by Maria Lyons | Jun 6, 2019 | Year 1 News 2018/19
Year 1 went on an amazing trip to Bristol Aquarium! We were lucky enough to have a guided tour around the aquarium and learnt lots of interesting facts about the fish. One of our favourite facts is that octopuses are true escape artists – they can unscrew bolts, store...
by Maria Lyons | May 10, 2019 | Year 1 News 2018/19
This term Year 1 have been learning about castles. We visited Old Wardour castle this week to learn about life within a castle. We had a great time touring the ruins of the castle, playing historical games, retelling our castle story and sketching the...
by Maria Lyons | May 1, 2019 | Year 1 News 2018/19
On Friday Year 1 had their Super Starter – a King and Queen Day! We came dressed up as kings, queens, dragons, knights, horses and jesters. We learnt a medieval dance in the hall which involved clapping and dancing in a circle holding hands. It got tricky as the music...
by Maria Lyons | Mar 25, 2019 | Year 1 News 2018/19
This term our art inspiration comes from the sketches of Quentin Blake. We have looked at how to draw a person using the correct proportions using our thumb and finger as a guide to measure the head. We then evaluated our pictures afterwards to make changes. We are...
by Maria Lyons | Jan 29, 2019 | Year 1 News 2018/19
Last week in ICT we continued to explore Scratch Jr on Ipads. We used our story of Where the Wild Things Are to create our own storyboard, which next week we will re-create on Scratch Jr. The first background shows Max’s bedroom turning into a forest. Next Max is...
