Year 1 Doubling and Halving

Year 1 Doubling and Halving

This term in Year 1 Maths, children have focused on addition and subtraction, exploring commutative and inverse relationships. We have also revisited odd and even numbers, linking this to doubling and halving.
Rapping in Year 1

Rapping in Year 1

In our music lessons, we have been listening to and appraising music. We listened to ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams and we all agreed that it made us feel happy! We are also learning how to sing the ‘Banana Rap’ song. We used some percussion instruments to accompany our...
Year 1 Geographers

Year 1 Geographers

In Geography, children have been exploring compass points and developing their understanding of direction. We have investigated the weather, looking at temperature, wind direction and weather symbols, with children creating their own wind streamers and keeping a...
Wild Things in Year 1!

Wild Things in Year 1!

We have really enjoyed reading the story Where the Wild Things are. We loved our drama activities, acting out all of the movements of the Wild Things. We produced some lovely pieces of writing, including a Kenning poem and a character description of our very own Wild...
Making Music Year 1

Making Music Year 1

We have really enjoyed our computing unit of work ‘Making Beats’. We choose which instrument sounds to use to compose music for a purpose. We learnt how to edit the tempo of a piece to suit the scene chosen.