YEAR 1 UM
Mrs. U MitchellWelcome to YR1M’s Blog
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Our Class Blog
Remembrance Day
After observing the two minutes silence on Sunday, Lewis went home and made a Cenotaph out of blocks and said “Mammy I’ve made this for the people that died in the wars” In school, the children listened to The Poppy Story and watched 'Poppies' on CBBC. The children...
Remembrance Day Art
This morning, as part of Remembrance Day, we used oil pastels and black paper to create these fantastic poppy fields with a soldier and a cross. We even used black oil pastel to create the shadows.
Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week- Monday 16th November 2020
To raise awareness of Anti-Bullying Week, we are taking part in Odd Socks Day. All you need to do is wear odd socks! It's a great way to celebrate what makes us all unique in Anti-Bullying Week! It will be held on Monday 16th November 2020, the first day of...
Planning a suspenseful story
After reading the story Marshmallows, we used a story pathway to help us sequence the events. It was a great story, featuring a boy scout, a river monster, a camp fire and quite a few marshmallows (but not quite enough!) We saw that the story had quite a few...
School Christmas Dinner 2020
Dear Parent/Carer Please click on the link below to view our letter giving details on how to book a School Christmas Dinner for your child on Friday, 11th Dec. Booking must be made by Wednesday, 18th Nov. Christmas Dinner letter 10.11.20
Autumn Poetry in Year 1/2M
The children have been writing some poetry using their senses about bonfire night so I set them the task to use their skills to write some autumn poems and they have done brilliantly. Press the play buttons to hear them read their poems. ...
Year 2 addition with regrouping.
Year 2s working hard again on their addition using base ten to exchange their ones for a ten. Keep it up year 2s!
You shall go to the ball, Cinderella!
With a wave of the fairy godmother's wand, 1/2M was transformed to an amazing ballroom. The children danced the night away with Cinderella and the handsome prince in amongst the glamourous patrons. But be careful Cinderella because the ugly sisters Doris and Jezebel...
Mondrian Digital Paintings
Today in 1/2M, we were using the paintz website to create Mondrian style digital paintings. The children used the shapes tool and the fill tool to create their work. They used primary colours and even saved their work on Seesaw. I'm very impressed.
Zoom, zoom zoom, we are going to the moon…
After listening to the story 'Whatever Next', the children worked together as a team and used a variety of resources to make rockets to go to the moon. The children used 2D and 3D shapes to design their own rockets, talking about the shapes they would need....
Handwriting Heroes!
We are really getting used to forming the tricky 'f' with ticks and flicks. We will be practising more in our handwriting lessons next week too.
Outside art- dragon’s eyes using autumn leaves.
As part of our art topic (looking at dragon's eyes) and our science topic (looking at seasonal changes from autumn to winter), we spent our lesson this afternoon outside, creating dragon's eyes using the different colours of autumn leaves. What do you think?