Art Morning - 07.07.22

On Thursday 7th July, Year 1 had an Arts morning. We practised 2 different art skills including colour mixing to create different shades of yellow and 4 different brushstrokes including 

dabbing, feathering, bold stroke and detail stroke using different size brushes. We then applied these skills to create our own Van Gogh Sunflower's painting which looked amazing!

Eckington Woods Walk - 30.06.22

Year 1 had a great walk in Eckington Woods on Thursday looking at some historical sights of Eckington, as well as, creating a tally of plants, trees and flowers that grow there. We then used this information, to compare what grows in Eckington Woods compared to Renishaw Hall and Gardens. A great walk with fantastically behaved children! 

Victorian Artefacts and Toys - 24.06.22

On Friday, the Year 1 children had a look at some Victorian artefacts and photographs. They also had an opportunity to play with some Victorian toys and games in the afternoon during our Fresh Air Friday session!

Renishaw Hall and Gardens - 22.06.22

The Year 1 children had a fantastic day at Renishaw Hall and Gardens. They went on a flower, tree and plant hunt in the main gardens, did some observational drawing around the gorgeous water fountain and did some map reading to navigator us towards the woodland area. After lunch, the children visited the Sitwell Museum and the Sitwell's pet cemetery!

Fresh Air Friday - 17.06.22

On Friday, we went outside to explore and find different parts of trees, plants and flowers. The children had great fun playing different games based on parts of trees, plants and flowers, as well as, purposes of trees, plants and flowers.

Science Investigation - Fizzing Moons - 10.06.22

This week in Science, we have been doing an experiment called Fizzing Moons. We used baking powder and water to mould the moon then predicted what would happen when we added different amounts of white vinegar. The results were interesting! The children then decided to leave their moons to see what happens to them over the weekend before we add malt vinegar on Monday. I wonder what might happen to the moons when we add malt vinegar? Find out next week!

Grouping Method in Maths - 08.06.22

In Maths, we have been learning the grouping method for division as an alternative method to the sharing method. We started the week using concrete objects before moving onto the written method for grouping!

1980's Jubilee Activities and Party!

To celebrate the Queen's Jubilee, Year 1 had a trip down the 1980's memory lane! We learned about 5 important events that the Queen had in the 1980's and created a class shape poem, we did some self-portraits of the Queen from Prince Charles and Lady Diana's famous wedding in 1981, we made some peg dolls of the Queen, we painted Great Britain flags and made ourselves a crown! We finished off in true 1980's style with music, dancing and 1980's fashion! Great day for an incredible celebration!

Maths - Dividing - 25.06.22

In Maths, we have been learning how to divide by 2, 4, 5 and 3 using the sharing method. We started using concrete objects then moved onto the written method.

Can you find one quarter of any number to 20? - Maths Investigation - 20.05.22

We have been learning about fractions over the last few weeks and we finished our fraction work with a group investigation into whether any number up to and including 20 can be split equally into one quarter. The children had great fun and problem-solved with fractions and quantities really well!

R.E - The Ten Commandments - 18.05.22

In R.E we have been learning about the good news that Jesus brings for Christians. We have learned about Jesus' 12 Disciples and how they helped Jesus to spread good news. We learned about Jesus' forgiven of Judas and Matthew, the tax collector. We are now looking into the Ten Commandments and we even had a go at writing our own modern-day Commandments!

Maths - Finding Fractions - 13.05.22

In Maths, we have been finding half of a shape, object and quantity. We had great fun working with a partner to find half of a quantity using different maths equipment and hoops!

Maths - Position and Direction - 04.05.22

In Maths, we have been learning about position and direction. This maths learning has also helped us in Geography with our mapping and in Computing with our coding and programming. Lots of useful skills to have and use!

National Space Centre - 28.04.22

A fantastic day at the National Space Centre, Leicester. We experienced what it would feel like to be in space in the Planetarium, climbed 144 steps to reach the top of the rocket tower, explored the solar system and learned about the significant event that Neil Armstrong was part of. Lots of great fun and incredible learning!

