Year 1 - The Giraffes: Blog items
The beach!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 4:25pm
We finally made it to the beach, we had a great time! We dug big holes, built sandcastles,found a few shells and Jessica B blew bubbles at us!!
A lovely , lovely day!! (think we'll all sleep well tonight....)
Carousel and ice creams!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 4:19pm
Next a surprise.. we were able to go on the carousel.. it was great!
We also had our ice creams - yummy!
Southport in the sun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 4:14pm
We had a fabulous time in Southport today, perfect weather for a day at the seaside!
We started off as Geographers looking at the different features of Southport. Then we discussed how Southport has changed and what people would do in Southport today compared with the past, if they came for a day out or on holiday. We sketched our ideas and labelled them.
Next we had our lunch..we were starvin!!!!
Fantastic Giraffes, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 4:14pm
First of all a big well done to the Giraffes who were fantastic in their class assembly on Thursday - definitely all shining!
We enjoyed sharing our Science learning with parents this week. We were describing the properies of different materials. We learnt lots of new science words eg transparent, opaque, fragile.
Today we had fun creating equal groups outside, first with stones, groups of 5's, 10's and 2's. We had to count in 2's or 5's or 10's to work out how many altogether.
Next we shook dice and got a point if our numbers matched and were equal. Last of all we had 12 counters and had to work out how many different ways we could make equal groups with them.
Have a lovely weekend, enjoy the extra day - dont forget we're off to the seaside on Thursday! Fingers crossed the sunshines!!
Friday fun learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 3:54pm
Today the Giraffes enjoyed combining their reading skills with programming in their computer lesson - good fun and a class compliment earned!
In maths this afternoon we finished our unit on volume and capacity by comparing containers and capacity. They had to estimate which would have the greatest capacity and which would have the least... to check they used cupfuls of cubes and marbles. (we know these are not the most accurate because of the gaps but were the least messy in the classroom!)
Have a lovely weekend :)
outside maths, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Apr 2024 @ 4:26pm
Today the Giraffes enjoyed exploing volume and capacity outside in the sunshine!
They had to work in small groups to fill up cups so they were, full, nearly full or nearly empty. They took it in turns and had to use the right vocabulary to decribe thier cups.
They are starting to learn the difference betwen volume and capcity and had to work out how may cups would fill different sized containers. They then had to answer the question: Can different sized containers hae the same capacity?
They had a lovely afternoon with Mrs Jackson doing Relax Kids, building dens and mini bug hotels in the Forest school area.
Fun at the park - compliment treat, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 4:11pm
We had a lovely time at the park ..despite dodging the showers!!
Have a lovely weekend. :)
Alice in Wonderland Production, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 2:49pm
What a show! Longton children had the pleasure of enjoying a fantastic production of Alice in Wonderland on Monday.
Magnificent measuring, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 4:30pm
In maths this week we have been busy measuring. We used paper,clips, rubbers and cubes to measure objects and then learnt about centimetres, and why this is a more accurate way to measure.
We have loved exploring mass, finding out how heavy or light things are. We used cubes and measuring scales to measure the mass of different objects. We also explored heavy and light and realised that large objects can be light and small objects can be heavy.
Tomorrow we are looking forward to our class compliment treat, we voted time at the park and time on scooters and outside play back at school. Fingers crossed the sun shines!
Sorry not letting me post photos will try again tomorrow!
Egg...cellent. Easter bonnets, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 4:13pm
Well done Giraffes for creating some amazing Easter bonnets and hats, they all looked fabulous, hope you all had fun making them.
Have an egg...citing Easter break, fingers crossed for sun and bit of warmth :)
See you all on April 15th ,have fun
Mrs Pratten 🐣🌸☀️
Smashing smoothies Part 2, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Mar 2024 @ 4:02pm
We then got to taste the different fruits we could use, pineapple, strawberries, avocados or bananas.
Next to design our smoothie!! We chose 2 fruits and one juice, they were delicious, most of us thought they were nicer than the shop bought ones.
Last of all we designed a container to our smoothies in, it had to catch the eye and also tell people what was in it.
A great smoothie day... the children are keen to experiment at home... have fun!!!!
Smashing smoothies Part 1, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Mar 2024 @ 3:55pm
What a great day today completing our DT task of designing and making a smoothie.
We started off sorting fruit and vegetables, we learnt all fruit have seeds , so there were some surprises!!
Next we discussed where fruit and vegetables grow, on trees, vines, on the ground or under the ground.
Then we had a go at chopping and juicing, juicing took a lot of effort!
Imagine that!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 4:37pm
We had a fabulous time at Imagine that! We made snow, were in a foamy snow storm. We made slime and used our senses to smell and taste. We decorated a magnet, made a bath bomb, decorated a bag and had fun exploring! Last of all we really enjoyed the role play area. It was amazing...lots of areas to use our imaginations!!
We have a bag of goodies to bring home tomorrow... a lovely day :)
Sunflower success!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 12:35pm
So far so good with growing our sunflowers. shoots have appeared, we enjoyed looking at them and recording how the seeds have changed. We measured them the tallest so far was 18 cm.
In maths we had fun playing a game to see which pair could get to 50 first by shaking dice and adding counters to a tens frame. We had to keep score as we went along.
Dont forget our trip tomorrow, we are very excited!
Sharing our favourite books, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 4:43pm
We enjoyed talking about our favourite books and sharing them with our friends.
Library visit, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 11:10am
Year 1 enjoyed their story session at the library with their buddies, they took part in a scavenger hunt and made a book mark. A great start to world book day,
Learning about plants, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Feb 2024 @ 4:59pm
This afternoon the Giraffes enjoyed exploring and learning about how plants create seeds , which then grow in to new plants. We also looked at how some plants grow from bulbs. We enjoyed using magnifying glasses to really look closely at the different seeds, bulbs and plants.
We have all planted a sunflower seed, we are going to observe how it grows and changes.
Retelling stories, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 4:04pm
The children have enjoyed listening to some traditional tales in English, Dragon Dinosaur and The House that Jack built. They really enjoyed acting out all the different characters in The house that Jack built and were great at remembering the order.
In maths we have been exploring doubles and near doubles, we liked shaking dice and trying to roll a double, we won a point every time we shook one!
Have a great weekend, don’t forget Celebration Assembly on Tuesday afternoon. :)
Brickcroft walk, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Feb 2024 @ 3:36pm
We had a lovely walk to the Brickcroft this morning, we identified different flowers, mainly snowdrops, daffodils and primroses.We also talked about evergreen and deciduous trees.
We enjoyed our hot chocolate and biscuit too!
In maths we had fun outside with number bonds to 20.
