Science-Plants and Animals
Our strand of Science is Biology-we are learning about living things. In week 1 we looked at the parts of a plant. We can identify the: root, stem, leaf and flower. We have planted some bulbs and put them on our classroom windowsills. We’re hoping they grow well!
This week we have begun learning about animals. In particular-mammals.
Mammals have fur or hair. They have live young and they are warm blooded.- Norah
Using this definition, we have been sorting animals into ‘mammals’ and ‘not mammals.’
Check out the BBC Bitesize pages about Mammals-we love them!
Help at home: Can you talk about the different parts of a plant? Perhaps you can compare different plants when outside. When you come across an animal: discuss if it a mammal or not and why.
We are Historians
This half term our Topic is History. We are learning all about toys from the past.
First we learnt about timelines. We learnt that some things happened a very long time ago. The past means something has already happened. This could be 5 years ago or 5 minutes ago. We ordered events from our lives using a timeline. Some of our timelines looked a bit different to others!
Some children have already lost a tooth whereas others have not lost one yet. Some children have learnt to ride a bike, others have not yet learnt.
We also brought our favourite toys into school. We had so much fun playing with them and explaining why we love them so much.
Each class has also been looking at toys from the past. We know some toys look older than others because of the materials they were made from or their condition. Some toys look dusty, rusty and full of scratches whereas others look shiny, colourful and in better condition.
PE – dance
All Key Stage 1 classes are focusing on dance in our first few weeks of Spring term. Dance is just moving to music. We have thought about low, medium and high movements and responded to different music this week. The Planets (Mars) by Holst really made us move in different ways.
Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog (it’s along the play bar) and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.
Happy New Year
We are all happy to be back after two weeks away and to hear all about what everyone has been getting up to. We’re very excited for the term ahead and we look forward to the rest of the year, starting with a trip to Abbey House Museum on Friday 23rd January.
Welcome back
It’s been great to see everybody back at school this week and we have got stuck straight back into our learning in 1A.
In Maths we have been looking at 3D shapes. We’ve counted sides, faces and recognised 2D shapes within 3D shapes. We’ve also looked at some symmetry too.
In Science we planted some bulbs. We are watering them everyday and keeping the plant pot in our classroom so that it stays nice and warm.
Christmas party time
All Year 1 and 2 have had a great time at our Christmas party. It was so good the photos are blurry. The highlight was the teachers v kids dance-off – we think the teachers were better!
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the Key Stage 1 staff.
Christmas in 1A
What a fantastic final week we’ve had in 1A! We really enjoyed standing on the stage and performing Mary’s Knitting for all of our adults.
On Thursday we saw some fantastic inflatables that Mrs Pennock brought in for us! Our Christmas dinner was delicious too!
Thank you so much for all of the lovely Christmas cards and gifts. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas break.
Merry Christmas, Miss Young. 🙂
Christmas dinner day and inflatables!
We had an amazing day today. Mrs Pennock brought her HUGE collection of Christmas inflatables for the whole school to enjoy. We loved seeing them all. Then, we had out Christmas dinner – it was yummy. Thank you to Mrs Pennock and all the kitchen staff who made it a special day.
Maths: Making shapes
This week we have been learning about shapes in Year 1. We have been learning all about patterns and what they are and even had a go at making our own.
We also made some 3D shapes using 4 or 5 cubes. You can make lots of shapes by changing their position!
Help at home by using this shape website at home and making your own patterns!
Science – being chemists
This half term, we’ve been chemists. We’ve been learning about materials, their properties and which material is used for what and why.
This week we tested the absorbency of different materials.
We learnt that,
Absorb means when a liquid is taken in my a material.
We predicted, then tested, the absorbency of a tissue, kitchen roll, paper and a plastic bag. Some materials absorbed quicker than others but the plastic didn’t absorb the water at all.
Help at home by finding absorbent material in your home.
