This week in Year 1, we have been learning all about the human body! The children had great fun exploring the different parts of the body and learning their names. We even drew around one of our classmates to create a life-sized outline, then worked together to label all the body parts we could name — from head to toes! The activity helped us
Over the last two weeks our Year 1 children have been learning about the importance of Remembrance Day and the symbol of the poppy. Together, we created beautiful poppy-shaped poems, describing the bright colours and the feelings we have when we see poppies. The children then walked to the Southwick Cenotaph to place our poem there and poppy wreaths to show our respect and
As part of Outdoor Learning Day, Year 1 embraced the season of autumn by becoming young explorers in our school grounds. Armed with clipboards and curious minds, we set out to collect data about the natural world around us — spotting colourful leaves, fallen seeds, and other signs of the changing season. Back in the classroom, we sorted and classified our findings into different groups before using Purple Mash on the
In Year 1 art lessons, the children have been exploring the world of colour through the seasons and discussing all the different colours we might see through the four seasons. We began by identifying primary and secondary colours, learning how to mix primary colour paints to make secondary colours. We discovered how adding white or black can create tints and shades, and experimented with
This week we have been exploring the theme of caring for others through stories and practices from a range of religious and cultural traditions. We have talked about selflessness and compassion through the story of The Monkey King (Buddhism), and reflected on the meaning of kindness to strangers in The Good Samaritan (Christianity). We have discovered how sharing and equality are expressed in Sikhism
This week, Year 1 blasted off into Space Week! We’ve been exploring what it’s like to live in space and imagining what astronauts do every day and where they stay when they are in space. We watched lots of clips of astronauts doing everyday things in space like brushing teeth and talked about how different it is to doing this on earth. The children thought
This week we have been very busy in year one. We have been making crumble and tasting fruit; making lists of things we want to put in our very own Gruffalo crumble, going on Autumnal walks to find fruits and berries from our lists. We ended the week by making our very own Gruffalo crumble with Miss Banks and finally writing instructions so we
This week, Year 1 headed out on an exciting Autumn Seasonal Hunt! We explored the changing colours of the leaves, felt the crunch beneath our feet when walking through them and looked for the first signs that autumn had arrived. The children used their senses to observe the world around them and we worked together to find things that were on our Autumn check
