Year 1
Year One Lisbon is taught by Aimie White and her TA is Adriana Szuba. Year One Padua is taught by Elisha Kambo and her TA is Laura Wheable.
The Year One classrooms are in the main building and they share the front playground with the Reception children.
Weekly Class Updates
Art- Spiral Shapes
Year 1 have been learning about Spiral shapes in Art lessons. They looked at the work of Molly Haslund and created their own spiral artwork.
Science- Seasons
In Science, children have been learning about seasons. They went on an Autumn walk to look for signs of Autumn.
Music
In Music, children have been learning about pulse and rhythm. They used different instruments to play some short rhythms in time with the pulse.
Electric Umbrella
We were very lucky to have Electric Umbrella join us for the day where we had a fun singing assembly with the whole school and then we had workshops in the afternoon! We learnt that there is no such thing as normal and we all had such a brilliant, happy afternoon together.
Retreat Day
Children took part in a retreat day based on the Nativity. Children created an Advent wreath and Advent classroom display. They learnt the song ‘Stay Awake’.
Gymnastics
In Gymnastics this term, children have been learning about travelling and rolling. They learnt how to make curled and stretched shapes to help them with rolling. They were very lucky to have some lessons with Anita, our PE specialist teacher from Queens’ School.
e-Safety
Y1 have been learning about the importance of naming our work online. They made their own online work with their name written on it.
DT- Windmills
In DT lessons, children were learning about structures. They made windmills using cups and straws.
Virtual Author Visit
Year 1P took part in a virtual author visit with K. Ashworth (Author) and C Larmour (illustrator) about their book called This That What. They introduced their book and read it to the children. They spoke to the children about writing stories and illustrating.
Forest School
Epiphany Party
Year 1 had a lovely afternoon celebrating the Epiphany. The children wore crowns that they made over the Christmas break and decorated crown biscuits. The children made star medallions to show how they can be a guiding light. A lovely time was had by all!
Moving Pictures with Year 4
Year 4 created some moving picture books based on nursery rhymes. Then they came to show them to us. We really enjoyed seeing the different parts that moved. Thank you Year 4!
Clay Ammonites
As part of our Science topic we have been learning about fossils. We created our own ammonites using clay.
Spiral artwork
In our art topic the children have been learning to make different types of spirals. We have been using small finger movements and large arm movements to create different sizes and we have used different medias as well.
Tring Museum
As part of our Science topic where we learn how to group animals we went for a school trip to Tring Museum. Whilst we were there we were able to look at the different exhibits and take part in a workshop which helped us to learn how to group invertebrates.
Special Assembly with Fr. Alex
We were very lucky to have a special assembly with Fr. Alex where he talked about the different parts of the Mass and why we have each part.
Bekonscot Model Village
As part of our History topic about toys we went to visit Bekonscot where we took part in a ‘History of Toys’ workshop. During this workshop we were lucky to handle toys from the 1930s and compare them to toys that some of us have today. Then we were able to have a look at the model village as well.
