Class 1 Affirmation Bookmarks
For mental health week, we have created some affirmation bookmarks. We have thought carefully about the character strengths we have and how we could celebrate these. We put these on […]
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Wear Red Day 2023
Today we celebrate #WearRedDay to raise money for the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, these are a fantastic organisation that with children who require life saving heart operations. Throughout the week, […]
KS1 WMIM worry monsters workshop
In KS1 today we were lucky enough to have another workshop with WMIM. Today we created our own worry monsters using craft materials that we can take home and use. […]
NRICH maths in Class 1
In Class 1 today we had a go at an ENRIH maths investigation. We were working with our partners to do this and were given di. We had to roll […]
Class 1 Clay Patterns
In Class 1 we have been exploring the different patterns we can make in clay. We used lots of everyday materials to create our patterns then had a go at […]
Class 1 number bonds
As part of our addition learning in maths, class 1 have been using ladybugs to find all of the different number bonds for numbers within 10. We worked systematically to […]
Class 1 RE Christmas story
In RE we have begun to look at that Christmas story. To coincide with our nativity practice we have been learning all about Mary and Joseph and their journey to […]
Class 1 Maths investigation
In Class 1 we have conducted an investigation using a part whole model to find out how many ways we can make one number. We used counters to represent the […]
Class 1 fairy tale poetry
In Class 1 we have been learning all about Hans Christian Andersen and all of the fabulous fairy tales he wrote. We have written and performed some poetry about him […]
Class 1 Harvest Art
Today in class 1 we used different materials and leaf printing to create some harvest images.
Class 1 Talk For Write
This week Class 1 have been describing Florence Nightingale. As an added challenge we did some drama to try and add dialogue to our work. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning […]
Class 1 Sketching Skills
In Class 1 we have been practicing our sketching skills in art. We used these skills to sketch a picture of the Queen to celebrate her life and leadership.
Class 1 Florence Nightingale Fact file
In History this week, Class 1 have been learning all about Florence Nightingale. We researched some fun facts and made them into fact file. We then used this to make […]
Class 1 and 3 reading buddies
In Class 1 and 3 this afternoon we buddied up to read our story books. We enjoyed sharing our stories and seeing how much progression the year 2’s have made […]
Class 1 wave printing
Today in art, class 1 printed their wave designs onto their own tote bags. These designs were created earlier in the year and were transferred onto polystyrene ready for the […]
Class 1 sewing
In Class 1 this week we have been learning how to use a running stitch. It took a lot of resilience as we found it quite tricky to grasp at […]
Class 1 French Weather Report
In French, Class 1 have been learning how to say the different types of weather in French. We used the green screen and iMovie to create our own weather reports.
Class 1 Narrative Writing
In class 1 we have been using our class text ‘Sally and the Limpet’ to write our own creative stories. This is one that we created called ‘Billy and the […]
Class 1 trip to Bolsover Castle
As a part of our topic ‘Towers, Tunnels and Turrets’ we went on a day trip to Bolsover Castle. We fully immersed ourselves into the day and learnt lots of […]
Class 1 music
Class 1 became musicians today and created an improvisation on the glockenspiel. They enjoyed playing the instrument and finding the pulse to the song.
Class 1 dragon poetry
In Literacy this week, Class 1 have been working extremely hard at writing our own Haiku poems about Dragons. We’ve enjoyed performing these using talk for write.
Class 1 clay patterns
In Art today, Class 1 used clay and clay tools to create intricate patterns on a tile. This tile was designed to be fit for a castle. We had lots […]
Key Stage 1 Knights and Princesses
To launch our topic of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets we have dressed up as people associated with castles. We designed and created our own shields and even made our own […]
Class 1 Literacy Hook Day
Today in Class 1 we took a ‘trip to Australia.’ This started with children coming to school in their holiday clothes and getting a boarding pass to come on the […]
Class 1 Music
In class 1 we are getting into the festive spirit early, learning to play a Christmas song on the glockenspiel.
Class 1 animal poems
In Class 1 this week we have been working hard to create a poem about the animals we saw at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We enjoyed creating this and recording it […]
Class 1 bird feeders
In class 1 we have been thinking about what we could do to help the animals in our local environment. We have designed and created so,e bird feeders this week […]
Class 1 talk for writing
In Class 1 we have been using T4W to create descriptive writing about the character of Pete from Pete’s peculiar pet shop. We added actions to our words to help […]