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Who would have lived in a medieval castle?

Medieval day-

We have had a fantastic medieval day in Elephant class- a huge thank  you to parents for providing such wonderful costumes.

Children have done the following:

• Learnt about the food that would have been served at medieval banquets before making their own medieval strawberry tarts (they then ate them this afternoon)
• Participated in medieval entertainment- archery and juggling like a jester.
• Created their own coat of arms, using symbols to represent their personalities.
• Attended a medieval banquet complete with mead (pretend)
• Learnt a medieval dance.

The children have had so much fun and behaved excellently all day. Thank you Elephants! Take  a look at some pictures  below.

In Maths this week, we have been learning how to use arrays to help us multiply. We took our learning outside onto the playground and made arrays with cones. Take a look at some pictures below.

This afternoon, in our Art lesson, we learnt about the ceramic artist Clarice Cliff. We looked at her circle tree plate design before using her circular motions, bright colours and black silhouttes to create our own Clarice Cliff inspired plates. Take a look at our wonderful creations below.

Motte and bailey castles-

Last week, in History we learnt about the first type of castles to be built- motte and bailey. We then went outdoors and worked collaboratively to build one! We used key vocabulary throughout including well, keep, barracks and moat. Take a look at a picture below.

Pre-learning task

For our pre-learning task we were asked to create a craft of a food you would find on a medieval banquet! Wow, the Elephant's creations are outstanding. We are so proud of them and they have all received merits each. Take a look at some pictures below.

As part of community week, Year One and Two have enjoyed litter picking on the field this morning. We found loads of litter and left the school field tidy. Good work Elephants and Meerkats! Look at some pictures below.

How can Jack grow the tallest beanstalk?

Phonics pet treat

Those of us who have completed all of our homework had a fantastic afternoon! We played on the apparatus in the hall, played the 'river bed' game and had ice lollies and juice! Well done Elephants, your hard work at home is having an impact and we are so proud of you.

Forest school

What a wonderful time we had at forest school this morning! We enjoyed some time on the animal park and were very excited to see some little chicks that were 11 days old!

After we went into the woodland to find some wild plants. We spotted daffodils, nettles and bluebells. We also found chard which we ate and watercress which we took back to the log circle.

In the middle of the circle, Sam had created a rocket stove. We warmed up Mrs T's homemade soup and then had watercress sandwiches to dip into it.

Behaviour was excellent and the children shared so much knowledge of the world around them and about their science learning about plants.

Take a look at some pictures below.

Design and Technology- making smoothies

This afternoon we produced our finished products- healthy smoothies. Some of us created banana, strawberry and honey smoothies, other apple, pear and spinach. We applied our fantastic cutting skills to prepping the ingredients and we enjoyed our finished creations. 

Take a look at some pictures below.

We have been using xylophones in our music lessons. Take a look at some pictures below.

Road safety

In our PSHE lessons, we have been learning about road safety. On Friday, Mrs Horner took us in the car park to practice what we have learned. We were very sensible. Take a look at some pictures below.

Design and Technology

We have really enjoyed our Design and Technology unit so far. We first learnt how to identify whether a food is a fruit or a vegetable (whether it has seeds or not) We were seed detectives when exploring a range of fruit and vegetables and worked as teams to categorise them correctly. We then learnt where different fruit and vegetables grow- under/ above the ground or on trees/vines. This afternoon we practiced our chopping and juicing skills ready for making smoothies next week. We chopped bananas, cucumbers, carrots, peppers and celery. I was so impressed with how careful the children were! Of course we tasted the food too. Fab work Elephants! Take a look at some pictures below.

Computing- Henri Matisse 

This afternoon, in our Computing lesson, we further developed our skills by creating shape pictures in the style of Henry Matisse. We had to use the polygon tool to form our own shapes and then fill them with bright colours. Some of us challenged ourselves to display our shapes in a curve like Matisse's famous snail art. Take a look at some pictures below.

Bedtime story reading workshop

What a fantastic evening Elephants and Sheep had- thank you to all that returned for our reading workshop. We loved having you in. We read the story 'Star in the jar' and worked together to get the star back up to the sky! We then completed crafts and activities with our parents before ending with a makaton song. Take a look at some pictures below.

Computing

Yesterday we were fantastic in our computing lesson. We came familiar with paintappz and used the tools to create our own portraits. Our mouse control was fantastic! Take a look at some pictures below.

Planting beans-

We have enjoyed planting beans in our Science lessons. We are going to care for our plants, track their progress and race to reach the top of the castle first.

Pre-learning task

Wow! I am amazed by the children's pre-learning tasks. They have created some wonderful plants in a variety of ways. All children have received merits.

We have been learning about the parts of a tree. Look at our completed labelled collages.

SPAG relay

We revised our knowledge of nouns and adjectives through an outdoor relay race. Take a look at some pictures below.

Which is Olaf's favourite season?

Weather presenter videos

This term, as part of our Science and Geography work, we have been learning about different types of weather. We have also watched some weather forecast videos. This afternoon, after writing scripts of our own, we filmed them in front of the green screen. Take a look at our wonderful creations below.

