Class 1 Blog

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  08

  Jul

  Spanish Celebration Afternoon

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Class 1 enjoyed exploring flamenco dancing this afternoon. We watch flamenco dancers and listened to tradition flamenco music. We then had a go using castanets and create a flamenco collage.
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  20

  May

  Literacy - Letters to Greenpeace

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Class 1 have been writing letters to send to Greenpeace to get more information about a variety of animals. We put them in an envelope and looked up Greenpeace's address. We talked about why we used stamps and posted all of our letters together. Hopefully we will get a response in the next few weeks!
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  18

  May

  Science - Plant Structure

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today, Class 1 investigated the structure of flowering plants. We cut up plants and grouped the different sections of petals, stems and leaves. The children then created a labelled collage of the different plant parts.
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  17

  May

  PE - Bowling and footwork

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today, year 1 were developing their skill of bowling and quick footwork. They had a range of activities to work through including bowling to knock over cones and side stepping through cones and hoops. Year 1 really showed great team work today by supporting their friends and giving tips to improve their performance.
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  17

  May

  PSHE - People who help us

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today, Class 1 discussed the people who help us in and out of school. We looked at the different people within school who we trust and the types of things they may help us with.
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  11

  May

  Science/Art - Clay Pollen Balls

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today class 1 investiagted the purpose of pollen and how insects help to pollinate plants. We learnt that pollen usually looks like a yellow powder but looks very different under a microscope. We looked at images of pollen under a microscope and recreated its structure using clay. We noticed that most pollen are covered in spikes and recreated this using a pinching method.
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  10

  May

  PE - to throw and catch

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today the children were building on the skill from last week to begin throwing to aim for their partner to catch. They took part in various throwing and catching games using a variety of shaped balls and bean bags.
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  10

  May

  PSHE - Comfort with friends

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today, Class 1 discussed the importance of being comfortable with our friends. We talked about how some people enjoy being close to others while some people do not. We listened to the story of Harrison Spader the Personal Space Invader and looked at what our personal space looks like.
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  09

  May

  Art - 3D

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Class 1 create the front covers for their theme books today. We used recycled materials including old cardboard boxes and milk bottle lids to create 3D plants. The children first painted a background and built up their main image using the bottle lids. The children were careful to plan out their image by laying out the lids before gluing them to their final piece.
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  06

  May

  Dear Greenpeace

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  One of our class texts this term is Dear Greenpeace and some of the children had a chance to build their own whale friends that they could help. Some even drew the whale's habitat to go along with it.