Teacher                                           Miss Parham

Welcome to Year 1!

Quarter 3

Year 1 have been extremely busy over the past few months. We finished our topic of plants off with a day in the woodland, with the Forest School team. The children made Happazome prints with different leaves and petals, made fruit bread and wove God eyes with different coloured wool.

We have now started our transport topic in Quarter 4. Our sparkling start was a visit to the Ipswich Transport Museum. The children found out lots of interesting facts about different types of transport and the history of these. The volunteers let the children have a turn at sitting on the old fire engines, buses and trams which was very lucky because the general public are not normally allowed this treat!

Since starting this topic the children have researched the different types and history of transport, both in school and at home too. They have worked very hard and have had an amazing attitude to learning. I am very proud of them all!

 

Quarter 2

What a brilliant start to the year we have had! The children have worked extremely hard and I am very proud of them all! I know that their amazing enthusiasm will continue into the second quarter. 

 Within Quarter 2 we will be learning all about the Arctic. As our sparkling start, we were lucky enough to have Mr Hall come in to tell us all about his experience of the Arctic. He shared photos of his time exploring and some photos of Arctic animals he saw too! After playtime, Mr Hall took us outside to do some map reading. The children loved this activity and tried very hard to use their map's to find the small, yellow flags that were hidden around the playground.  The children were all very polite, listened carefully and showed our visitor just how amazing Kendall is! Well done Year 1! 

 

Quarter 1

The children have been very busy for the past few weeks and have settled into Year 1 brilliantly! Our topic this quarter is ‘All About Me’ and we have been learning to name and label parts of the body. As part of this, we drew around each other in the playground and then identified parts of the body using our chalk markings.

 We have also been thinking about our senses. The children enjoyed taking part in a ‘senses hunt’ in the woodland and tasting different fruits. The children have also found out what it would be like to have a sense taken away. In pairs, the children were able to guide each other around the playground, giving directions to their partner. Everyone worked well as a team and have shown great enthusiasm throughout all areas. Keep up the amazing work Year 1!