a fact file all about William Shakespeare learning significant facts about his impact on history. As part of guided reading we completed a reading comprehension, recalling facts from the text. This afternoon we looked at The Globe Theatre. The children located this on a map of London using skills learnt in Geography. They then labelled the theatre and looked at plays that are performed there. To finish off a super day of learning the children then made their very own Globe Theatre.
At the end of last half term, Year 1 completed their “Striking and Fielding” unit with their first ever game of rounders. Children practised the skills they built up over the course of the unit, such as striking the ball with a racquet and applied this to the game. We had so much fun and the weather was on our side – for once!
Year 1 enjoyed a super trip to Newcastle to do some geography fieldwork. We explored all the features of a city, including the cathedrals and universities. We spent a while visiting Grey Street and talked about how it was voted the most beautiful street in Britain. Reverend Jonny came with us, as he is our link governor and he commented on how brilliant the children were! Amazing behaviour, as always Year 1.
Today, Year 1 enjoyed a jam packed Easter prayer space, in our beautiful nature garden. Children explored key themes and concepts from the Easter story, including friendship and how we could make the world a better place.
In maths yesterday year 1 have been focusing on how to measure capacity. To support the children’s understanding we went into receptions outdoor area and carried out a practical. The children explored how many cups it would take to fill a jug, using appropriate mathematical vocabulary such as capacity, how many and amount.
