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This week, Year 1s have been exploring number lines to 20. Today, we focused on estimating on a number line. We had to investigate the half way point and draw interval lines to help us.

This week, the children have been investigating numbers 10 to 20. They have been recognising the place value of each digit in these numbers and have been representing them in various ways. We followed this up with playing matching games and representing different numbers ourselves.

Skylarks have continued their topic work on ‘Time Travellers’ and have started to travel back in time beyond living memory to 1666 and the time of ‘The Great Fire of London.’ Today, the children learnt about London in the present day using Google Earth and aerial photographs. We used these tools to help us to …

Year 1 have been learning how to subtract using a number line. Today, they worked practically to solve calculations and a range of maths challenges.Here we are at work!

To finish our English unit on instructions/ recipes, Skylarks are going to write their own instructions of how to make a jam sandwich. Firstly, we thought it was important that we all know how to make a jam sandwich, so that’s what we did! Take a look at our photos below. We thought about each …

This afternoon, we discussed the five senses and performed simple tests to find out more about them and answer questions. For sight, the children used blindfolds to cover their eyes and tried to complete the following tasks; reading a book, building a tower out of Lego and putting on a jumper. For sound, they listened …

In KS1 the children have practiced a variety of design technology techniques in preparation for their T-shirt making! Some of the skills we have learnt include; fringing, sewing, pinning, stapling, coiling and stamping.
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