Mrs Gilpen Year 1 2020-2021

We have ended this week celebrating Red Nose Day.  The children were dressed up today in their favourite clothes or costumes and they all looked wonderful.

Year 1 have had another busy week back in the classroom.  They have been working very hard on their handwriting and reading this…

What a wonderful, but very busy week! I finally got to meet all of the children that have been working so hard at home and it was so fantastic to see you all face to face - at last!
 

The children in Year 1 have worked so hard this week, doing a great job of completing some very important…

What a super way to end a fantastic week, with the celebration of World Book Day.

Children in the classroom and at home got dressed up in their favourite characters.  They looked absolutely fabulous!

The children have enjoyed reading and sharing their favourite stories and have been busy…

Year 1 have had a super start to this half term.  We have started our new topic of Rio de Vida.  It’s started with looking at the carnival celebration in Brazil and why it so important to the Brazilian people. We listened to some Samba music and watched some of the parades, to see all the…

What a wonderful end to our half-term, with some fantastic work at home and in the classroom.

We have been looking at the Christian celebration of Easter.

On Monday, we discussed the importance of Easter and the reason why Christians celebrate this religious event.  The children worked in…

What another fantastic week of learning for Year 1!

We have been busy finishing our Superheroes topic.  We have been learning exciting facts about our amazing bodies.  The children worked in pairs to draw around each other and then label as many body parts as they could! The children found it…

Wow! What an amazing week we’ve had in Year 1!  There has been some fantastic and fun work done, both in the classroom and at home.  I’m so proud of how brilliant you are all working!
 

We have been busy seeing whether Bananaman’s special recipe could turn us into real superheroes! It worked…

Today, year one having been making banana cakes in the classroom.

Everyone took turns in measuring and mixing the ingredients together.

We even did some maths, while we made our cakes and practised our number bonds to 10.

When they were ready, we enjoyed a delicious cake while…

Another fantastic week of work from Year 1.  We have been busy learning both at home and in the classroom.  Children at home have sent in some fantastic work, which is wonderful to see.

We are continuing our topic of superheroes and this week had a visit via video from a real life…

What another fantastic week we have had in Year One, both in the classroom and at home.

We have continued our superhero theme.  We have produced some fabulous sketches - even Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Fletcher had go (check out Teams!). Today we did some peer critique work and looked at how we…

Year One have had a super start to the New Year.  We have been doing some fantastic work both in the classroom and at home.

We have created our own superhero characters, painted a sunset cityscape and sorted out the goodies from the baddies! We are super busy superheroes!

This week in year 1, we have been scientists! We looked at 3 different sized balloons and made predictions about which one would go the furthest and be the best rocket ship for our Astronauts! We then recorded our results! Well done…