Year 1
Mrs Lewis and Mrs DochertyWelcome to Year 1
French Club
Year 1 and 2 have really enjoyed taking part in a range of activities in French Club this half term. We’ve learned to count to ten, designed family trees, produced Eiffel Tower artwork, made flags, tasted French food and cooked delicious crepes.
Halloween 🎃 in Year One!
To end our DT unit ‘Fruit & Vegetables’ Year One have been pumpkin carving just in time for Halloween. We worked in groups of 4 to design our pumpkins. We then let the rest of the school vote to decide which pumpkin design was the winner! Well done Year One and...
Understanding Gender Stereotypes
In our PSHE lesson this afternoon, year 1 have begun to learn about gender stereotypes. Our first activity was to sort the activity cards into two hoops depending on whether it was more likely to be liked or done by a boy or a girl. We found a few problems with this...
A Smelly Investigation!
Year 1 have been learning about their senses. This afternoon we explored our sense of smell. We had to work out what smell was in each pot - some smells were nice and others were not so nice!
The Music Service- Recycling and Conservation
Today the children from Reception to Year 6 received a very special treat when Gateshead's Music Service came into school to perform a live music workshop all about Recycling and Conservation. The children played a range of graphic scores to accompany the live band as...
Another special visitor!
Year 1 have been learning about 'belonging' in their RE lessons this half term. On Thursday, Deacon Linda Watkin came to visit us to talk about how baptism welcomes a person into the family of the church. We were very interested to learn about the different objects...
Colin the Crocodile <>=🐊
Year 1 have been introduced to Colin the Crocodile today 🐊 he has been helping us to compare numbers using the vocabulary ‘Less than, Greater than and Equal to.’ We have had lots of fun comparing numbers and feeding Colin the bigger number then reading the...
A Very Special Visitor!
Today we had a very special visitor in school– Grandma Anne. She spent time talking to us about her childhood and how different it was to live a long time ago. We thought about the questions we wanted to ask before she came then took turns to ask her. Here are some of...
Become a Naval Architect
Year 1 have enjoyed a workshop with Mel from NUSTEM this afternoon. We found out about the job that naval architects do and learned that they must be curious, organised and creative to carry out their work. We had to make our own boats from a ball of plasticene and...
Bedtime Story Sacks
We have some new visitors in Early Years and Key Stage One! Our story buddies have asked if they can visit each child's house in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 over the course of the year to share one of their favourite bedtime stories with our children. Each story...
NUFC FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
Year One will be working on ‘Fundamental Skills’ with NUFC during this half term in PE. Today they have been working with the coach on how to perfect their bouncing skills using a variety of balls.
Pulse & Rhythm (All about me!)
Year One have been practising how to clap and play in time to the music. Last week we learnt some new songs ’My name is…’ and ‘My favourite thing…’ the children worked hard to clap along. This week we played along to the music ’You've got a friend in me’ from Disney’s...