Year 1 2018 – 2019

In maths we had lots of fun using the scales to explore the different weights of objects.

We looked at the objects and made a prediction, deciding which would be the heaviest and which would be the lightest object. Some of us thought the cup would be the heaviest and the toy car would be the…

It was lovely to see the children dressed in their finest red outfits in support of Red Nose Day!

Well done everyone for support such a fabulous charity!

Today we worked collaboratively to create a timeline showing all the events throughout the reign of Queen Victoria.

The children worked together to read the dates and then decided the position on the timeline.

Part of our new topic ‘People of the Past’ we wanted to find out some more information and some interesting facts about Queen Victoria.

Did you know?

• Queen Victoria was 18 when she became queen.
• After her husband’s death she was not seen in public for many years and she only ever wore…

We had lots of fun dressing up as our favourite book characters!

Can you guess which books we belong to?

We had lots of fun taking part in this years pancake race.

Thank you to all the organisers and the CO-OP for sponsoring the Creme Egg prizes.

Today we had some very special visitors, Debbie and Jo from Little Sprouts.

They came into school not only to help us to create a healthy snack and teach us some basic cookery skills, but also to show the us how to live healthy lives and have a healthy enjoyment of food.

The children loved…

Today the children thought about healthy food and how we make sure they eat a balanced diet.

The children learnt the names of the different food groups, these being: protein, dairy, carbohydrates,  fruit and vegetable and fats.

Then we discussed which foods fit into each food group. We found…

We completed some wonderful writing based on the Hackney Martian story. The children wrote their own newspaper report on the attempted theft of the diamond from London Tower.

Today we created our own solar systems. We used paint and glitter to create the stars and then printed with balloons to create the planets.

Then, we learnt all about the Mars rover, Curiosity. We read a story all about his journey, watched his landing and then sent him a postcard from all the…

Today we all got very creative as part of our SAW week ‘ What’s out there?’

We read the story of the Hackney Martian and then created our own aliens.

The children had to design their own aliens, think about the shape, size and length of it’s arms and legs and then decorate it with a variety…

This week we’ve learnt all about the famous artist Pablo Picasso.

Did you know that Picasso was baptized with a name that was 23 words long and that he was the co-founder of the artistic movement of  cubism. This is where artists would paint an object or person from different angles using…