In Art this week we made wire birds. We used polystyrene balls to make the body of the birds and then layered them with mod rock. We made the wings and the feet of the birds with wire and bent it to make the correct shape.

The following day, we used paint to add colour to our birds. We were so happy with how they turned out!

In maths this week the children were writing number sentences. They used part whole models to help them. The children were then asked to find as many ways as possible of making eight and wrote them using + and = symbols.

On Friday Year 1 watched a performance from The Three Little Vikings from Wrongsemble. It was fantastic and the children loved it. Thank you to Mrs Whiteley for organising it!

On Thursday Year 1 had a visit from Lion Learners. Michaela spoke to us about the different animal groups we had been learning about. We then met lots of different animals like a snake, a cockroach, a tarantula, a guinea pig and a giant African land snail.

Yesterday, 1C visited Moor Allerton Library. We enjoyed a session with the librarian who explained how you can take books out from the library, and then she read us a story. The children did such good listening and were so well behaved! Well done 1C!

In Art this week, we practised sketching bird feathers. We talked about drawing the shapes and lines we could see. We used charcoal for these drawings and the children did brilliantly! Well done 1C!

In PSHE this week we have been speaking about big and small feelings. We collected some feelings words and discussed whether these might be a big feeling or a small feeling. We then had a circle time around different scenarios and how these would make us feel. The class did so well with using the new feelings words we had learnt like “frustrated”, “disappointed” and “overjoyed”.

In our writing lessons last week 1C built M sentences using colourful semantics. They picked the who, what doing and what part of their sentence and used the widgets to help them write their sentence. We had some fantastic sentences like “The monkey pinched the soft banana”.

On Wednesday in 1C we had our Forest School day led by Mrs Whittaker. The children took part in a carousel of activities and did tree planting, made bird feeders and made nature pictures with real flowers. We ended the day by toasting marshmallows around the fire pit!

This half term in writing we are learning the story Handa’s Surprise. As a hook, we tasted the fruit from the story and described the taste and texture using describing words.