Well done to year 1 for starting a new term without their teacher who was stuck in France. We now know all about the effects of volcanic ash!

We have made a great start to the term, working really hard all week.

On Thursday Ian came in to teach us about road safety. We enjoyed negotiating the obstacles on the 'road' in the playground. We now know how to make safe turns and signal.

In RE we have been discussing the meaning of our names and learning about naming ceremonies in different religions.

Week 5

We had great fun this week in Year 1.

We enjoyed experimenting with different balances in PE.

Some of us were very creative!
On Wednesday and Thurday we built circuits as part of our electricity work.

Week 3

Another active week in year 1. On Thursday Ian came in to teach us a bit more about how to use our bikes.

We enjoyed playing games in the playground.

This week we have been learning about special things in RE.

We talked about objects that are precious to us and learned about Hindu people and their special things.

On Monday Sam's Daddy brought his bikes in to show us. We had lots of questions and showed off our knowledge of bikes too!

We enjoyed practicing our riding skills in the playground.

This week we have been learning how to present data in pictogram graphs. We found out that, surprisingly, silver is the most common colour of pet for year 1 children!

On Wednesday we made yummy blamongue with Mrs Hedges and Mrs Gregory. This helped our understanding of pushes and pulls, especially when using the special whisk.

Thursday was world book day and we all dressed up as our favourite story characters.

First Week Back

This week we started our new Bikes topic. We have been reading information texts about bikes and forces and motion. On Thursday we investigated the effect of pushes and pulls on different materials.

When you push the sand through the wheel the sails move round.
You can squash the balls but they bounce back quickly.

You can push and pull plasticine into different shapes, but it won't go back to how it was before.

We are looking forward to learning more about the movement of bikes next week.

Last week of term

We had a very busy final week of term. Mr Thwaites came in to help and taught us the All Black's Haka. We then made up our own version.

Debbie from Ashton park came to visit and took us for a gymnastics class.

Here are some pictures of Ava's and Joshkun's fantastic 3D road maps. Well done to everyone for working so hard on this topic.

Another treat - we watched a judo demonstration and were very impressed with the boys skills in throwing and falling safely.

Last week we did lots of work on our topic 'Outside my window'. We went on a walk around the local area, taking pictures of attractive and unattractive features. We really liked the park and the fun grafitti on North street. We really didn't like all the dog's mess!

We walked very fast and enjoyed getting our hearts pumping. We were very careful when crossing the roads. We counted about 20!

On Wednesday we made kiwi pavlovas with Mrs Gregory and Mrs Hedges. The Pavlova is a traditional pudding from New Zealand and was named after the Prima ballerina Anna Pavlova.