Childhood in the 1950s

Childhood in the 1950s

In preparation for our visit to Beamish next week, Hannah came into school to talk about the new ‘Romer Parrish’ toy shop at Beamish which is a replica of the 1950s toy shop in Middlesbrough. We talked about how the toys that we play with today are different from the...
The Part-Whole Model

The Part-Whole Model

Year 1 have been learning that the part-whole model is a pictorial representation that shows the relationship between a whole and its parts. This is useful to help our understanding of addition and subtraction. We used children, beanbags, shapes and animals to...
Less than, greater than or equal to?

Less than, greater than or equal to?

Year 1 have been introduced to Colin the Crocodile today he has been helping us to compare numbers using the vocabulary ‘Less than, great than and equal to.’ We have had lots of fun comparing numbers and feeding Colin the bigger number then reading the number...
Map Making

Map Making

Today we had a visit from Zor from planet Nebulon, he landed in our school and needed help finding his way around our classroom. He asked us to create a map of our classroom to show the location of different objects in the classroom such as tables, chairs and the...
Fundamental skills

Fundamental skills

Year One have been working with the coach from NUFC today to perfect their throwing and catching skills. They have worked so hard. Keep up your hard work and great attitudes Year One!
Cutting & Juicing

Cutting & Juicing

Year 1 have been learning all about fruit and vegetables in our Design Technology unit ‘Making Smoothies’. We know how to tell the difference between fruits and vegetables and we know which foods grow below or above the ground. This lesson we discussed how to prepare...