Year 1 - The Giraffes: Blog items
Learning so far this week..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 6:09pm
This week we have enjoyed using a classification key to identify UK mammals, we have used different resources to help us with place value in Maths. Today we had a little walk out in the snow... it was very cold and slippy...definitely winter!!
Fantastic Giraffes, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 6:28pm
We have had a great first week back, lots of fantastic learning. We have started our new topics in Geography and Science, in Geography learning about the 7 continents and Science describing animals.
In English we have started our non fiction unit on nocturnal animals, learning some great facts, ask your children what they can remember about bush babies, bats or owls! We are enjoying our story book ,The owl who was afraid of the dark, all about a funny baby owl called Plop.
In maths we have continued to learn about place value, how many tens and ones are in numbers up to 20.
Have a great weekend - don’t forget projects are coming up soon, I have put our learning for this half term on the blog , it is also on the notice board too- enjoy being creative:)
Happy Christmas!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 5:20pm
Mrs Regan and I would like to say a vey big thank you for our lovely gifts, we feel very spoilt, its much appreciated.
We hope you all have a fabulous Christmas, only 3 more get ups Giraffes!!!
Enjoy celebrating wth your lovely children and we will see you all in 2024!!
Party fun!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 6:30pm
We had a great time this afternoon at our party,lots of dancing, games and a visit from Father Christmas!
Christmas dinner!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 4:41pm
We enjoyed our lovely christmas dinner today - especially pulling the crackers!
Yesterday we enjoyed being Geographers on a walk to Longton to sketch the different featues of Longton. Back at school we sorted them into physical and human features. We added some in that we know are in Longton but didn't see, like the Brickcroft, the park and the playing fields.
Busy busy, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 6:30pm
The Giraffes really loved the pantomime this week ,especially the flying Man!
In Geography they enjoyed learning about where we live and using the terms rural, coastal and urban.
They're great at using the chrome books and have enjoyed using the drag pad to create jigsaws and yesterday starting to become familiar with the keyboard,
Today they enjoyed mark making in Art.
Have a lovely weekend :)
Fantastic Nativity play, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 30th Nov 2023 @ 12:15pm
A big well done to the Giraffes for fabulous performances of there Nativity play. They worked hard learning lines, singing songs and knowing when to come on and off. We were very proud of their confidence...definitely F. A. N. T. A. S. T. I. C!!!!
Getting excited ..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 6:18pm
We have been busy with our play, knowing our lines and improving our songs...we were very excited to try on our costumes. We can’t wait to share it!!
Don t forget to get your tickets for either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday evening.
We have been using our part whole model to help us write addition and subtraction number sentences.
In History we started to learn about Robert Goddard, the inventor of the first liquid fuelled rocket.
In English we learnt about verbs, doing words and how they change if used in the past or the present eg I am looking.I looked.
Have a good weekend, enjoy some sunshine!
Getting ready..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 4:50pm
This week we have been busy learning our Nativity songs and practising our words, well done and thank you to those who have been reading through at home it is sounding good!
In science we have been continuing to learn about Seasons and seasonal changes,we really enjoyed making season jigsaws, As part of Parliament week we read an interesting book where we found out all about the Houses of Parliament.
Have a lovely weekend :)
Remembrance Day, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 5:23pm
We had an interesting morning learning all about Remembrance Day, we talked about why we celebrate, looked at old photos of WW2 , took part in our special assembly and talked about we we had dressed up as.
The children all looked amazing, thank you for supporting, the sun was their eyes for the photos hence some are grimacing!!!
Enjoy your weekend. :)
Class compliment, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 5:06pm
Today the Graffe enjoyed a well deserved class compliment treat.They voted to watch a film and have some popcorn.
Have a lovely weekend, enjoy the fireworks , keep safe 🌟
Eco Halloween, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 8:19am
A big thank you to some of the Eco team who helped Kelly create some funky Halloween decorations out of milk cartons They looked fab..and the team enjoyed helping out!
Story session, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 3:29pm
We enjoyed a Halloween themed story session at the library, some funny stories and we made a spooky ghost!
Friday fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 4:53pm
Today we enjoyed our computer lesson and created some fab pictures.
This afternoon we had time with our buddies and played some playground games with them. We had fun!
Have a lovely break , don’t forget to let us know what you get up to in your holiday passports!
Keep safe and enjoy!🙂
Autumn walk, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 4:36pm
We had a lovely Autumn walk to the Brickcroft, spotted signs of Autumn and also used our senses to see a lot and hear a lot.
As they have had such a fantastic start to Year 1 , even time for a sneaky play on the park!
KS1 event, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 3:58pm
Well done to Kit, Issac, Molly P and Lydia in Year 2 who went to Priory and took part in a multi sport event with other local schools. Theye were amazing and loved all the different activities!
Using our sense of touch, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 7:50pm
This afternoon we continued exploring our senses having fun using our sense of touch. We know our skin helps us touch things not just our hands.
We loved feeling jelly, cornflour gloop and shaving foam, we came up with some great words to describe them, gloopy, sticky, smooth, soft, squelchy.
We also had to find objects from a selection that felt smooth, rough, hard and soft, we sketched them in our books and labelled them.
We loved it!!
Exploring old toys, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 5:33pm
A big thank you for sending in the old toys for us to look at.The Giraffes loved talking about them and showing them to the class. We talked about how some toys are the same but look a bit different and how the materials they are made from have changed. Some were definitely well loved!
Apple picking, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 5:33pm
Thank you Eco team and Mrs Jackson who stayed behind after school to help pick the apples and pears. There are a lot ...so bring a bag and help yourself after school tomorrow by the tuck shop, donations welcome!
Special teddies come to school!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Oct 2023 @ 6:39pm
Today the Giraffes really enjoyed having their special teddies in school. They enjoyed talking about them, drew pictures and wrote sentences and shared stories with them.
In science this afternoon we learnt all about Braille, we wrote in Braille and learnt aabout Louis Braillle. We went on a colour walk , of course our teddies came too! We had to look for all the colours of the rainbow!
Tasty learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Sep 2023 @ 6:05pm
Today ,as scientists, we enjoyed using our sense of taste, we tasted salty, sour and sweet. We had to guess and choose our favourite flavour. We made a block graph to record our results. We loved the crisps and chocolate...some liked the lemon...some did not!
Fantastic Giraffes, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 4:43pm
This week the Giraffes enjoyed testing their smelling skills by smelling different pots and guessing what was in them. They had to record their guesses and if they liked the smell or not...some good detectives!
In maths this afternoon we used tens frames to help,us work out one more.
Being Geographers!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 7:18pm
We enjoyed taking photographs this afternoon of the different features that make up our school. We talked about all the things we could see, we are going to do some sorting with them next week.
Story fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Sep 2023 @ 7:29pm
This week we have enjoyed the story of The Little Red Hen, today we had fun working in groups to act out the story, each group carried the story on, we were fantastic!
Fantastic Giraffes, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 3:56pm
Well done Giraffes for a fantastic first week in Year1 :)
We have been learning all about split digraphs in phonics, enjoyed the story of the cautious caterpillar in English, in Maths we have been wrting numbers and sorting objects. We had fun in science on Monday labelling our friends! We have met Jigsaw Jack and he is helping us learn how to be a good learner in Year1. In Geography we have started to think about what our school is like.
We have been busy, busy ,busy!!!
