Year 1 Autumn Term 1

Date: 27th Oct 2023 @ 9:22am

The children have settled brilliantly into Year 1 and have been working hard.  They certainly deserve a break!

They have been loving our space topic which has brought about great learning across nearly all subjects.  In science they have learned about the solar system and the conditions needed for plants and humans to live.  In art, they have made space pictures using painting, collage and pastel drawing techniques, while in design technology they have planned, made and evaluated model rockets and made space rocks (buns) in cooking.  In geography we started by asking the question “What on Earth can be seen from space?”  This has led to work on the continents and seas and hot and cold places on earth.  In history we have learned about the space race, Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake.  In computing the children have used laptops to learn about keyboard and mouse skills (designing and typing), followed instructions (algorithms) to create a model rocket, flown their rockets and measured the distance travelled and finally recorded their measurements as data.  Whew!  We have covered so much!

In addition to all that, we have of course been working daily on phonics, reading and writing (we managed to get some space work into that too) as well as maths, PE, RE and PSHE.  The children are getting fitter with their daily running and have shown some great skills in PE.  In music they have been learning singing and performance skills to get ready for the Harvest Festival.

We are so proud of how far they have come, how they have become real Year 1s so quickly and of all their achievements.

Well done Year 1 – you are amazing!