Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 2024-25 with Mrs Banks and Mrs Griffiths.

We would encourage you to keep an eye on these pages as we like to share aspects of the children’s learning and experiences from Cherry and Beech classes.

24th October 2024 - Pumpkin Day!

Year One had great fun celebrating 'Pumpkin Day' - they made delicious shortbread biscuits shaped like a pumpkin and smothered in orange icing! They used their fine motor skills to make paper pumpkins - lots of folding, cutting, twisting, bending and gluing. 

21st October 2024 - DT

Year One have been making moving pictures as part of their DT work. They investigated a variety of 'pop-up' books to see how they worked. They followed instructions, carefully coloured, cut, folded, glued and assembled their moving pictures. Year One were SO proud of their finished pop-up books they wanted to share them with the reception children. They showed them how the sliders worked and read them their story sentences. Some of the grown-ups were able to come and see the work after school too. The children were inspired by the looking at the work of artist Matthew Reinhart and his amazing moving picture books. 

19th September 2024 - Fine and gross motor skills

In Year 1 we are practicing our fine motor and gross motor skills - using scissors to cut carefully; drawing and colouring beautiful pictures; creating sculptures with small parts; practicing using snappers and buttons so that we can be independent when we put on our coats; climbing on the trim trail and balancing on the logs; using the scooters. In Geography we are finding out about our local area, looking at maps, creating road maps and using the remote control cars to drive around our map of Clevedon. In the Home corner we have be using kitchen utensils to make 'delicious' meals - but most importantly we are having GREAT FUN IN YEAR ONE!!

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16th July 2024 - Castles WOW day and Exhibition!

Year 1 had a fantastic castle wow day yesterday. Their knight, princess and jester costumes looked fantastic - their effort was amazing! The children took part in lots of curriculum based activities throughout the morning and then had the chance to showcase their artwork in an exhibition for Year 4, Reception and their parents. The children were bursting with pride talking to the older children about their Dragonology books, clay dragon eyes and chalk dragon eyes. The Reception children were very engaged and excited for this learning next year!

4th July 2024 - Dragonology

Year One are very busy being Dragonologists! They are studying the features of dragons, their habits and diet requirements. As part of their studies they are looking after 2 orphan dragons, Gem and Quartz, who the children take home each night and document their adventures in a journal which they share with the rest of the class each day. Today the children designed their own dragon eggs and started to decorate them with pearlised paint - they will be finished off with dragon dust and tiny gemstones. They have also produced some stunning pastel studies of dragon eyes - I'm sure you'll agree these pictures are quite exceptional for 5 and 6 year olds!

Y1 Dragonology July 24

 

3rd May 2024 - DT (Cooking)

In Year 1 the children have been making healthy fruit smoothies. They used kitchen tools to peel, cut and grate the ingredients before using a blender to whizz everything up, and then the best bit  . . .  tasting!! Yummy!!

25th March 2024 - PSHE

In our PSHE lessons we have thinking about how to stay safe and healthy - as part of this work, the children spent time thinking about safely crossing the road. We followed the green cross code and practiced using the zebra and the pedestrian crossings near to school. We know we have to stop, look and listen before we cross.

22nd January 2024 - PSHE

11th December 2023 - Art

In their Art lessons, Year One have been focusing on drawing. We have been practicing our mark-making and sketching skills. We looked at lots of pictures by the artist Stephen Wiltshire and then drew a London cityscape of our own.

19th October 2023 - Football skills

Year One enjoyed an afternoon practicing their football skills with Joseph's Mum and his big brother.  The children did lots of football drills - dribbling the ball making sure they were controlling the ball at all times.

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23rd May 2023 - Historians

In Year 1 the children have been having fun investigating how we played in the past as part of our new enquiry. They dressed up in Victorian costumes and played hopscotch, tin-can alley, cup and ball, hoop and stick and marbles. They learnt 'oranges and lemons' and practiced their skipping and hoopla skills. As you can see - we had a great time!

24th March 2023 - Computing Engineers

 

16th January 2023 - Community Visit

As part of current enquiry, 'Who helps Who?', Year 1 were visited by 'people who help us' from our local community - we had firefighters, a paramedic, an OT, a bank clerk, a vet nurse and a PAT dog. We found out such a lot about their jobs, their uniforms and looked at some of the special equipment they use. We tried on some of the uniforms, but they were very heavy and far too big! We found out that firefighters don't just put out fires and hardly ever rescue cats from up trees! We had a go at writing a cheque and looked at some real money. Devon was the star of the show; she was very patient as she was bandaged up by 44 children! She is a P.A.T (pets as therapy) dog which means that she can visit people in hospital when they are poorly or children in school to help them with their reading or just to sit with them for a little while to help them feel a bit better. She also helps poorly dogs by giving blood if they need an operation - good dog!

29th November 2022 - Natural Art

As part of our enquiry 'What Changes Around Me?' the children have been busy being scientists, artists and even geographers! We visited the National Trust estate, Tyntesfield to look at the beautiful Autumn colours and investigate the different trees, seeds and leaves we could find. We collected LOTS of Autumn treasures and walked for a VERY long way!! When we got back to school, we created artwork inspired by the artist Andy Goldsworthy using the treasures we had found and other natural materials.

28th September 2022 - Outdoor Learning

Year 1 took their learning outside! They have been making dens, cooking in the mud kitchen, using the bikes and scooters and practicing their gross motor skills.

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