Year 1 and Year 2 have had a very exciting morning with the founder of "Number Fun", Dave Godfrey. Our whole school maths week started with a Key stage 1 workshop, where the childen sang songs, used large numicon pieces and tested out their reasoning skills. A super morning and well done everybody.
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This week we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. The children have been sorting shapes, learning about shape properties and making thier own 3D shapes. For homework the children will be going on a shape hunt around their home, so happy hunting everybody.
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Today we have been learning all about Diwali.(The Festival of Light)
We have learnt about the story of Rama and Sita and we have written our own sentences about the story. We have coloured in Rangoli patterns and we have made Diva Lamps. The children have really enjoyed learning about a different culture and religion.
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We have had a brilliant afternoon creating bonfire pictures and making fireworks. The children have used wax crayons and a black paint wash to make wonderful bonfire scenes. We also used our junk modelling skills to make exciting and colourful fireworks. Have a lovely bonfire night and keep safe!
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This week we have made a large 3D model of the broomstick from Room on the Broom. The children had an amazing time constructing the different parts of the broomstick and the end result is "MAGNIFICENT"
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Year 2 have been sharing their Star stories with Year 1 this morning. Year 2 were very proud of all their hard work and Year 1 listened fantastically to the stories.
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Today we have been making biscuit spiders. The children had lots of fun using melted chocolate to make the body, adding skittle eyes and making sure they had eight legs!!! I hope they were yummy.
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This week we have been writing letters to Winnie the Witch. We went to the postbox to post them. Fingers crossed we get a reply...
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The children have been ordering the story of Winnie the Witch and writing sentences for each picture. Well done everybody for your amazing independent writing this week.
Welcome to the Year 1 Blog. This half term our topic is Witches and Wizards. We will be reading lots of exciting stories about witches and wizards, concentrating on improving our writing by including adjectives and writing labels of our magical potions. It is going to be a very busy half term.
