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The children were working hard outside during science and were writing what potatoes need to grow. They created a how to guide and drew diagrams too!

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We completed one of our 50 things today which was to create art using nature! The children came up with lots of different ideas like making a rainbow, making a house, making a mountain! We then worked together to create a huge Year 1 sign!

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Year 1 have unearthed our potatoes and we were amazed with what has grown! We then wrote a how to look after potatoes guide and drew and labelled potato diagrams. We can’t wait to taste the potatoes!

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After preparing for our enterprise Year 1 coloured in some flags in preparation for Sunday's match! It's coming home!

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We have been working on designing and making our keyrings for enterprise on Tuesday! Please come along and support the local business of Year 1 by purchasing a positivity keyring.

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Last week we had a fantastic time at All Things Wild. We enjoyed seeing all of the animals and being zoo keepers feeding the ring-tailed lemurs.

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We have been consolidating our work counting in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s, we did this by some creative practical activities. We also practiced telling the time and counting money.

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We have been working on spelling and reading tricky words. We have been working on using them in sentences and spelling them correctly.

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In year 1, we have created some delicious fruit kebabs! We started by tasting different fruits and then designing a tasty fruit kebab, then we developed our chopping skills.

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Today we learned the names of different body parts using the scientific name. We then sorted the pictures into a venn diagram and made some swimming costumes to maintain privacy for our little paper people.

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In science we created zoos considering how to separate the animals based on whether they are a carnivore, herbivore or an omnivore. We discussed what they eat and how the zoo keepers should look after them.

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As part of our '50 things' we flew colourful kites.

We enjoyed chasing after them and watching them soar.

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Year 1 completed some artwork as part of our outdoor learning. The children sketched still life scenes and took part in weaving activities. Thank you to all the adults who were able to join us for a lovely afternoon.

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Today Year 1 created villages for fairies. We thought about what they would like included and had lots of super creative ideas. We had to scavenge for our resources and plan and work together as a team.

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As part of our outdoor learning we designed and created magical potions. Some people designed potions to grant superpowers, such as flying and ice powers, whilst others made concoctions to transform objects into gold or chocolate. What did your potion do?

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In Maths, we have been working on recognising coins and understanding their value. We used the coins to do a rubbing activity and then sorted the coins.

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Using our new class text 'How to be a dog', we created our own pets and then role played what those pets do. Where do they sleep? What do they like to eat? What is their favourite game to play? This will then be used to create our own how to guide.

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In music we made up short musical sentences and worked in pairs to create a musical conversation. We discussed what mood the conversation sounded like and worked on taking turns.

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Geography today involved creating an aerial view of a seaside town or city, this included making human and physical features and writing a key to accompany the map.

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In Science, we have been classifying animals. We looked at the features and characteristics of mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, insects and reptiles. We then tried to sort a variety of animals into these categories using photos to help us. Can you name 3 amphibians?

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Continuing our work exploring numbers up to 100, we have been partitioning two digit numbers into tens and ones.

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In Maths, we have been counting to 100. We have looked at place value and used different resources to make multiples of ten all the way up to 100. How many tens are there in 80?

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CONGRATULATIONS on your fantastic poetry performance of 'Imagination Running Free'. You all did a fantastic job, well done!

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Year 1 have been looking at the parts of the body in Science. Today, we had a look at an x-ray of a hand showing all of the bones we use everyday to write, wave and give a thumbs up. We then created our own artwork representing an x-ray of our own hands.

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Focusing on the vocabulary above, below, left and right we have been describing the position of cubes and colours. We were able to create our own shapes and then describe them to each other.

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To practise our phonics we have been working as teams to spell different words. What sounds can you spot in the words above? Remember to look for split digraphs( o_e i_e e_e a_e u_e) which we sometimes find a little tricky.

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In Maths, we have been giving directions to our friends to help them travel across the classroom and reach the cross. We have been using new vocabulary and challenged ourselves by trying to avoid obstacles along the way.

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Continuing our work focusing on position and direction, we have been using the vocabulary left and right. The children gave each other directions to move either left or right and were able to write sentences about the positioning of objects and images.

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In Maths, we have been looking at turning shapes. We used the vocabulary quarter turn, half turn, 3 quarter turn and full turn.

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In PSHCE we have been discussing how to treat people with respect. We read the story 'A little bit of Respect' by Claire Alexander. We talked about how the characters' emotions change throughout the story and how we should show each other kindness and respect.

