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Today is national ‘No Pens Day’ so Mrs Wright has hidden all of our pencils and pens and we are enjoying a day of speaking, listening and practical lessons. In maths, we used practical equipment to represent numbers and number fans to demonstrate our understanding. We enjoyed talking through different maths problems with the class …
This week, year 1 visited Bradford Industrial Museum. As part of our topic ‘All Dressed Up,’ we wanted to learn how cloth is made from wool. We got to complete the process ourselves – sorting the wool, carding, spinning and finally weaving. We learnt about the life of children in the mills over 100 years …
In Maths, the children have been exploring number bonds. Using practical apparatus, they investigated pairs of numbers that add together to make numbers within 10. The children enjoyed investigating these number facts and worked well to record their findings using the addition and equals symbols. Great work Eagles!
Today KS1 had their exit point for out topic ‘Hooray, Let’s Go On Holiday!’ Throughout our topic, the children have used pastels, pencils and charcoal to create a wide array of art linked to our work on the seaside. Today, the children showcased their work to Kingfishers class and opened our classroom as an art …
In art, we have been investigating different pencils and the variety of tones that can be created using these. We have also explored charcoal – experimenting with its dark tone and ability to blend. Linked to our work on holidays, the children drew a cliff using pencil. They then used charcoal to highlight areas of …
Today, the children had a topic themed day to conclude our computing unit for this half term. During this half term, we have been learning about the different parts of a computer and input devices. To round off our topic, the children investigated, went on a technology safari and invented their own creations which required …
In art, Eagles have been learning about the work of Alfred Sisley, a French artist. Today, we have utilised our pastel skills (from earlier on in our topic) to create our own seaside images in his style. We looked carefully at images of Filey, Whitby and Saltburn by the Sea and drew what we could …
Today we had our first PE lesson in Bluebirds. The children were very excited and really enjoyed our lesson warm up where we pretended we were riding bikes! The children then explored movement and worked to control their bodies when marching, balancing and jogging. We really enjoyed our first PE lesson and look forward to …
As part of our work on place value, the children have been learning to use and recognise the symbols <, > and = associated with less than, greater than and equal to. Today, they utilised practical apparatus to help them show that a range of given statements were true. As they were working, they used …
As part of our topic work, Eagles have been learning about the world around them. Today we have been learning about Physical Geography features (made by nature) and Human Geography features (made by humans). We identified beaches, seas, oceans, cliffs and mountains as examples of Physical Geography features and harbours, ports, cities and towns as …