Year 1 Week Beginning 24.3.25

Due to the lovely weather, Year 1 have spent lots of time learning outdoors this week!

In Science, the children learnt about birds, as part of their topic about animals. Part of their lesson was  to take part in a bird watch. The class decided that the best spot would be close to the Peace Garden, as there were bird feeders and bird boxes in there. After not much action, the class came to a joint agreement to leave the garden and sit facing out towards the field, and this did not disappoint! From their new seating position, Year 1 spotted pigeons, red kites, sparrows, magpies, parakeets, black birds, crows and blue tits! They each kept a tally and drew conclusions about the most and least frequently seen bird, when they returned back to class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, Year 1 celebrated World Maths Day with some fun challenges and activities. Along with Year 2, the class competed in small groups to fill a matchbox with as many items as possible. The winner was the group who managed to squeeze the most items in! This was lots of fun and required lots of team work! The class also learnt about Tangrams. (A Tangram puzzle focuses on the objective to rearrange the seven separate pieces into a complete image of various shapes) The children then had a go at making their own pictures using shapes and chalk on the KS2 playground floor.

Today in RE, Year 1 heard the Good Friday story and also learnt that on Good Friday, Catholics all over the world remember the story of Jesus’ passion in many different ways. In some places like Antigua and El Salvador on Good Friday, many people decorate the streets of the city with ‘Alfombras’ which are carpets made from coloured sawdust, sand or salt in patterns or pictures. The pictures are often of Jesus and tell the story of His life, death and resurrection. People spend many hours creating these beautiful images .

Inspired by this, Year 1 made their own Alfombras using chalk on the KS1 playground.

The children have brought home another phonics practice home learning sheet to complete as well as a phonics mat. Once again, please keep these at home to refer to.

Spelling Shed has been set; the focus this week is ‘Words where the digraph ‘er’ is stressed’.

Wishing you all a wonderful Mother’s Day and a lovely weekend,

Ms Pemberton and the Year 1 team