In RE this term we have been looking at different celebrations. We finished it off with our current celebration of Advent and made an advent crown with each candle representing hope, joy, peace and love.
Celebrations all around us
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Class 1
Great Rowland’s sewing bee
In DT we threaded our needles and after designing our puppets made them from felt material. It was a little tricky!
1R Christmas fun
1R had a magical day celebrating Christmas with thanks to the Friends of Rowlands Gill. We were very lucky to have a special visitor that told us wonderful tales and handed out gifts. 1R took part in games as a class and made some Christmas pudding crispy cakes that...
Progress in reading
This half term we have taken our reading to the next level by starting guided reading sessions. We need to listen extra carefully to not just what we are reading but what we hear from the other children in the group.
Keep the pattern going
We can work with 2 or 3 objects to create repeating patterns.
Dancing
This half term Year 1 have been learning how to perform dances using simple movement patterns. The class were able to follow instructions and listen to music and found lots of different ways to move to music, as a class and as individuals or in pairs. Year 1 were able...
Disgusting science
Animals with different diets delivered some parcels to our classroom. We used our knowledge of carnivores, omnivores and herbivores to identify who the poo belonged to.
How can we compare a variety of common animals?
We have been exploring the different animals groups in 1R and finding out why different animals belong in certain groups. Year 1 were able to talk about the specific features certain animals have from different groups using the venn diagram.
What are directions?
Year 1 have been working on programming instructions on the Bee-Bot's to tell them which direction they need to move in. The class created mazes out of resources from around the room and programmed the Bee-Bot's to move, forwards, backwards, left and right....
Giving instructions
In Computing we have been programming the Bee-Bot to change directions depending in the instructions we inputted into it. We were challenged by being given obstacles to negotiate.