Today, Year 1 were making equal groups by sharing. Children built on prior knowledge of using arrays and used counters as practical support. Super maths work, Year 1!
Today, Year 1 looked into Humanism to mark World Humanist Day. Children discussed prior learning about the Creation story, a belief which is shared by Christians and Jews.
Children then listened to a little boy called Wilf and his dad discuss their humanist view of how they believe world was created, through the Big Bang.
Finally children discussed and recorded their own ideas and opinions about how they believe the world was made. Staff were amazed by the level of discussion going on in the classroom!
Year 1 had the most gorgeous day at Beamish yesterday in the sunshine!
We started our adventure by visiting the school. The children applied all their prior learning from their school days topic and could relate to so many artefacts and features. We then visited houses from the Victorian times. The children listened to a Beamish volunteer telling us all about the way of life. The gentleman commented on how attentively the children listened and how fantastic their questions were.
After lunch we explored the 1950’s town. We looked at the toy shop which linked to our prior learning of toys past and present and looked at how features were different to the Victorian times such as clothing and housing.
Year 1 were absolute superstars from the word go. Their behaviour was impeccable and they represented St Oswald’s outstandingly. We’re so proud of them all!
Our Y1 children have arrived safely at Beamish and can’t wait for the exciting day ahead!
In music this afternoon, year 1 have been revising compositional skills we have already learnt. We then applied this to graphic notation to perform the story of The Great Fire Of London.
On Friday, Year 1 continued their introduction to multiplication and division. Children arranged counters into arrays and explored the meaning of rows and columns. This will support their understanding of multiplying and dividing as they move through the school. The children coped so well with quite a tricky concept!
For worship this morning, year 1 joined in an activity focusing on patience. They worked in pairs and had to listen for a keyword and remain patient in reacting to get the come before their partner.
This afternoon in year 1 we have been looking at Victorian artefacts. We looked at photos of these and matched them to their description. For our written task we then compared classroom Victorian artefacts to equipment we use today in class!
On Friday, Year 1 started their new computing unit “Programming Animations” by discussing their prior programming knowledge, linked to Beebots. Children were then introduced to the “Scratch Jr” app on the iPad and shown how to use programming blocks to move a sprite across the screen. The children blew Mrs B away with their prior programming knowledge and their ability to apply this to animation.