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We have made green hearts exploring our sense of touch and smell. Green is considered a calming and relaxing colour and has been a part of mindfulness day. We filled the hearts with a lavender scent and decorated them with beads and buttons.

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As part of our day looking at mindfulness and mental wellbeing we headed out onto the field to take part in a scavenger hunt. We were able to find all of the hidden items and check them off on our lists. Some super teamwork Year 1!

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Today we enjoyed a variety of activities focused on mindfulness. This included reading together, decorating a reading hut, playing traditional games, yoga, expressive art and exploring using our five senses. We had a day full of fun!

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Do you prefer hot or cold colours? This week we have been exploring warm and cool colours. We have thought about the colour wheel and have created a page to demonstrate our knowledge creatively.

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We have designed, made and evaluated a new lunchbox to safely transport Mr. Grinling's tasty lunch past the pesky seagulls. We worked on different joining techniques and talked about using appropriate materials.

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We took a trip back in time reading postcards from 100 years ago! Taking inspiration from these artefacts we created our own postcards imagining we were on a seaside holiday.

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Sight, touch, smell, taste and sound! This afternoon we took our learning outside and explored using our senses to go on a scavenger hunt. Can you find something with an aroma?

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In RE, we listened to different calls to worship and then used instruments to create our own. Some children decided to use vocals to create a song and others used a variety of percussion instruments.

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In Science, we have been continuing our work on the five senses. Inspired by the story 'Peace At Last' by Jill Murphy, the children tested ways to block out loud snoring. It was a lot of fun testing how best to reduce the sound and the children were able to write a letter to Mr. Bear telling him how he can finally get some peace.

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Windswept, wild and wilted! We have started looking at a new class text called 'The Tin Forest'. The story focuses on an old man who creates the forest that he has been dreaming about and wishing for. Today, the children came up with fantastic adjectives to describe the illustrations.

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This week in Maths, we have been exploring arrays. The children have been using arrays to help with addition calculations and have been using new mathematical vocabulary such as rows, columns, equal and unequal.

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Year 1 loved reading this book as part of our writing unit, they particularly liked the pesky seagulls! We enjoyed it so much that we have started to read another book by the same authors 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Catastrophe'.

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We have been working practically to count up in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s. How high ca you count in 2s?

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Oh no the sugar and salt got mixed up! Year 1 helped solve the problem by investigating using their senses to correctly label the jars. We discovered that taste was the most effective sense for this task as it looked, sounded, smelt and felt the same.

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How are you?

Good morning!

Have you had a great day?

In PSHCE, we have been discussing how we can greet our friends in different ways. Some of us like a high five, a wave, a dance or a handshake while others prefer a friendly hug.

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In History this week, we have been looking at artefacts from throughout different time periods. The children have written some fantastic historical questions to try and learn more about what seaside holidays were like in the past.

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In RE, we have explored different religious artefacts and how they are used. Children were given the opportunity to look and touch different artefacts and predict how and why they might be used, we also discussed what religion uses them.

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Outdoor capacity and volume investigation

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Outdoor capacity and volume investigation

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To summarise our learning we used our outdoor area to explore capacity and volume. We carried out a range of different investigations and worked well together practically.

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To go with our PSHCE lesson we have been reading a variety of books about friendship. We really enjoyed 'Meesha makes a friend' especially when she meets a creative friend.

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In PSHCE, we have been looking at how to be a good friend. The children came up with lots of excellent answers like: a friend is helpful, a friend is kind, a friend is compassionate. We created our own friends and filled them with the qualities we believe needed to be a fantastic friend!

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In Science this week we have been naming and labelling different parts of the body.

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Our focus in maths is capacity, today we measured the capacity of different containers using small jars as a unit of measure. It also gave us a chance to work on our pouring skills!

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In History we used photographs to find clues as to what seaside holidays were like in the past. We found lots of differences when comparing it to seaside holidays today and it created lots of discussion in the classroom. What clues can you find in the photograph?

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This week we have been working on measuring mass using non standard units. We have used the scales to weigh different objects using cubes which we then recorded in a table. We have been using lots of key vocabulary like; mass, weigh, balanced, heaviest and lightest.

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Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating today! We loved reading 'The Best Eid Ever' and we enjoyed learning how people celebrate Eid. We also made Eid cards to celebrate!

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As part of our Geography topic, we have been exploring the capital cities within the U.K. The children have chosen a city and created their own maps complete with a key to identify the human and physical features.

