Author: Mrs Barrett
Moving Parts!
To finish off our science topic of animals including humans the children designed and made moving parts models of a human. Their models had to include some of the information they had learned over the past few weeks, together with a range of moving parts. The class used previous DT learning about…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 20 April 2021
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1 Science Design Technology
Festive Fun
This week Class One have had fun decorating our class Christmas tree, which was kindly donated by our parents. They made a fantastic job of it. To finish the week we had our class Christmas party which was a chance for the children to enthusiastically show off their dancing skills, teaching their…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 11 December 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Building shelters and testing materials
For No Pens Day the children were challenged to build a shelter for the man on the moon. Using their knowledge of materials, they worked in pairs explaining their ideas to each other before selecting suitable materials and constructing their shelters. Each one had to be freestanding, be big enough…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 25 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1 Design Technology S&L
Talking about shape
Today was No Pens Day. The children all had a go at describing 3D shapes for their classmates to guess. They used great mathematical language such as faces, edges and vertices and were brilliant at giving the right answer.
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 25 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Year 1 Autumn Explorers
We took advantage of the sunshine today and went outside to our wonderful nature garden. The children were spotting signs of autumn. They identified leaves, watched a wood pigeon eating berries and spotted a robin in the trees. It was a lovely practical science lesson and we are very grateful…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 19 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1 Science Geography
Space station
Our class space station is proving very popular with the children. It’s great to see them engaged in wonderful role play based on our history topic as well as choosing to do independent writing about what they have seen on their journeys through the solar system.
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 13 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Shadwell Recycling Centre!
Class One are enjoying working in our provision areas, especially using their knowledge of materials to sort objects into groups in our new recycling centre. It’s great to see the children so engaged with their learning.
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 13 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Royal Mail
The children were so excited to receive a reply to their letters to the Queen this afternoon. They were thrilled that their efforts were rewarded with a real letter from Windsor Castle and are now keen to do more writing. Well done everyone!
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 13 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
To the moon
Today Class One launched our new history topic by blasting off to the moon. The children will be learning about Neil Armstrong and the first moon landing. After blast off they practised their moonwalking before sampling some real astronaut food.
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 2 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Royal letters and learning logs
Class One have thoroughly enjoyed learning about The Queen and the United Kingdom this term. They produced some absolutely amazing learning logs which they enjoyed sharing with their classmates today. The children were so impressed with each other’s wonderful work and it was truly lovely to hear…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 22 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1 History Geography
UK Day fun
The children had lots of fun today learning about the four countries of the UK. They produced their own factfiles, did some Irish dancing, decorated buns with the flag of their nation and sampled some lovely toasted treats from the different countries. They all looked fabulous in their red white…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 16 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Some royal writing
The children have been using their provision time to write to the Queen. It has been lovely to see them independently choosing to write - and the Queen will certainly enjoy reading all this correspondence!
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 10 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1