Class of 2019
'Starry Night' Recreations
This half term Class One have been learning all about Vincent Van Gogh and his famous painting 'Starry Night'. Today we have worked hard to complete our own 'Starry Night' interpretations with a space themed twist! We designed our project before making and evaluating it. We used all the skills we…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 15 December 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 1 Design Technology Art
Experimenting with Watercolours
Today in Class One we continued to experimenting with different artistic mediums to re-create Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' painting. The children all really enjoyed exploring the different colours and how to make lighter and darker shades. They produced some beautiful swirls and stars just…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 9 December 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Sorting Everyday Materials
Today in Class One we sorted lots of different everyday materials in a range of different ways. Some of us sorted by the materials properties, such as shiny, dull, hard and soft and some of us sorted based on materials the objects were made from e.g. wood, plastic and metal. We really enjoyed…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 2 December 2020
Category: Class of 2019
What Happened in Class One?!
We've been writing poems about Space the last few weeks to help what we thought was a lost alien. However this mornings shenanigans told us a different story! When we walked into the classroom all the chairs and tables were covered in shiny silver material. Our books were all wrapped up and so was…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 17 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Experimenting with Everyday Materials
Today in Class One we put our investigative skills to the test. We tested the properties of a range of everyday materials, from metal to paper. We were interested to know if these materials were waterproof, shiny, stretchy, transparent and hard. We really enjoyed our afternoon being real…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 11 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Lost in Space
Today in Class One we launched our Space topic. We blasted off in our rocket to the moon, experienced walking in zero gravity and ate an astronaut fruit salad. We are so excited to be learning about Neil Armstrong and the journey he made and we can't wait to jump right in with our moon boots and…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 3 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Book and Biscuit
Today all the children enjoyed a reward for the amazing phonics learning they have done this half term. Every single child in Class One has made a fantastic effort and they’ve all really applied themselves and been ‘Concentrating Connors’! So as a little treat we all enjoyed some hot chocolate, a…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 22 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
UK Day in Class One
Class One have had a fantastic day celebrating and learning about all the countries in the UK. They've made banana cakes and decorated with the countries flags, dressed in red, white and blue, created fact files for a give country, had a go at some Irish dancing and finished with a lovely tea…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 16 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
A Bee-Bot London Road
During choosing time this week, the children were all very excited to create a road for the BeeBots to travel along. They used their knowledge from our 'Queen and Country' topic to add Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and 30 of the Queen's corgi's to the London road. They they used their…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 8 October 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Our First Week in Year One
We have been really busy in Class One since we’ve returned and we’ve only been back a week! On Monday we received a mystery box of hats with a letter from Queen Elizabeth II! She really needs our help to help catch her blow away hat so we are working hard to write some instructions to help her to…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 17 September 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Class R Vets Role Play
Our new topic in Class R is 'Animals'. The children are really enjoying pretending to be vets in our new role play area. They are dressing up and using the play instruments to examine the animals and care for them.
Posted by Liz Veverka on 3 March 2020
Category: Class of 2019
Rescuing a penguin from the ice!
Class R have had great fun working together to find the best way to rescue a penguin from a big block of ice! The children came up with their own strategies to rescue the penguin, learning by trial and error.
They tried scraping, rubbing and attempting to smash the ice before working out they…
Posted by Liz Veverka on 10 February 2020
Category: Class of 2019