Year 1 Blog

To finish off Art week we have had lots of fun making flowers out of junk.  We were very lucky to have an artist, Mr. Shuttleworth, here to help us.

Today we have started to learn about Monet and his artwork. We have started to make our own Water Lilies work by colour mixing to create a pond.

Today we had a visit from an artist, Mr Templeton.  We worked in the hall to create a watercolour painting based on the Aurora Borealis.  We are very proud of our work and we hope you will come and see it in our exhibition in June.

Today we have been very busy making our own prints.  

It was lots of fun!

Year 1's Phonics Screening check will take place in the week commencing Monday 12th June.  Please visit Year 1's section of the website to find out everything you need to know.

On the climactic week of this term we will be exploring a range of artists right across the school. To support one of these exciting sessions I need about seventy empty variety pack sized cereal boxes. If you have any (or a similar brand) at home in your recycling boxes I would be extremely…

Look what Ava brought to show us today.  We all took it in turns to have a close look and we were surprised by how furry it was!

This week Miss Clegg was so impressed with our handwriting that everyone got the Handwriting Blog Star award.  Well done to us! 

To help us with our number knowledge Year 1 have been working with the Dienes equipment.  We began our learning by exchanging ten ones for one ten.  We took it in turns to be responsible for exchanging the tens.  It was lots of fun.

To help consolidate our understanding of addition we have been using cubes to display each number on each side of our card before combining them to find the total.

Today Year 1 had lots of fun at the farm.  Look at some of the exciting things we did...

Look at all of our fantastic Easter bonnets!