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Science Week
09/03/2020
Year 1 have had a fantastic Science Week, completing lots of different experiments linked to Space. On Monday we drew our own rockets and tested whether blowing through different sized straws would help our rockets to fly. On Tuesday we went to the KS1 Science fair. Well done to all of the year 1 children who took part and contributed an experiment / investigation that you have done at home. Then we came back into class and created our own planets by mixing together water and bicarbonate of soda. We dripped vinegar onto our planets and watched them fizz and bubble away. On Thursday we investigated what kind of plate made the best flying saucer. We all made either a plastic, paper or foil flying saucer and then took our flying saucers outside to test. We found that the plastic plates were the best! On Friday we became detectives as an alien had crash landed and was causing a nuisance. We had to find clues that would help us to work out what alien was on the loose, and which planet it had come from. When we got back to the classroom we discovered that the alien had made such a mess! There was milk and popcorn everywhere!!! Have a look at our photos from the week.
Parent Workshop
05/03/2020
It was great to see so many parents at our Reading Comprehension workshop on Thursday 5th March - thank you so much to all of the parents who came along! For those parents who unfortunately couldn't be with us, here's a copy of our Presentation and handouts from the workshop today.
Year 1 Reading Domain Questions
Capacity Week
02/03/2020
In Maths this week we have been exploring capacity. We have done lots of investigations and comparing. On Monday we explored containers that were the same size, and we ordered the amount of liquid in the container. Then we examined what happened when the containers were not the same size, and that we needed to pour the liquid or other pourable substance into containers that were the same size so that we could compare amounts accurately. On Tuesday we began to measure using non-standard measures - we compared filling containers using cups and spoons. On Wednesday we continued to use non-standard measures, and compare containers using the inequalities symbols. Finally on Thursday we completed a challenge where flowers needed a certain amount of water given to them. We had to measure the capacity of different containers using standard measures, then match the correct container to the right flower.
What are things made from?
27/02/2020
Year 1 have been exploring materials today - we learnt about some of the different materials that things can be made from, and we were all given an object card. We successfully matched our object card to the material that it has been made from. Next week we are going on a materials hunt around school to see if we can find lots of things made from the same materials. What have you got at home that is made from wood, plastic, metal or glass?
Moon facts - true or false?
25/02/2020
In History we have started to look at our topic about space. We began our learning with some facts about the moon. Some of the facts were real, some were not. We worked collaboratively to try and work out which facts about the moon were true or false. Have a look - do you think we've got them all right?
Adding Conjunctions to Sentences
11/02/2020
Did you know that you can make your sentence longer by adding a conjunction? We have learnt how the conjunctions 'and', 'but' and 'because' can be added to two sentences to combine them. We have practiced using the correct conjunction in a sentence, and also writing our own conjunction sentences.
Penguin Huddle Experimen
23/01/2020
Have you ever wondered why penguins huddle together during the winter months? We completed an experiment to find out why. We had a huddle of penguins (cups) and a single penguin (cup) and poured boiling water into the cups. We tested the temperature of the water every 3 minutes for 12 minutes to see whether the single penguin or huddle stayed warmer. The single penguin got much quicker much faster!
Art Gallery Trip
06/12/2019
On Friday year 1 visited Wolverhampton Art Gallery. We were met by an artist called Kate who showed us some African monkey clay sculptures. She talked us through how to create our own African monkey clay sculptures and we have each made one to bring home. Take a peek at some of our work.
Kingswood Trip
04/12/2019
Despite the cold, year 1 have had an enjoyable trip to Kingswood. We went on a walk to compare urban and rural environments, hunted for leaves and identified what they were, completed a peg orienteering trail in groups, and met and stroked the Guinea pig, rabbit and tortoise. Have a look at some of our pictures.
What is Geography?
15/11/2019
We have been thinking about what Geography is and what is means. We looked at lots of different photos and wrote down the similarities between the different photos. We came back and shared our ideas together. Then we wrote down what we thought Geography was about. Then we looked at a second set of pictures and talked about the similarities in these photos. We worked out that all of the pictures were either of people or places. We then returned to the list we made earlier and identified whether they were people or places. We then defined Geography as the study of people and places.
Five and a bit
15/11/2019
This week we have been exploring the five and a bit structure in Maths. We have used tens frames and the part part whole model to represent that the numbers 6-10 are 5 and __ more. We have used lots of different representations to explore the five and a bit model over the course of the week.
Digital Programmers (11th & 18th November)
11/11/2019
We have had the Learning Technologies Team visit us on the 11th and 18th November, with a final session next week. We have been learning about the word 'algorithm'. Algorithms are instructions we give to programmes. We have been exploring creating algorithms and how to fix an algorithm when it goes wrong 'is bugged'. We have sequenced instructions and followed them, used the APP code-a-pillar to create and debug an algorithm, used beebots to create a programme and draw art. Thank you Miss Kimbell!
Visit to Lower Drayton Farm
02/10/2019
On 3rd October we went to the farm. When we got there we met Farmer Ray and we were split into 2 groups. We did a lot of exciting things during the day. We went on a very bumpy trailer pulled by the tractor and went to see the field of maize and the hay bales. We saw fields of animals and watched the emus being fed. We went and picked our own pumpkins and dug up some potatoes. Working as a group we made a scarecrow to go into the fields and scare away the birds, and then got lost in the maize maze. We were very tired after our busy day and some of us fell asleep on the coach on the way back to school.
Exploring Equals
01/10/2019
In Maths we have learnt that equals means the same as. We used balancing scales to try and find 2 numbers that equals a given number. We tried to find more than one combination of numbers to equal our given number. We did this over two days using numicon and multilink cubes.
Exploring our Senses
29/09/2019
In Science we have explored using our individual senses. We explored what stops us from hearing things and went outside to explore how distance can affect our hearing. We also put our hands over our ears and covered our ears with our coat hoods.
We explored our taste by completing a blind food taste - we tried to work out what we were eating and describe what things tasted like. We did a similar experiment for smell and tried to identify what we could smell. Finally we used sensory boxes and described what we could feel in the box.