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As you have noticed outside Year 1, we have been growing potatoes! We discussed the different ways we enjoy eating potatoes and have started to grow our own. Today, we saw the first leaf.

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In Science, we have been observing white flowers and have seen how the petals change colour when left to grow in different colour dyes. We think that the red colouring has worked the best as the petals have turned a wonderful pink.

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We have been measuring using non standard units of measure and comparing the sizes of different objects. How many cubes tall is a chair?

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Following on from sharing stories on World Book Day, the super students in 4HE created interactive books to share with us. They based their stories on Tom Fletcher's series of books including 'There's a chick in my book'. They shared their books and asked the children in Year 1 to interact by turning pages, finding hidden characters and shaking the books. It was a lot of fun listening to their stories and diving into their imaginary worlds . Thank you Year 4!

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In Computing, we have been working on animated stories. Today we have added a background to our stories and have learnt how to change the font. 💻

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Year 1 completed some beautiful observational drawings of daffodils using oil pastels.

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In PSHCE, we have been learning about road safety and about how to safely cross a road. We have done this by acting out scenarios and following the road safety anthem: Stop, look, listen, think and cross.

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Magnetic monkeys caused mayhem in the Year 1 classes! Children explored using magnetics and how they work, we tested different objects around the classes to see if it is magnetic or not!

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As part of Science week we explored static electricity. We used balloons and talked about creating a negative charge. We were able to make our hair stand up, pick up tissue paper and stick the balloons to the wall. 🎈⚡️

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Science Squad has been voted for our class story this week! We have been reading it at the end of the day and have enjoyed seeing all the amazing experiments inside it!

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As part of science week, Year 1 have been testing out a variety of biscuits. We used cold water to see how many dunks it would take for the biscuit to break. We discussed how we could make it a fair test and predicted what biscuit would be best for dunking! We predicted that short bread biscuits would be the best because they are the thickest.

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We worked in a team today to calculate number problems involving addition, children chose their own methods to use and had access to different practical resources.

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Year One have been making chocolate nests for this afternoon’s enterprise. They will be on sale after school in the hall. Don’t forget to come along and buy some tasty treats and easter crafts.🐣🐰

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Continuing Science Week we have planted cress seeds to see who can grow the tallest cress. We have predicted how tall we think they will grow and have chosen different locations in the classroom to see where they will get the right amount of sunlight.

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Inspired by the story 'I don't like books. Never. Ever. The end.' by Emma Perry and Sharon Davey we explored what we could do with books other than simply reading them. We had some very imaginative ideas such as wearing it as a hat, flapping like wings, creating a tiny tent and using as a snowboard.

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In PSHE we have been sorting foods into two groups. Healthy foods that we should eat often and foods that we should only eat occasionally. 🍒🍔🍏🧀

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To kickstart science week Professor Ian came in and conducted a variety of experiments including electricity and gravity. He spoke to us and showed us a range of ways that science is used in our everyday life. The children thought his science experiments were magical! We ended the day with a Q&A with him. Thank you Mr Smith for organising it!

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Outside today Year 1 have been planting sweetcorn, tomatoes, sweet pepper, runner beans and strawberries. We have been discussing how to take care of a plant and what they need to grow. This also links to our 50 things of growing a seed.

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We used our imaginations and came up with different games all to do with sticks! This is linked to our studied book ‘The Oak Tree’. We were slaying dragons, making camp fires and houses, playing noughts and crosses and even playing the drums. We will use this to help us write a diary entry next week!

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We celebrated world book day with lots of exciting activities, this includes; completing a reading trail, shared reading with Year 4, teacher swap, creating a class dictionary with our word costumes, making a stickman inspired by Julia Donaldson, writing our own stories inspired by our favourite books and making items from the Oliver Jeffers book ‘What we’ll build’, we had lots of fun!

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We hope you enjoy mothers and others day this Sunday if you are celebrating. We have read ‘Mothers and Others Day’ and ‘The two grannies’.

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We sorted a range of empty household products, discussing their uses, purposes and how they help us lead a clean and healthy lifestyle. We enjoyed working as a year group and contributed well in class.
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In Geography this week we have been looking at the similarities and differences between towns and the countryside. We read the story ‘The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse’ to help illustrate the differences. 🏢🏡

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We appraised a performance of well known songs played on the clarinet and the recorder. We compared the two performances using vocabulary including pitch and tempo. The children sang along beautifully and enjoyed exploring the music performed on woodwind instruments.