Year 1 Class Assembly - 08.04.22

Year 1 were amazing in their first ever class assembly! Thank you for coming to watch and I hope that you learned lots of things on Florence Nightingale, measuring, the Easter story and the oceans!

Special Visitor - 07.04.22

On Thursday, Mrs Treweek's daughter, Lydia came into school to talk to us about modern day nursing. She told us about what hospitals and hospital care is like now and compared this to what we know about Florence's first experiences of nursing during the Crimean War. She showed us some of her modern day equipment and we even had a little go too!

Science - 06.04.22

In Science, we have been learning about the senses. This week, we learned about the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell and how he invented the first telephone. We then used paper cups and string to make our own string telephones.

P.E - Balancing and Moving - 01.04.22

In P.E, we have been using the large apparatus to move and balance with a partner. We had great fun and helped each other too!

Easter Experience - 31.03.22

On Thursday, Year 1 walked up to the Friendship Hall for the Easter Experience with Liz and David and their volunteers. They did lots of exciting activities based around the Easter story including palm leaves of hope, discussing the last supper, decorating a cross and a stone and working on making new words with resurrection! A great morning had by all!

Maths - Measuring - 30.02.22

In our measuring unit in Maths, we have been measuring length and height using non-standard and standard units of measurement. Great fun and incredible use of Maths equipment too!

Capacity - Maths - 22.03.22

This week in Maths, we have been learning about capacity. We have described and compared capacity and had a go at measuring capacity using non-standard units.

Food Technology and Science - 18.03.22

We had great fun chopping, cutting and preparing our own fruit salads for our senses taste test! We shared the safety knives and peelers and enjoyed making our fruit salads but we enjoyed eating them more!

Maths - Weighing - Week 3

In Maths this week, we have been starting on our measurement unit of work by investigating weighing using balancing scales, non-standard units and lots of different objects. The children have also used different vocabulary to describe and compare weight including heavy, heavier, heaviest, light, lighter, lightest and equal to.

Florence Nightingale Senses Poems - Experience Day!

To help us write our own Florence Nightingale senses poems, we had an experience day looking at and smelling some objects that Florence might have experienced in the hospital including soiled bandages, some dry and wet blood (it was only fake blood), mouldy, dry bread, some medicine, some scissors and a candle. Some children preferred it more than others!

Gymnastics - Large Apparatus - 04.03.22

In gymnastics this term, we are doing some gymnastics using the large apparatus. We will be doing lots of balancing, jumping, climbing and rolling! Here our a few photographs from our first session!

World Book Day - 03.03.22

For World Book Day, Year 1 did lots of reading activities including story sacks, scavenger hunts, phonics games, partner reading and 1:1 reading. We have done loads of reading throughout the week for our sponsored read too! We completed a Battle of the Books challenge and ended up with our top 5 books from 30 books which we will be reading next week. A great World Book Day!

Toy Dress Up Day - 18.02.22

To end our topic on toys and their materials, we had a toy dress up day. We recorded a video showcasing our learning this half-term and showed off our toy designs and facts that we did in small groups (video to be uploaded separately!) We brought our favourite toys in to showcase and play with. We ended the day watching Toy Story! A great day and a fantastic selection of toy costumes!

Thursday 17th February - D & T Homework!

For our final piece of homework for Spring Term 1, the children were asked to design and make a toy using recyclable materials. We had some great toys including snakes and ladders, rockets, trains, rocking horses, boats, caterpillars, string puppets, rollercoasters, marble run, lava lamps, robots plus many more! Have a look for yourself!

Maths - 08.02.22

In Maths this week, we have been extending our place value knowledge to 50 using tens and ones place value charts and different concrete objects. We even did some outdoor learning focusing on ordering numbers using place value knowledge!

R.E - Shabbat - 04.02.22

In R.E this week, we have been learning about the Jewish celebration Shabbat and how they celebrate it and what it means. We then made some Jewish bread called Challah. We worked together to make it and we even got to taste it on Friday!

Chinese New Year - 01.02.22

The children have been celebrating Chinese New Year with a lion dance, a retelling of the Chinese Zodiac story and some Chinese New Year artwork including concertina dragons and tiger art!

