Class 1

Miss Firth, Mrs Leiper and the children of Class 1 welcome you to our class page.

We are proud to show you our learning journey which showcases the ways in which we learn, through carefully planned play opportunities based on a range of themes and also the ongoing interests of the children. Come and take a look!

What fun we have had finding out about the seaside! We talked about our experiences of the seaside, what things we might see there and whether we liked or disliked the feeling of sand beneath our toes. We shared some photos of what the seaside was like long ago and talked about whether some of the things we saw were still the same or different. We watched a short Punch and Judy show and the children decided they wanted to make their own! On a lovely warm day we had a beach afternoon outside where the children watched one another perform their own Punch and Judy shows, made homemade ice-cream to eat and enjoyed sand and water play. 

This week we continued our learning in RE and read the story of David and Goliath and talked about why this story might be special to Christians. The children enjoyed acting out the story and produced some absolutely wonderful writing! 

What fun we have had observing the changes of the lifecycle of the frog and butterfly over the past few months as part of our life cycles learning from Spring. The process from frogspawn to froglet and caterpillar to butterfly has certainly got not only our reception children talking, but children from across the school and has filled them with awe and wonder! 

Today we read a story called 'The Under Sea Cleaning Spree' which was all about pollution in the Ocean! We learnt that pollution is harmful to our sea creatures and to our Earth and that we should take our rubbish home with us and recycle where we can! 

We sorted some items from a box into different materials to be recycled. 

We have enjoyed our learning on numbers to 20 and beyond and sharing into equal groups this half term.

We started our new unit thinking about things that were special to us. Places, people and items. Then we thought about stories that were also special to us. Later we found out that Christians have a special book called 'The Holy Bible' which has many stories of God in it and that it is very special to Christians. We read the story of Jesus calms the storm and thought about why it might be a special story and that it might teach Christians to 'Trust in God'.

Today we have been writing some of our tricky words outside using chalk. We enjoyed taking our learning outside.

As part of our Seaside topic we have been finding out about Pirates from the past like Blackbeard! We painted pirate portraits! Look how scary they are! 

On our UTW curiosity table the children have been exploring things that float and sink! We tested lots of different seaside and pirate objects and recorded our findings. 

We enjoyed listening to one another share some items from home linked to our pirate theme. The children spoke clearly about them and answered questions from the children who were listening.

After reading the story of 'The Pirates Next Door' by Jonny Duddle, we had such fun making our own treasure maps to use in our pirate role play! We learnt lots of new pirate vocabulary too! Ahoy! 

The children were very sensible using hammers today to make wild flower prints. This activity was carefully modelled and adult led. The results were fantastic! 

We read the story Omar, the Bees and Me. We found out that bees are really important and that we need to help to look after them! We planted seeds and made honey cake which was fun and we enjoyed exploring the rice sensory tray. 

Linking to our minibeast topic we learnt about the fantastic artist Henri Matisse. We read the book called 'Snail Trail' then created our own works of art! We hope you like them! 

Today we found out that minibeasts are 'invertebrates' and don't have a backbone! We went on a minibeast hunt in the school grounds and we found so many different kinds! For the next part of our learning we will be thinking about why the minibeasts were found in those places. What makes it a good habitat for them? 

As part of our learning on Growing, Lifecycles and Minibeasts, we read the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. 🐛🦋 We have enjoyed lots of different activities this week in our provision helping us to learn about the butterfly life cycle. Our new word of the week is 'symmetrical'. We enjoyed looking at the symmetrical butterfly wings. 🦋