Our week in Year One

Hello Year One families

Another week has flown by in Year one and we have continued to enjoy our learning together.

This week in maths we have been learning about arrays. This has helped us to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We also learnt about rows and columns to make an array. You can make arrays at home using all sorts of different things. Why don't you have a go? Frozen peas are always fun to use, as long as they don't roll away! The pictures below show the children making arrays, writing repeated addition number sentences as well as a multiplication number sentence. It has been really great to see how the children are linking previous maths learning to this newly acquired knowledge.

The children had another go at hockey this week and they are certainly improving, hitting the ball with more skill. They are really enjoying being back outside for PE.

In history, we got out the photo albums to use as sources of evidence to learn how the school has changed over the years and to look for what has stayed the same. We have photo albums of the school in all stages of the build. The children were really fascinated by the photos. They were confounded when Ms Johnson came in and showed them a photo of herself in one of the albums!

In art we are learning about collage and this week we learnt about Mola art from Panama. One of our collage techniques is layering so the children have begun to collage an animal using this technique. Next week we will be adding to it by ripping and cutting. Again, the children were engaged in their learning, using lots of concentration when cutting out.

And finally, the children logged on to Purple Mash to investigate the maths section on the computer.  It takes time and skill to be able to log on and navigate the computer programme and the children are doing really well at this.

What a packed 3 days we have had in Year One! 

We hope you enjoyed the coronation celebrations this afternoon. It was so lovely to see so many of you enjoying some family time in the school grounds.

We wish you all another wonderful bank holiday weekend. See you all on Tuesday.

Mrs March, Ms Browne, Mrs Rogers, Miss McCourt and Ms Dainton.