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Following on from Mrs Mc~~Meakins’s blog about learning new ball skills RA took part in a PE lesson yesterday to improve their skills.  We found it quite tricky to hit the target using balls and swapped to bean bags to see if that helped.  The children have loved completing the circuit of…

As part of our topic work on Desert to Garden, today we talked about, and made a Lenten Promise.  We discussed how spring is a special time for growing and that Lent is also a special time to grow. To grow as a person and be more like Jesus.  The children talked about how they could grow during…

On Tuesday we talked about the change in our season and hoe much nicer the weather seems.  We took a tick list and set off around school searching for signs of spring.  We were so lucky to find lots of things - flowers, buds, birds. The children enjoyed exploring the garden and yard for these…

This week the children have been taking part in their weekly PE sessions. This half term we have been focussing on ball skills. This week we explored throwing balls at a target using one hand. We had a circuit of different activities including aiming at a target, throwing under ropes, in hoops and…

Year 1- Geography

We have been learning about the four countries of the United Kingdom. Today we have been listening to a song about the capital cities and labelling our maps. 

Year 1 Design Technology -Can you build with bread?

The children identified a range of construction materials from different photographs. We then investigated how materials can change by adding heat and water. They designed and labelled a house that they could make out of toast. Finally they…

In DT we have been exploring different materials and whether they would be suitable for creating a lunchbox.

In this lesson, we looked at how applying wax to denim would make it waterproof. 

The children have been very keen to play outside with their friends this week.  They have had a wonderful time in our woodland areas, enjoying their outdoor learning.  We are also developing some keen gardeners who have been busy doing some early spring planting.

The children have had a brilliant first week back after half term and many have been fully engaged in water play this week both indoors and out.  We have a new water wall with a pump that children have been exploring and observing cause and effect.  

This week we talked about how we are all special and unique.  We know that God loves us all.   We thought about those who love us and  care for us and drew pictures of them on white boards.  We were also interested in the idea that our fingerprints are all different so we decided to use an ink pad…

The children have been reading ‘Where is Bear?’ by Jonathan Bentley and learning about prepositional language. We used the story to practise moving different objects to different places - in, on, under, behind, beside and through.  

We have also been practising counting using…

This week the children have made pancakes as we have been learning about Lent and how this is a special time to prepare for Easter.