YEAR 1 UM
Mrs. U MitchellWelcome to YR1M’s Blog
I am so thrilled about my new class of enthusiastic children. I invite you to join them in their learning adventure. This is a great opportunity to share news and achievements.
We are also supported in class 1M by our fantastic Teaching Assistant’s Mrs Livingstone & Mrs Edmondson.
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Love 1UM and Mrs. Mitchell
Our Class Blog
Sliding Mechanisms
We have enjoyed learning about how we can make pictures move. We have looked at a sliding mechanism and evaluated the positives and negatives of them. We found that the sliding mechanism worked well to allow our mini beasts move from the left to the right smoothly...
Coronation Day Celebrations
Coronation celebrations with our school community
We started the day with craft and planting activities with our grown ups from home then ended it with a forest school session. King Charles loves planting and the outdoors, a firm favourite of ours too!
King Charles III’s Coronation
We had lots of fun celebrating King Charles III's Coronation with our families. We enjoyed time at forest school, making fires, royal portraits and exploring nature. We enjoyed sharing cheesy nachos cooked on the fire with our friends too. We enjoyed completing...
King Charles’ Coronation
What a wonderful week the children have had learning all about King Charles' Coronation. The children learnt all about British Values, all about the Royal family, what will happen during the Coronation, the names of all the crown jewels used and made their own crown...
Coronation celebrations with our school community
We started the day with craft and planting activities with our grown ups from home, then ended it with a forest school session. King Charles loves planting and the outdoors, a firm favourite of ours too!
Designing using technology
This week we used the iPads to create a pattern for the donut shell of ‘Norman the slug and his silly shell’. We had fun creating and eating our repeating patterns.
Seder Plates and Passover
We have been learning about the old Testament and spend the lesson learning about Passover. We have learned about how Jewish people celebrate and the importance of the Seder plate. We then created our own Seder plates and discussed what was on them.
Innovation and imagination at forest school
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Moving Vehicles
In DT we have been learning how to attach fixed wheels and rotating wheels to axles and a chassis. We practised both techniques before choosing our preferred wheels and then designed our vehicles using our chosen design criteria. We really enjoyed making our vehicles...
Newsletter 2nd May 2023
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Badminton
Year 6 really impressed during their badminton unit in PE! They were able to transfer skills from their previous tennis unit to prepare them, helping them with: correct ready position, correct grip on the racket as well as understanding how forehand and backhand shots...