Year 1 Blog Autumn 2

Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 10:19am

The children have continued to work so hard this half term!  It is fantastic just how well they have settled into Year 1, and Key Stage 1 as a whole.

Our space theme continued threading its way through our learning, particularly in science, and the children have had a brilliant time conducting investigations into astronaut-related science.  Our latest was to learn about the gloves astronauts need to wear in space and to experiment with how to mend a hole in a latex glove to keep it airtight and watertight!

In history we have studied Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot (always a favourite) and the reason why we have a Remembrance Day every year.  In geography the children have been finding out about the United Kingdom and are beginning to name and locate the countries and their capital cities.  While we were performing our nativity play, we also had a look at when these events are believed to have happened, and followed the journey Mary and Joseph would have taken from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then on into Egypt to escape King Herod.

As you will see from what the children have brought home, they have been learning about colours, complementary colours, and blending skills in art.  We hope you like their calendars – they worked incredibly hard on these as the final product of the sequence of lessons!  In DT, they learned how to make salt dough, and then designed and made their own Christmas decorations.

On top of all that (not forgetting all the maths, phonics, reading, writing, PE, RE, music and PSHE) we can’t forget the nativity performances!  Wow!  We are so proud of our Year 1s and the way they took to moving around the space as villagers, lighting up the night sky and singing!  They were amazing in their supporting roles, and they are definitely looking forward to being in the limelight as Year 2s next year!

The children now all need a well-earned rest, so we hope you all have a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!  We will see you in a few weeks to make a start on our new theme – we are all looking forward to CASTLES!