Blog Category: Year 1

After researching about different flags we designed our own flags for a carnival. We practised a running stitch, cut a template out of felt and joined together two pieces of material using the running stitch. We are very proud of our sewing skills!

We looked at photos of carnival costumes to get some ideas for patterns and colours. We used our cutting skills to cut shapes and stuck them in patterns to create fabulous carnival masks! 

We had a full day learning about 3 different religious festivals. We learnt about Passover, Eid and Wesak. 

Passover is a Jewish festival celebrating the angel passing over the Jewish people. Eid is a Muslim festival celebrating the breaking of the fast and Wesak is a Buddhist festival…

Today year 1 have enjoyed a fantastic workshop all about Brazil! They have learnt all about the rainforest animals and the different layers of the rainforest. They learnt and performed two songs. They then learnt about how Brazil was founded and did some story telling. In the afternoon they looked…

Our new topic is about Rio. We looked at the big carnival they have in Rio every year and learnt about how they make their amazing costumes for the parade. We had a go at making our own headdresses and tried to create some patterns on them using feathers and glitter. We can't wait to wear…

Year 1 were sent a letter asking them to design some new boats. They needed to find which materials were best to make the boats from. The children tested different materials to see whether they floated or sunk. They them discussed which out of the materials which floated would be the best to make…

We learnt about The Great Fire of London in our history lesson and decided to create some artwork based on it. We used pastels to create the fire. We practised creating different tones and smudging. We then used black paper to cut and stick shapes to make the outlines of the houses.

We have been learning to identify different materials. This week we looked at the properties of materials and tested some materials to find out what their properties are. 

Science week this year has the theme of 'Growth'. We measured ourselves with string to see how tall we are. We then used other items and compared our height. We found that we all were 5 or 6 shoes heigh and that our height is the same as the length when we stretch our arms out. 

Today we celebrated World Book Day! The children came in dressed in some fantastic costumes for their favourite characters! We had lots of fun exploring and sharing books today. Some of our favourite activities were making reading dens to share our favourite books with our friends and having a…

In geography we have been learning about what a city is and identifying human features within the city. We used maps of England to help us locate different cities. 

We have been learning about our senses and the body parts relating to each sense. We carried out some experiments using our senses. We had to guess what we could feel, what we could smell, what we could taste and what we could hear.