Today in maths we started learning about length and height. We practiced using the words longer and shorter to describe objects on the playground. Some children then challenged themselves by measuring the length and height of the objects using rulers.

This afternoon 1C had their Great Fire of London workshop. The children enjoyed building their own Tudor Houses using wattle and daub. They worked together in teams to build the structures using sticks then added mud to strengthen them. We then talked about what materials would have been better to use to build a house in 1666 and they had a go at building their own. All of the children really impressed me with all the facts they remembered about the Great Fire of London!

This morning we made the most of the nice weather by doing some maths outside. The children drew number lines using their knowledge of numbers to 50. We then practised writing the midpoint on the number line and estimating where the other numbers would go.

In ICT this week, we worked with Bee-Bots. We explored what each button does and how to use them to control the Bee-Bots’ movements. The children practiced programming the Bee-Bots by entering a sequence of commands such as forward, backward, left, and right.

In R.E this week we learnt about how Christians welcome new life into the world. We acted out a baptism ceremony as a class and talked about the importance of certain objects and symbols such as a font, a candle and a cross. The children did a fantastic job of acting out the reverend, parents and God parents!

Thank you so much to all the adults who came and celebrated 1C’s Arts Fortnight on Friday. I’m sure you’ll agree that they did absolutely amazingly! Please enjoy the video of the dance below!

At ACE we celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed in our pyjamas with our favourite bedtime story. The children were very excited to show each other their pyjamas and they enjoyed sharing their books with their friends!

Last week in 1C we started our Arts Fortnight. We mixed primary colours to make secondary colours such as orange. We also made colours lighter and darker using white and black. We experimented used palette knives to make marks that represented fire.

On Friday Year 1 enjoyed a trip to Leeds City Museum. Some of our favourite parts were looking at the animals, the old household objects and the mummy! The children did some fantastic sketches of the artefacts. Well done 1C!

Last week in D.T we started sewing our alphabet books. We learnt about how we are going to bind them using a saddle stitch. The children have been working really hard on these alphabet books for the last 4 weeks. They have designed their own front covers, blurbs and drawn pictures for each letter of the alphabet. We can’t wait to see what the end product looks like!