Mrs Gilpen Year 1 2020-2021

Another fantastic week in Year 1. Our theme continues with Bright Lights,Big City. We have created some wonderful Tudor Houses in D&T. The children have enjoyed singing ‘London’s burning’ and had fun trying to burn down the houses.  In maths, we have been learning about money and adding amounts…

We have had a lovely week in Year 1. I would like to say a big thank you to your children for welcoming me into their class. We have learnt about The Great Fire of London and read the diary of Samuel Pepys. We had a drama lesson acting out the terrible scenes of the fire. We have some budding…

The children have done some fantastic writing this week, which has been put up on our displays.  Our classroom is looking wonderful, with all the amazing work the children have produced.

The children have been writing about The Lonely Beast and the journey his friend took to be party of…

A very exciting week in year 1!  You won’t believe it, but we had some escaped animals wandering around! You can watch the video on Teams if you haven’t seen it already!  We had to call the zookeepers to come and take them away!

Afterwards, we decided to find out more about the very important…

We have had an amazing week of learning in year one, producing some truly wonderful work.  I am particularly proud of our wonderful writing.

In topic we have been creating instructional leaflets about how to look after a tiger.  The children wrote about what to feed them, what shelter they need…

What a fantastic end to the week we’ve had.  Year 1 have done some wonderful literacy work today.

We read The Lonely Beast and came up with some fantastic ideas and facts about him, the special journey he goes on and the people and things he meets.  We were so happy he found his friends!
 

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What a wonderful way to end this week, enjoying some beautiful weather in the outdoor play area.  Some of the children planted sunflowers and runner beans this afternoon.  We have now got quite a large variety of vegetables growing in our outdoor area - peas, potatoes, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes…

We’ve had a roaring start to the new term in Year 1.

We have started our new topic of Paws, claws and whiskers.  We have talked and looked at pictures of our visits to the zoo, before lockdown and identified carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.  We discussed which was our favourite…

What a brilliant week year 1 have had to end the term.  We have celebrated the end of our Rio de Vida topic, where we have been learning all about Brazil, by holding our very own carnival.

On Wednesday, we made Pao de Queijo, Brazilian cheese bread.  The children helped to weigh and…