Y1 (2019/2020)

Amazing Astronauts - UOI Our UOI theme took us further into space, as we explored the role of the astronaut.  We looked at how astronauts eat in space, which is no mean feat with the absence of gravity.  The children. also looked at the importance of the astronauts space suit and designed their own. Luffy working on his Amazing Astronauts and I have to say they are indeed amazing! I have learned so much more about the life of an astronaut from you Luffy.  Great job! English In English the children were working on developing their comprehension skills.  They read a story called 'Clark the Shark' and then answered comprehension questions.  They also read another story called 'Brave Irene'.  Following this they made a story map.   Junior busy doing his online work.  Great job Junior. Junior did an amazing job of answering the questions from the story 'Clark the Shark'. Junior distinguishes be...

Short and Sweet! This has been a very short term with the mid term break, however we still managed to do quite a bit of work. In English this week the students read the story about a grouchy ladybird.  They had to then find synonyms for the word grouchy, they did a great job. Junior found some very interesting words. Great job Junior!   As you can see Luffy is really concentrating but the results pay off!  Great job Luffy! Torch's grouchy ladybug. Lunar busy working on her 'Grouchy Ladybug'. Love the drawings and the synonyms Lunar. Maths This week we continued to work on time.  Once again the children did some pretty impressive work. Natasha also practised writing her numbers.  I'm super impressed Natasha.  You did a wonderful job of the clock too.  Well done. Lunar tells the time. Spy working hard on his addition sums.  Great job Spy! ...

This week the children explored the concepts of space and space travel.  They learned more about the planets in our solar system and even designed their own planets, describing what they looked like, who lived there and other relevant information.  What imaginations! Torch busy at work creating his planet. Moses did a great job at designing his planet and also provided lots of information. Obviously a lot of thought going into the creation of Jewoo's planet. Loving Luffy's Planet. English The children practised their writing skills this week by making their own space books.  They also looked at the digraph 'oo' as in moon and found lots of words containing this sound. Junior busy working on his digraphs. The results are proof that hard work pays off.  Great job Junior. Torch produced some very pleasing results too.  Well done Torch. Moses did a tremendous job with his Space Book.  Great pictures...

UOI This week the children delved deeper into their investigation of the solar system.  They learned that the sun is the centre of our solar system and many more interesting facts, which they included in a poster of the sun. Spy did a superb job of making a sun which included lots of interesting facts.  Great job Spy! Love your drawing of the planets Spy! Junior wrote down many interesting facts about the sun. Wonderful work Junior.  Well done! Tone working hard on his sun poster. Torch shows off his sun poster. Maths One of the topics explored in maths this week was 3D shapes.  The children were able to name basic 3D shapes as well as their properties.  They then had a go at drawing these as well as making them.     Jewoo busy categorising and drawing his 3D shapes. Great work Spy! Such concentration! The finished product.  Great model Tone.  Well done! What a tale...