YEAR 1 UM
Mrs. U MitchellWelcome to YR1M’s Blog
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Mind Mapping in 5B!
In 5B we've been trying out Mind Maps as a way of us showing what we have learned in our unit about friction - the notes in pencil are what we knew at the start, and the notes in pen are what we knew by the end!
What is narrative poetry?
4B have been exploring The Adventures of Isabel by American poet Ogden Nash. We discussed the adventure she goes on, her absurd and hilarious encounters, the author’s brilliant use of rhyming couplets and the beautiful language in the poem. When we’d had our fill of...
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...
Delivering Christmas cards to our local community
Carol Singing
Our two year 6 classes and 7B have had a very exciting morning! We have been singing Christmas carols and delivering handmade cards to members of our school community. The children's and it was lovely to make our neighbours smile by bringing some festive spirit. Merry...
Christmas Around the World.
During RE this term we have been learning about what Christmas means to Christians. We have looked in depth at the Christmas Story and compared different versions from the Bible and how these may contrast to the popular Nativity story . At the end of term we found...
Christmas Fun Day in 2S
Planning and Programming Beebots
This half term we have been programming floor robots to move forwards and backwards and turn left and right. Today, we used our skills to direct the robots around a map to our chosen finishing point. We planned our routes first and then tested them out. We debugged...
Changes in Technology
In History this half term, we have been enjoying learning about the changes in jobs and technology over the last 60 years. We asked our family members questions about the changes that they have experienced in their lifetime and found out lots of information that we...
Ask the Egyptian Experts
Today we had a virtual museum experience with the Durham Museum. The children learned how to investigate artefacts, write hieroglyphics and they saw a real live mummy. I was really impressed with the knowledge the children were able to show for our expert too. Well...