Year 1 - The Giraffes: Blog items
A fantastic last day, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Jul 2024 @ 3:53pm
We've had a lovely last day today, good fun with the lovely giraffes as always. They have been a fabulous class to teach, with lovely supportive parents,so thank you too!
Mrs Regan and I have both been spoilt with lovely cards and gifts so thank you (again) not expected but much appreciated.
Have a great holiday, let's hope we get a little sunshine!!
See you all in September ❤️
Last week fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Jul 2024 @ 1:12pm
On Monday the giraffes loved DT day, learning all about wheels and axles. Their wheeled vehicles were fantastic and worked well.
They enjoyed pyjama day, the bog eyed jog and especially waving their flags!
In maths we have finished our place value work and enjoyed exploring coins. Learning the different values of coins and notes and how to combine them to make different amounts.
Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday! 😄😎
Summer at the Brickcroft!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 1:14pm
The giraffes completed the last of their seasonal walks to the Brickcroft. A bit wet but not cold...we carried out a litter pick too.We didn't find much which was good!
In maths we enjoyed some place value work, comparing numbers with the same number of tens.
Have a lovely weekend...Come on England!!!,
Superstars, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 4:00pm
This week the children have been busy with end of year checkups but in Science we still managed to find time to sort minibeasts using a venn diagram. In Geography, learn more about the UK, capitals and seas. In maths we have continued with our position work, finding out about different turns, half, quarter , three quarter and full. Yesterday trying to learn left and right...tricky tricky ! Today forwards and backwards, we enjoyed giving our partner directions to move,
We definitely deserved our treat in the sun on Wednesday during storytime outside in the shade .
Have a great weekend😄
Fantastic fractions!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 4:05pm
We have been busy this week continuing our work on fractions, learning how to find a quarter of a shape or quantity.
We enjoyed exploring maps to learn all about countries that make up the UK in Geography.
In PHSE we had fun looking at photos of how Mrs Pratten has changed from a baby to now! The children can bring in photos of themselves as a baby or toddlers and we can see how the giraffes have changed too.
A big thank you to Mrs Boyle and Jacqui ( and my lovely Georgia!!) who all helped make our enterprise a big success. The sun shone so a perfect day to sell ice lollies.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Pratten 😄
First week back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 12:24pm
This week we have been settling back into our learning. In English we have been adding in correct punctuation. Maths learning about fractions, finding half of shapes and quantities.We enjoyed our visit to the library for big green week.
We are excited for the Euros and all have a team to support, come on England ! (Mrs Regans team)
MAD SCIENCE Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:33am
We enjoyed our visit from Mad Science. Lots of fun and learning. I'm sure we will all be trying the balloon and hair experiment!
Forms have gone home if you would like to be a part of the Mad Science after school club.
arts exhibition, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 4:11pm
Today the Giraffes had a great time this afternoon making "chatterboxes" and decorating them in the style of pop artist Romero Britto.
If you missed the exhibition this is our South America art work which alongsdie with all the other classes looked amazing.
The Giraffes have loved arts week and have all produced some fantatsic art work , well done!!
Have a fabulous break, dont forget to keep reading, readng through the phonics words and send us a postcard if you have a day out or or are off on holiday.Enjoy, keep safe, see you soon,
Mrs Pratten and Mrs Regan
Enjoying Arts Week, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd May 2024 @ 4:40pm
We are having fun in Arts week, so far we have .....made clay coil pots, learnt about a Mexican artist Frida Kahlo,taken part in a dance class, singing, learnt a little about South America our continent, and really enjoyed making some Amazon Rainforest animals. Busy busy!
Some children took part in a water colour class and others created some lovely art with Mrs Skinner.
Dont forget to come and look at our art after school on Friday.
busy, busy..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th May 2024 @ 4:17pm
This week the children have been busy finishing off topic work. We tested different materials in Science to find which would make the best umbrella. We compared old and new swimming costumes in History. In Maths we have been trying to make equal groups from different numbers, we learnt some will and some won't! We have been enjoying the story Dear Greenpeace, in Engish all about Emily and the whale in her pond.
Today it was our turn to have the torch as part of our D day, 80th anniverasry celebrations. We enjoyed running round the field with it and pasing it on, just like the one going around the UK. Harper S and Phoebe S have taken the torch home tonight and will return it tomorow to pass on to Y2.
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!!!!
