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This term our topic has been ‘Toys’. As part of this unit, the children have learnt about old and new toys and how toys have changed over the years. As our exit point, we went on a trip to Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, where the children were given the opportunity first hand to explore …
KS1’s Muddy Puddle/Outdoor Learning Day (Tuesday 29th November) Tuesday 29th November is KS1’s Muddy Puddle Day for this term. On this day, please do not send your child into school wearing their school uniform. Instead, the children should come to school in clothes that they don’t mind getting dirty. As we will be outside for …
Today, Eagles used practical equipment to explore greater than, less than and equal to. They used cubes to help them understand this key vocabulary and its associated symbols <, > and =. Brilliant effort, Year 1!
Today, Eagles explored greater than, less than and equal to using concrete apparatus. Some children completed a problem solving task, where they had to identify statements that were true or false. For example 6 is less than 4 or 8 is greater than 5.
This month is national Oracy month and alongside this half term’s theme of ‘Be a Speaker,’ the children prepared short presentations about their favourite toys. They focused on the key areas for speaking – speaking clearly and confidently, giving eye contact, talking in full sentences and using intonation to keep the listener interested. We were …
As part of our work on place value, the children have been representing numbers in different ways. Today, the children used the ‘write it, draw it, show it’ grids to represent their learning. The children were excellent at checking their counting and worked jars to form their numbers correctly. Well done Eagles!
As our entry point for our new topic ‘Toys,’ the children arrived this morning to find that the classroom had been turned into ‘The Magic Toymaker’s Workshop!’ Not long after their arrival, we received a letter from him, explaining that whilst he couldn’t be there to greet us today (he was extremely busy making and …
Today, Eagles class have been sorting a range of objects into groups. The children sorted objects according to their colour, size or type. Here we are enjoying our practical Maths session!
As part of our local area study, the children have explored aerial photographs. They looked closely at key features of the Tranmere Park Estate and sorted them into those that were examples of physical or human geography. We ended the lesson by being geography detectives and finding the location of Barnaby Bear who had gone …
As part of our local geography study we have been learning about the UK. We have learnt to identify the countries, capital cities, landmarks and seas surrounding the four countries of the United Kingdom. We have played lots of practical games and have used atlases to deepen our understanding.