We designed and made a new home for The Old Woman That Lives in a Shoe.
Learning about Chinese New Year
Paper Dragons
Chinese Restaurant Role Play
Building the Great Wall of China
Tasting Chinese Food
We've had a lovely time preparing for Christmas. The staff in Class 1 would like to thank you for all the kind messages, cards and gifts that we have received. Have a Happy Christmas Class 1!
Clay Robins
Clay Robins
Finished Clay Robins
Stocking Sewing
Stocking Sewing
Stocking Sewing
Hanging Our Stockings
Independent Crafts
Independent Crafts
Wreath Calendars
Wreath Calendars
Christmas Puzzles
Christmas in Class 1
Our Class 1 Christmas Play "A Little Nativity"
Our Christmas Post Office
In Science we have been learning about the changing seasons and how animals survive through the winter. We all helped to set up our new hedgehog hibernation box in the conservation area.
Autumn Term Classroom Displays
Learning through roleplay
Our Portraits inspired by Picasso and Andy Warhol
Being active outdoors and making new friends
We enjoyed listening to The Colour Monster story. Reception have created their own colour monsters. Can you guess how they are feeling?
We are wearing yellow for World Mental Health Day #HelloYellow
Fruit and Vegetable Tasting - the children in Class 1 challenged themselves to try a range of fruit and veg. There were lots of funny faces and some excellent use of vocabulary.
World Book Day 2020
Dressing up as Fairytale Princesses
Animals from favourite stories
Harry Potter and the Snitch
Dressing up
Lots of children brought a book from home to swap
Choosing a new book to take home
Listening to Y6 present their favourite stories
Listening to Y6 chidren reading stories they enjoy
Our Royal Tea Party - we celebrated the end of our Kings and Queens topic with singing, dancing, parlour games and a nice cup of tea.
Making jam tarts
Charades
Blind man's buff
Dancing with a partner
Flap the kipper
Royal tea party
Royal tea party
Royal tea party
Investigating Materials
The children have been answering questions in Science linked to our shared text studies in English.
Can you build a strong bridge for the goats to cross the river?
Which objects could the Big Bad Wolf huff and puff?
How many pieces of tissue paper do I need to make a comfy bed for a princess?
Which material would make the best crash mat for Humpty?
Tamworth Castle - we enjoyed exploring the Tudor and Victorian rooms
Counting down to Christmas - we all added something to the food bank box during our 'reverse advent'
2019 Christmas Trip to Conkers. A fantastic day meeting Santa and Jingles the Elf.
Hibernating Hedgehogs
In science we have been learning about how the changing seasons affects our local wildlife. Today we listened to a story about hibernation then we worked together to make warm, waterproof hedgehog homes.
We tested our homes by putting hot water bottle hedgehogs inside. We kept one hedgehog outside the nests to make a comparison. After break time we checked our hedgehogs and discovered that the ones in nests had slightly warmer tummies than the hedgehog without a nest. We're hoping that some real hedgehogs move into our nests soon!
Well done Class 1! Super singing, dancing and acting in our KS1 Christmas production A Little Bird Told Me.
Firework Dance
Look out for our tuck, twist and star jumps included in our routine.
When was our school built? How did The Cock Inn get its name? Where is the downards Shrovetide goal? We learnt a lot about Clifton Village during our guided tour led by Class 2.
Fun in the Forest
Class 1 have been exploring the woodland environment during their Forest School sessions.
Exploring a burrow
Meeting my tree
Magic wands
Toasting marshmallows
Mmm, hot chocolate and s'mores
Getting muddy
Mud monsters!
Mud monsters!
Moss Monsters!
We visited our local playground and Year 1 investigated how the playground equipment had been made as part of their Design and Technology work.
We all set sail on our journey together. Class 1 2019/20.
We enjoyed a Viking feast to celebrate the end of our topic. First we found out about the foods Vikings ate, then worked together to churn our own butter and bake bread following an old Viking recipe.
First we took turns to shake cream into butter.
Next we followed the Viking bread recipe.
Finally we served our bread and butter with honey and berries - a favourite Viking treat.
Here we are preparing the raised beds for planting. Everybody helped to clear the weeds and dig in new compost.
Viking Longboat Collage
We had fun experimenting with different printing techniques to create textured papers for our collage art project.
Look at our wonderful work!
How to trap a dragon...
Today we have been thinking of ways to trap a dragon as part of our English work on writing instructions. Reception worked brilliantly together to come up with some great ideas and acted them out.
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We've made a great start on our Vikings and Dragons topic by transforming our home corner into a Viking longhouse.
We have been learning about the changing seasons and looking at landscapes painted by Monet and Van Gogh. We used some of their techniques to paint pictures for our 2019 calendars.
We have been learning about portraits in Art. The children have enjoyed experimenting with different styles including Picasso, Arcimboldo and Pop Art. We have created our own gallery in Class 1 with all the beautiful work.
Play and Learn - Class 1 enjoyed chatting about their families today and made some beautiful family trees. Thank you to all the parents that were able to come.
We had a lovely time today, meeting the animals and finding out about their special diets. Can you remember which animals were herbivores or carnivores? Did we meet any omnivores?
Little Riddlers!
Class 1 have written some fantastic rainforest animal riddles this week. We have entered them in the Young Writers national competition Little Riddlers. Please feel free to come in and read their super writing and keep your fingers crossed for a winning entry.
Here we are practising our bike riding skills. Our instructor was very impressed with our concentration and progress. Well done Class 1!
Land Art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy
Shrovetide Sculpture Workshop with artists from The ClayRooms
Happy Hens Trip
We had a great time at Happy Hens Farm collecting eggs, feeding the animals and riding on the tractor and trailer.
World Book Day - Class 1 look fantastic in their book character costumes
Happy Mother's Day!
Class 1 have made yummy Gingerbread Mummy Biscuits and would like to wish all of their mums a Happy Mother's Day. Mrs Leiper would like to add that hands were well washed! We hope you enjoy them.
Author Visit
Today we were pleased to invite Anya Acres to read her new book "Ollie Discovers the Planets." The children listened really well and asked lots of questions. They even made suggestions for new Ollie adventures!
Space Art
Class 1 had lots of messy fun as they experimented with a variety of printing techniques to create textured planets for our Space Topic display board.
Here is the finished result with collage, painting, printing and clay work. Great job Class 1!
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