Mr Sells has put together an EPortfolio so we can see what the whole school has been doing in computing this half term. It’s great to see what year one has been up to do, but also see the progression the children make as they move through each year group.
It is linked below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14v8GmDcV-SnoA45qV_I36acf0OhxsN6U/view?usp=sharing
In music, Mrs Ashton read us the Sound Collector by Roger McGough. We got to choose an instrument to represent each sound in the poem. We then thought of our own favourite sounds. We drew them and Mrs Ashton collected them all up and read out our special sound collector poems.
This week we continued our time travellers topic, going back to 1960 when Floella Benjamin came to England with her family. We read her book ‘Coming to England’ and the children showed great empathy as we talked about how difficult it must have been for her moving to England from Trinidad in the 1960’s.
We explored outside this week, foraging for plantain to use to clean wounds. We then got to taste wild sorrel and some apples that Mr Cameron had foraged from our woodland.
Another artist theme this week. The children are really impressing Mr Sells with their mouse skills especially during this weeks challenging lesson. Well done year one!
We had a super last day of the half term exploring lots of activities. We made wands, thought up some disgusting ingredients for our magic potions, went hunting for spider pom-poms and painted spooky ghosts.
We were delighted to welcome Sophie into school on Tuesday. She told us about her sporting achievements and showed us her medals. Sophie shared her career as a wheelchair basketball player and a couple of year 6 children got to try out her sports wheelchairs.
She then led the children in a fitness circuit. What an inspirational athlete!
This week we worked in a small group to build a wall. Each group had 4 stakes to hammer into the ground, using stones to bang them in. We then filled the gaps between the stakes with branches gathered from the woodland.
What great teamwork!
In computers we have used the Paintz app to design our own Mondrian art.
Lots of space themed provision for year one including making their own moon picture and exploring space small world. We also made lots of autumn leaves.
year one 2022 