Some more of our Steven Brown pieces of art. The children loved working with the vibrant colour paints.

Class 1 have been tearing and cutting papers to create a picture in the style of the artist ‘Steven Brown’. They worked collaboratively to produce these super pieces of art.

What an excellent start to year 1! All children have settled in so well to their new class and they managed to produce these wonderful self portraits in our art lesson.

This week in English our focus has been around the book called ‘Dreams in a jar’ by Kate Staves. Class 1 thought about their dreams and wrote some amazing sentences.

Class one had an excellent time in PE today where they explored balance, stability and landing safely.

In Maths, class one have been practicing their counting by creating towers in pairs.

Class 1 have been working extremely hard in maths today. They were learning to count on from any given number up to 10.

In Science, class 1 have been learning about senses. This week we learnt about the sense of touch. We learnt how important it is to be able to feel.

Class one discovered a variety of material rubbings in Art today.

In Picture News this week, Class 1 learnt that it is the Guinness World Record’s 70th birthday. We thought about the records we would like to create.

In Science, class one have been learning all about senses. This week we learnt about the sense of smell and they had to identify the different smells on each paper towel. Many correctly guessed vinegar but garlic was a tricky one!

Year 1 have learnt about colour mixing in Art today! They created lots of wonderful Autumn colours to help them create leaf silhouettes.

Year 1 have been practicing their typing skills in Computing on the computers and iPads.

Class one had a wonderful time on our local walk today! We spotted lots of semi detached and detached houses and we even spotted some apartments in the distance. What a brilliant end to our Geography topic, learning all about our local area.