As part of our work on multiplication, Eagles class have been recognising equal groups. Today, they extended this learning by adding together equal groups using different methods to calculate the answer. Mrs Wright was incredibly impressed with the children’s independence and enthusiasm in today’s lesson. Well done Year 1!
As part of our local geography study, the children have kicked off this half term’s topic by visiting the four countries of the United Kingdom. They have taken part in the Highland games in Scotland, completed a quiz in Wales, used atlases to explore England and learnt some Irish dancing in Northern Ireland. The children …
Wow! What a fantastic workshop we have had. AnimalsUK visited KS1 and we got to learn about lots of different animals. The children had the opportunity to hold and feel a tortoise, snake, skunk, tarantula and a meerkat. The children had so many excellent questions for Laura too. What an exciting opportunity!
Today saw the end of our ‘We Are What We Eat’ topic which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. Over the last half term we have been busy learning about the work of Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We’ve completed observational food based sketches and paintings, learnt about healthy eating and rounded it all off with a …
This week, Eagles have been continuing their learning of numbers to 100. Today, the children partitioned numbers to 100 into tens and ones or in the case of 100, hundreds, tens and ones! The children used practical apparatus to deepen their understanding and showed an excellent understanding of today’s mathematical vocabulary. Well done Eagles!
As part of our topic work, the children have been completing observational drawings of a broad range of fruit. The children have used their recent learning on colour mixing to support their painting. The children mixed the secondary colours and used white and black to lighten/darken their shades of colour. They also utilised their recent …
As part of our topic work, we have been learning about the Eatwell Plate and what our bodies need for a healthy diet. We talked about the fact that our bodies need a range of foods to be healthy and that foods high in sugar/fat should be eaten less frequently/as a treat. Our lesson today …
To conclude our fruit based activities this week, (linked to the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo) the children practised their food technology skills preparing a fruit salad. The children used the bridge and claw techniques to cut the fruit and to prepare it for eating. We then spent a moment in the sunshine enjoying our creation. …
This week, Eagles have been learning to subtract two numbers where they have had to cross ten. We have used tens frames and counters to calculate our answers and have practised writing calculations using – and = symbols.
Thank you to all of our families who sent in a piece of fruit for our topic work! Today saw the first of our fruit based activities – observational drawings! The children explored a broad range of fruit including dragon fruit, avocado, pomegranates, passion fruit, mango and much more. The children spent time carefully drawing …