Character Description Writing - 28.01.22

In English this week, we have been planning and writing a short character description on Woody the Cowboy from Toy Story. This has been heavily modelled but the adjectives, verbs and emotions are from the shared discussions with the children. An excellent start to this unit of writing!

R.E - 22.01.22

This week in R.E, we had a special visitor in school. Eva came into school to talk to us about her religion, Judaism. We had an opportunity to try on some kippah and tallits (prayer hats and shawls) and try some Jewish bread and grape juice. We also looked at some of the artefacts and features that are found in a Synagogue including a look at Hebrew writing and how it is read (right to left.) A great morning!

History - 21.01.22

This week, we had our Toys through the Ages box delivered with lots of toys from the past to the present. We had a go at timelining the toys in chronological order (it was really tricky!) Two groups of children then had the opportunity to explore the toys in the toy box. The other groups will have a turn over the next few weeks to play and explore the different toys and games.

Fresh Air Friday - 14.01.22

Our first Fresh Air Friday was incredible! It felt so good to be back outside on a Friday afternoon. We did some outdoor yoga and cloud relaxation, as well as, a 3 stage challenge! First challenge was to find a deciduous tree. Second challenge to find an evergreen tree. Third challenge to spot some wildlife (a brave squirrel must have known because it ran across the grass just at a right time!) Great fun and Jaxon H's story for story time!

Practical Maths - 10.01.22

In Maths this week, we started off by doing some practical addition using different concrete objects. We had to use our place value knowledge when finding 2-digit numbers to help us to add quickly using Numicon, counters, cubes and other maths equipment! We extended our knowledge through the week using pictorial representations and a maths investigation based on different addition number sentences.

Christingle Service - 21.12.21

The Year 1 children enjoyed their first Christingle Service at Eckington Church. Some of the children dressed up as important people from the Christmas Nativity.

Maths - 16.12.21

In Maths this week, Year 1 have been learning about place value involving teen numbers. They used different concrete objects to demonstrate their understanding of how many tens and how many ones make up different teen numbers. They worked with a partner, with one being the student and one being the teacher, supporting and praising each other!

History - Captain Scott - 07.12.21

In History, we have been learning about Captain Scott's journey to the South Pole. We shared lots of facts during our guided reading sessions and used these facts to create simple timelines to show his journey. We also used drawing pencils to create portrait pictures of Captain Scott which we will be using in our own fact file on him next week.

Virtual Author Session - 03.12.21

We were very lucky on Friday morning to have a virtual session with Nick Sharratt the author of the Shark in the Park books. He told us about how he became an author and illustrator and read us some pages from his shark in the park books. He taught us how to draw different characters from his books including a snail, a crab, a reindeer, Santa Claus and not forgetting the shark in the park! He also read us his new book called Oh No! Shark in the snow! A fantastic 45 minutes had by all, including me!

Maths Investigation - 02.12.21

In our problem-solving and reasoning maths lesson we had to work as a team to investigate the stability of different buildings created using different 3D shapes. The children had to problem-solve with any buildings that weren't stable and think of ways of using the same 3D shapes but in an alternative way to make it more stable. They had to provide reasons as to why certain buildings were more stable than others using their knowledge of 3D shapes to support.

R.E - 25.11.21

In R.E this week, we have been learning about the true meaning of the advent and why advent is important to Christians on the countdown to Christmas. We also discussed the true meaning of Christmas and why it's important to Christians. We worked as a small group to create an advent wreath with candles of hope, joy, peace and faith!

Children in Need - 19.11.21

On Friday it was Children in Need! The children came dressed in either Children in Need outfits, spots or pjs. They made some Pudsey biscuits and worked together to collage a giant Pudsey Bear!

Odd Socks Day - 15.11.21

To celebrate Anti-bullying week, the children came to school wearing odd socks. We discussed what the odd socks represented and discussed the different types of bullying. We discussed how we can support each other and where to go for help. We did some one kind word friendship paper chains, odd socks colouring and sock puppets to react a bullying scenario and how it could be resolved. A great day and week by all the children!