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We had some amazing performances in music! We performed to the song ‘Round and round’ using the glockenspiels. We tried our best to keep in time to the beat and discussed what we could do to improve next time.

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In phonics today we looked at the grapheme ‘u’ and the alternative sounds.
“a unicorn in uniform” 🦄

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We have been discussing the importance of making healthy choices and living a balanced lifestyle. The children have shared the story ‘Would you like a banana?’ which made us consider our healthy eating habits. We then discussed their favourite healthy foods and activities.

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Continuing our work on healthy habits, we read the ‘The Crunching Munching Caterpillar’ and discussed how the caterpillar stays healthy by eating fresh vegetables and getting plenty of sleep 💤.

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In Science we have been comparing plants and trees using stem sentences to discuss the similarities and differences. In groups we sorted the plants and trees into differing categories and represented this using Venn diagrams.

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In History, we have been exploring what Evesham looks like in the past and making comparisons to what it looks like now. We had fun exploring using a digital map and found out that our school is built on an allotment.

Here is the website we used if you would like to explore further: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.0&lat=52.09640&lon=-1.94292&layers=225&right=ESRIWorld

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In Computing we have been using basic direction keys to successfully move a character in the right direction.

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In PSHCE this week we have been looking at healthy lifestyles. We have sorted healthy and unhealthy habits and used the story ‘Eat your greens Goldilocks’ to help illustrate the importance of healthy eating. We rate the story 5/5 because the bear’s are really friendly and help Goldilocks make better choices. 🍓🥕🌽🥦

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Magic moments during Children's Mental Health Week ⭐ 

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Magic moments during Children's Mental Health Week ⭐ 

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As one of our activities for Children's Mental Health Week, Year 1 have made magical wands. Written on the wand is something that makes us who we are and is a quality we are proud of. Some examples include being brave, strong, curious or compassionate. We enjoyed being creative and will make sure we keep demonstrating these positive qualities.

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As part of Children's Mental Health Week, we have been talking about the power of positive thinking. We have been saying positive affirmations and have created some of our own.

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As part of our Safer Internet Day we looked at the story #Goldilocks. We rate this book 5/5 stars! It is really funny and helps give advice on internet safety. Our favourite parts were the funny photos she was taking and when she was chased by the bears.

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Today we took part in lots of activities focusing on online safety and the dos and the don'ts of using the internet. We created a class book with advice to Goldilocks on how she should behave online and what she is able to share safely. We sorted statements using the tuff tray deciding whether they were safe (just right) or unsafe (too hot).

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We explored programming beebots across an online safety themed board game. We had to decide whether the statement was good advice or bad for staying safe online. We had lots of discussion and worked well in teams.

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To continue celebrating Number Day we chose to read a story about numbers. We read '10 Little Dinosaurs' and decided to rate the book 4/5 stars because we liked that none of the dinosaurs were actually hurt at the end. We especially liked joining in when all the dinosaurs ROAR! Whilst we were sharing the story we were representing the numbers in different ways and practising our number bonds.

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As part of our Number Day activities we have taken part in a challenge to 'Escape the classroom'. We had five problem solving challenges to complete which revealed a secret code. Year One worked brilliantly as a team and we managed to successfully complete the tasks and escape. Well done Year One!

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This morning, we have been composing our own pieces of music on the glockenspiel. We worked together in pairs and then performed our compositions to the class. We also performed 'Happy Birthday' to help celebrate another member of Year One turning six today.

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Inspired by our U.F.O. sighting we have been reading both fiction and non - fiction books about our solar system, astronauts and aliens.

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Something very exciting happened in Year 1 this morning. A spaceship crash landed in a tree outside our classrooms. We went to investigate and discovered footprints. It has raised lots of questions and we hope to find out more about this mysterious visitor at Swan Lane First School. Year 1 have drawn what they think the alien might look like and have written questions they would like to explore further.

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After reading 'Lost and found' by Oliver Jeffers, we wanted to explore other books that he has written. We found a variety in our class library and enjoyed reading 'Here we are'.

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In science we explored the sustainable development goal 'Life on land'. We did this by looking at different animals habitats and how they have changed. We looked at: deforestation, climate change, plastic pollution and human impact on animal life. We discussed what we can do to help the animals and protect them. We loved exploring the different habitats and produced some fantastic drawings and notes!