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.
In computing this afternoon year 1 have been looking at grouping data and how they can answer questions about information. We then finished with our gold task and discussed as a whole class what we have learnt about grouping data throughout the unit.
In PE on Friday, year 1 focused on striking the ball using the correct technique and stance. The children underarm bowled the ball to their partner using their sticky knowledge from the ball skills unit.
For this week’s worship challenge as a whole school our big question was ‘how can we show resilience in the face of adversity’. As part of character education day a few weeks back year 1 focused on strength in-line with our school ethos and values. To move on from this year 1 were challenged with the task of self reflection and recognising times they have been resilient and how they can be resilient moving forward.
This morning in maths year 1 have been measuring classroom objects using a non standard unit, cubes. The children explored the sentence of ‘the mass of the object is __ cubes’. Great job!
In computing this afternoon year 1 have been focusing on grouping data. The children grouped shapes by their different properties and then used key vocabulary to compare different groups.
In Maths today year 1 started a new topic, mass and volume. To explore vocabulary the children experimented and predicted which classroom objects would weigh heavier and lighter using balancing scales.