Geography - 12.11.21

In Geography, we have been using atlases to locate the Arctic and Antarctica. We have also been discussing the geographical similarities and differences between the two poles.

Firework outdoor artwork - 05.11.21

During our fresh air Friday session, the children used different natural materials to create firework pictures. They needed to focus on the shapes and lines that different fireworks make. See if you can spot the Catherine Wheels, the sparklers, the rockets and the firework showers!

Diwali Day - 04.11.21

In R.E, we learned about the Hindu celebration of Diwali. We discussed the similarities of this celebration to similar Christian celebrations and used air-drying clay and coloured rice to make Diva lamp and Rangoli patterned pictures.

Practical Maths - 20.10.21

In maths, we have started to add using concrete objects. The children had great fun using the different concrete objects and writing addition number sentences to match!

Holy Trinity Day - 15.10.21

As part of our R.E learning, the children had a R.E day learning about the Holy Trinity. Each group of children had a different part to do. One group learned and demonstrated God the Father who created the world, one group learned and demonstrated Jesus was the son of God by creating a nativity scene stable and one group learned and demonstrated that God the Spirit is represented by a dove. The another 2 groups demonstrated the Holy Trinity symbol through a stained glass window and St Patrick's shamrock. They also learned a Holy Trinity song which they performed in assembly. Fantastic work Year 1!

Eckington Church Visit - 06.10.21

As part of our R.E unit on belonging, we visited Eckington Church to look at the symbols of belonging for Christians. We had great fun exploring the church, look for the signs of the cross, the dove, the bible and other symbols too! We also learned about the features inside a church including an altar, an organ, a font and pews. We also visited the headstones in the graveyard to symbolise the Holy Spirit.

Mr Morton the Vet - 06.10.21

Mr Morton the vet visited the children in year 1 to discuss looking after pets and what it's like to be a vet. The children looked at different animal x-rays, learned how to apply a bandage to a dog, what happens in an operation and the basic needs of animals, including looking after the wildlife. The children asked some interesting questions at the end and thoroughly enjoyed Mr Morton's visit!

Fresh Air Friday - 01.10.21

This week in Fresh Air Friday, the children had to complete an Autumn walk, as well as, a team scavenger hunt looking for different nature materials. They needed to work together to find these objects and only bring back the amount asked for. All the teams worked well together and managed to find all the objects asked for but some teams brought back too many of each object. Next week's scavenger challenge is to only bring back the amount asked for! We finished off Fresh Air Friday with some deep breathing relaxation, story time and Rocky's diary.

Harvest Artwork - 27.09.21

This week in art, we have been using some harvest fruit and vegetables to create repeating pattern printed art. The children learned about harvest, as well as, how to create different repeating patterns. They got very messy but loved it!

P.E - Fundamentals and Multi-skills event at Graves Health and Sport Centre - 24.09.21

The Year 1 children attended their first Qualitas sporting event at Graves Health and Sport Centre which was great fun! The children took part in 6 different sporting games and activities including dance, dodgeball, team and partner games and capture and invade games. Lots of skills learnt and loads of energy burnt off too!

Maths - More than, Less than and Equal - 22.09.21

In Maths this week, we have been learning to use the vocabulary more than, less than and equal to compare concrete objects, pictorial representations and numbers. We have also started to learn about the mathematical symbols < > and = to compare.

R.E - Belonging - 16.09.21

In R.E, we have been learning about belonging and what belonging means. We have looked at ways in which we belong to different sports clubs, school and the church and the symbols that tell us that we belong to that group. The Year 1 children brought some interesting photographs and items into school to show how they belong.

Fresh Air Friday - 10.09.21

For our first Fresh Air Friday, Year 1 did 3 outdoor challenges including:

*A sensory walk, touching trees, leaves and other natural objects.

*Cloud Clearing which involved us laying on the grass, looking at the clouds and clearing our minds.

*Relaxation and listening to nature. We heard birds singing, bees buzzing and flies whizzing around!

We finished off with an outdoor story.