Year 1 have had a wonderful start to the academic year!
On October 11th, Year 1 embarked on an exciting geography walk around our local area. We walked down The Walk, into Parkfield Park, past the pond, and made our way up to the High Street before returning to school. Join us on this journey by looking at the images and don’t forget to keep an eye out for some interesting local features!
On October 16th, Year 1 visited Father Stephen at St. Mary’s Church. During our time there, he taught us all about Christenings and the various elements of the ceremony, which was fascinating! We even had the opportunity to explore the font and create some drawings. It was a wonderful experience!
During our science unit this term, Year 1 has been exploring the five senses of the human body: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. In our lessons, we conducted various experiments to engage with each sense.
For sight, we entered a dark room with a torch to discover if we could see in complete darkness as well as testing if we can throw a ball into a box with both eyes, one eye and no sight at all. In our hearing activity, we went on a sound walk both indoors and outdoors, listening for interesting and unusual sounds.
For taste, we enjoyed sampling a variety of foods, including sweet chocolate cookies, sour lemons, bitter dark chocolate, and salty popcorn. To test our sense of smell, we guessed the contents of five different pots filled with various scents.
Finally, for touch, we explored the classroom to find objects and materials that were rough, smooth, soft, and hard. It has been a fun and informative experience!
Local Walkabout - October 2023
On the of 12th October, Year 1 went for a geography walkabout of our local area. We walked down The Walk, along Highfield, through Parkfield Park and up to the High Street and then back to school. Watch the video to join us on our journey and don't forget to look out for some local features.
The Royal Gunpower Mills
Year 1 & 2 went to visit the Royal Gunpower mills. The focus was science, the children were given the opportunity to learn about rockets, gravity, and air pressure. They made their own rockets out of paper and were able to fly them using air pressure. We also looked at animal habitats and we spotted birds, mammals, and insects in the grounds. Here are some photographs to show the fun we had:
Great Fire of London Day
Our topic this term is Eye on London. The children have been learning all about London and have particularly enjoyed learning about ‘The Great Fire of London’. On Monday we had a Great Fire of London workshop. The hall was set out as Pudding Lane, where the fire had started. There were different activities the children could take part in which included:
Barber Surgeons, Apothecaries, Leather Workers, Chandlers, and Weavers.
While the children were taking part in their activities some children were chosen to act out different parts of the event such as putting out the fire, or collecting and killing the rats. All the children were completely engaged and took on their responsibilities very seriously. They had to be responsible for putting out the fire and pass a bucket to each other quickly before the fire got worse. This was an experience the children will never forget and it helped enhance what they already knew about the fire and also taught them many more facts that they didn't know.