Spring 1- Which is Olaf's favourite season?

Parent workshop-

We had a lovely morning in the forest learning about Winter, creating shelters, birdfeeders and meeting the animals on the animal park. The turn out was fantastic- we would like to say a huge thank you to parents for your engagement, you are fab.

Take a look at some pictures below.

Summer afternoon

As part of our work on seasons, we manifested the sun this afternoon, popped on our sunhats and glasses, and learnt about Summer. After we had some super discussions about nature, events and weather, we participated in a fun carousel of activities. This included eating ice lollies and making shapes and sandcastles in the sand. A fun Science afternoon! Take a look at some pictures below.

Seasons calendars

As part of our work on seasons, we have been learning about how nature changes over the year and which s. We have created our own seasons calendars to show this. We have brought them home to display.

Pre-learning task

Wow Year 1! We are so impressed with your pre-learning tasks. Children were asked to take a season selfie and write a sentence explaining how their picture showed that season. They are wonderful and children have received merits for their work.

Take a look at some pictures below.

Autumn 2- Why are humans not like tigers?

Phonics pet treat

Well done to the Elephants who have completed all their phonics pet work this term- it really does show in their progress! Thank you to parents for supporting them with this. We have enjoyed our polar express treat afternoon today- we popped on our pyjamas, got our special tickets and enjoyed watching the film with a hot chocolate and biscuits (some homemade by Kalai, thank you!) We also got our own bell to take home. Take a look at some pictures below.

We have had a fantastic festive day in Year One! This morning, alongside Year Two, we visited the theatre at Mansfield Museum to watch the performance of Christopher's Christmas. We interacted fantastically with the actors and there was lots that made us laugh. We also sang really well and copied their makaton signs. Behaviour was excellent as usual and the children were a pleasure to take out. This afternoon, the elf was good (for a change!) and brought us all a present from Santa. We have all gone home happy with a new book to read. Take a look at some pictures below.

The Bossy King! 

Years 1 and 2 performed their nativity 'The Bossy King' this week and made us all very proud with their singing and speaking. It is not easy standing up in front of a hall full of adults, but they showed what stars they are and performed brilliantly. If you missed the performance or would like to see it again please click on the picture below which will take you to YouTube to view our dress rehearsal recording. 

You can only access the video from this link, it will not come up with a YouTube search. The link will be deactivated at the end of January. 

Thank you to parents for attending the performances and helping pupils learn their lines. A BIG thank you to the stars of the show, the pupils, who made us all feel very Christmassy.

Merry Christmas from all the Key Stage 1 staff! 

Year 1 are so excited to perform our nativity , 'The Bossy King' alongside the Year 2s tomorrow and Wednesday. We have been working hard to practice our lines and I'm sure you will agree, we have wonderful singing voices. 

Below you will find pictures of us in our costumes.

We are authors!

Last week we created our own versions of Dear Zoo and wow they are fantastic! I'd argue that they are even better than Rod Campbell's original story. We used some amazing adjectives , conjunctions and even exclamation marks. Our purpose for writing these stories was to entertain the Nursery children. Therefore, we visited Nursery today and read them our stories. They listened extremely carefully and enjoyed our ideas. Take a look at some pictures below.

Parent workshops

We have loved having our parents in with us this morning at our phonics workshops. We showed them how we learn phonics, played some games and made an 'igh' light to take home. Thank you to you parents for being so fab, it was lovely to work with you.

Take a look at some pictures below.

Forest school

The Year Ones have had a fantastic morning at forest school. We have had lots of fun completing different activities such as following a map to find hidden tigers, creating tigers from natural materials and drinking hot chocolate with homemade biscuits (thank you Miss Thompson!) The children's behaviour was wonderful and there was some fantastic interactions between the children.

Pre-learning task

Wow! We are blown away by the effort that has been put into the children's pre-learning tasks. They are all so unique and children have loved sharing them with their peers. All children that have completed the task have received merits on their chart. Take a look at some pictures below.

This afternoon we have started our new Science unit, 'Animals including humans.' We learnt about the parts of the body and then went outside to draw round and label our own bodies. Take a look at a selection of photos below.

Autumn 1- What would life be like as a pirate?

We have had a fantastic morning having Halloween fun as a treat for completing our phonics pet homework this term. We made chocolate spiders and ghost decorations to take home in addition to Halloween crafting and hammer art. Well done Elephants for all your hard work this term- we are so proud of you. Take a look at some pictures below.

Pirate day

What a fantastic day we have had in Elephant class! A huge thank you to parents for providing the costumes; they all looked fabulous. We started our day using our geography skills- we followed maps around the playground to find pirate items and we got treasure to eat at the end. After we participated in the pirate olympics we had to walk the plank and swim in the sea. We then did some science work investigating which material would be best to make a floating pirate ship and then we made our own ships to take home! After lunch we did some Art- observational drawing and then we ended the day with lots of pirate themed games. We all went home with a prize! Take a look at some pictures below.