Hello!
Just a quick message to inform everyone that children in Miss Tate’s class will have outdoor P.E on a Monday. Could parents please ensure that they have their outdoor kits in their P.E bags. It is very cold outside.
Children in Miss Tate’s class will now have dance on a Wednesday instead of a Thursday.
Many thanks.
Year 1 had a great time today on their walk to the allotments.
They looked at the different types of vegetables that grow there. They also had the chance to look around a greenhouse and pick some salad leaves. They also were able to pick some vegetables to bring back to school.
The children are all inspired to grow vegetables and we are going to have a go at planting our own and watching them grow at school.
Remember Year 1 parents that our classrooms will be open on Thursday straight after school (3:30-4pm) and again on Friday morning (8:30-9:00) for you to come in and see the children’s learning.
The children have all been using their ‘determined’ muscles today to make books all about themselves. We will be carrying on with these books ready to share them with you.
Many thanks
The Year 1 Team 🙂
Volkswagon project has begun and the year 1 children couldn’t wait to go out onto the playground to explore.
We had a superb time exploring all the different cars and camper vans. The children especially loved sitting in the drivers seat and enjoyed driving Miss Tate to magical worlds and holiday adventures!
Here are just a few photographs from this afternoon.
Miss Tate 🙂
Our class puppet Sid had been missing for several days. We missed him terribly especially in literacy. Sid wasn’t sat on the chair ready to hear all of the wonderful books we had been making in the book making area.
In literacy we have been reading and learning about the story ‘We’re Going On a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. The children decided that rather than going on a bear hunt in our lesson they would much rather go on a Sid hunt.
So we put on our coats lined up and sang…
“We’re going on a Sid hunt.
We’re going to catch a short one.
What a cold day, we’re not scared.”
It wasn’t long before we came across some obstacles but we stayed together and eventually we found Sid…in the staff room enjoying some peace and quiet with a cup of tea in his tiger mug!
“Uh- oh! A corridor!
A long straight corridor.
We can’t go over it.
We can’t go under it.
Oh no! We have got to walk through it!”
Once we had returned Sid back to our classroom we sat down together and turned our adventure into our very own story “We’re going on a Sid hunt”.
We worked together to sound out our words.
Sid is very pleased to be back in the classroom and he loved hearing his story.
🙂
Miss Tate
Year 1 enjoyed a sunny afternoon walk around the local area as part of their project ‘All About Me’.
The children enjoyed looking at all the local features. They saw lots of dragonflies flying over the brook and builders driving their diggers.
Once back in school the children mapped out their walk using maps of the local area.
The year 1 team would like to thank all the parent helpers who came along.
WOW! What a busy day it has been in Miss Tate’s class today!
We have been busy preparing lots of yummy treats for our curriculum tea. We spent the morning having lots of fun weighing, mixing and getting our hands all sticky and gooey and baked some very scrumptious rock cakes, cup cakes and flapjack for our families to enjoy.
After lunch we managed to butter and fill four loaves of bread to make chicken and cheese sandwiches.
It was a great success and there was no food left at the end of curriculum tea! Not even a crumb of cake!
Thank you to all the parents who came along to curriculum tea this evening! It was a pleasure to see and speak to you all.
Photos of our baking extravaganza to follow…
Well done year 1!
Miss Tate
Welcome back to all the parents and children! We kicked off our learning this term looking at our key author Julia Donaldson.
The children enjoyed sharing their summer projects with the rest of the class and we have now created a fantastic display of all the childrens learning in the project area. Please come and have a look you will find lots of puppets, books, posters and more!
Here are just a few of the projects we enjoyed sharing as a class:
In writing this week the children have been busy writing sentences from Julia Donaldson books. We have been focusing on remembering to include capital letters , full stops and finger spaces.
The children were very excited to start their lanyard learning his week! Here are just a few photos of the fantastic learning the children have completed this week.
Next week we start our first project All about me.
Well done year 1!
Miss Tate
The sun was shining brightly over Brooklands Farm this afternoon. We spent the afternoon on a camouflage hunt! The children worked together in their learning trios to find camouflage for lots of different insects.
Can you spot the insects in the pictures below?
When looking for camouflage the children thought very carefully about the different colours and shapes of their insects.
Can you spot the worm in this photograph?
During our camouflage hunt we were lucky enough to find this lovely orange caterpillar who was hidden by his own camouflage on a log!
🙂
Miss Tate
Today we have all been busy giving each other a helping hand in our learning and have been very determined to work together as a team.
This morning we have been learning about how to stay safe in and out of school and who we can turn to if our well-being is low. We created our protective hands and built a fantastic display for our classroom.
A problem shared is a problem halved so PASS it on!
We worked together to create our class promise and signed it to say we are going to be determined to open, grow and believe.
This afternoon we have been very determined in our maths learning and have been practising our counting! We opened our hearts and helped Sid our class puppet grow his learning and taught him how to count accurately to 50!
Another fantastic day. Keep up the good work!
Miss Tate
