Autumn Term 1

This half term we have been adapting to life in Year 1 and have been very busy with our learning! We have learned about Old Toys in History and visited Christchurch Mansion to look at the old toys on display. We even had a go at making our own old toys. We have looked at seasonal changes and the parts of a tree in science – we really enjoyed looking at the trees in Christchurch park on our trip. In Art, we have practiced our sketching skills and had a go at a variety of shading techniques. In Maths, we have been looking numbers to 10, how to order them, compare them and we are beginning to add with them. In Talk 4 Writing, we have learned the story of The Little Red Hen and have learned to retell it using our active storytelling actions.

Autumn Term 2

This half term we have been really busy in Year 1! We have been learning about our world in Geography. We learnt about the countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and found out about the seven continents and the oceans that surround them. We have learnt a very catchy song to help us remember! In our DT lessons we have been exploring healthy eating and we had a go at making vegetable crudites and kebabs. We really enjoyed eating them after! Within our literacy lessons we have learnt a new story called ‘Seb and the Sloth’. We got to be authors and write out the story ourselves and created our own fact files on sloths. Our science lessons helped us with this as we have been learning about what an animal is and what types of animals there are. We have really enjoyed our learning this half term!

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