On Thursday, Year 1 explored capacity using practical resources. Children worked in groups to work out how many cups of water it would take to fill different jugs. We then began to work out how many cups of water it would take to fill multiple jugs by counting in twos and fives. Children enjoyed working practically and this really helped with their understanding of capacity.
On Friday afternoon, Year 1 began their new RE unit on Judaism. As part of their cool task, children were given different Jewish artefacts, which they had seen before in our unit on sacred places and asked if they could remember what the objects were and how they might be used by Jewish people. The children loved exploring the objects and they remembered lots of things about them.
After this, they looked at some new objects, such as a havdalah candle and a menorah. Children then wrote questions about the artefacts which we will hopefully answer in coming weeks!
Last week, year 1 completed STEM week linked to our topic Bright Lights Big City by making London taxis. The children thought about and explored ideas to begin, they then planned and designed before moving onto making their own taxis! Once the children had finished they then evaluated their designs and communicated with their friends around aspects of their finished product!
Great job year 1!
On Friday, Year 1 continued their unit on the good news Jesus brings. This week we thought about peace and times when Christians might need to talk to God to help them through tough times. Children recorded videos of themselves explaining times when people might not be feeling peaceful.
On Thursday, Year 1 continued their PE unit on striking and fielding. Children began by practicing throwing and catching skills before progressing on to knocking down wickets. This linked brilliantly to our cricket trip a couple of weeks ago!
This morning Year 1 continued their Music topic by composing their own song about London to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle. Children were brilliant at using their sticky knowledge to generate ideas and we tried so hard to mirror the rhythm of Twinkle, Twinkle. Miss Topping visited us and she was incredibly impressed by our work!
Reception and KS1 had a visit from the school nurses this morning as part of World Oral Health Day. The children learnt the importance of brushing their teeth twice a day, foods we can eat to keep our teeth healthy and we enjoyed listening to a story about Dinosaur Douglas and the Beastly Bugs!
On Thursday, Year 1 explored the idea that music can be recorded by using symbols. We built on our prior knowledge of nursery rhymes and had a go at recording the rhythm of some familiar songs. First of all we tried clapping the rhythm, then we had a go at recording this using dots. It was quite tricky but we all gave it a very good go!
Year 1 had a fabulous time at Temple Park for the cricket festival on Friday morning! Children learnt lots of new cricket skills and had fun joining in with all of the different games set up. Well done Year 1!
Year 1 had so much fun playing the game “21” which Mr Richardson set for early work, as part of our celebration of International Day of Maths.
After this, children completed the NRICH problem “Coloured Squares”. Children were given six blank squares with a set of clues about which colour each square should be. Children had to work through the clues systematically, using practical squares to test out their ideas and make adjustments, before they coloured in their recording sheet. Children were asked to explain and justify their final answer using the language of reasoning.
The children really enjoyed a slightly different approach to maths last week; well done Year 1!
