Welcome to India Class, Year 1! Our teacher is Mrs. Long and our teaching assistant is Mrs. Boyce.
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Year 1 had a fantastic time at Forest School. They enjoyed making, investigating and exploring. The children were amazed to see a newt. A very big thank you to Jackdaw Jules and Mrs Boyce for being so lovely and encouraging.
Year 1 used a variety of drawing tools to make simple marks and to practice drawing techniques. The children practiced changing the pressure and orientation of their marks to create different textures on their animal drawings. Then, the children drew self-portraits using The Postman by Vincent Van Gogh and their own photo as references.
Years 1 and 3 reviewed each other’s non-fiction writing. The children shared ideas, gave feedback and complimented each other. It was a lovely activity, and everyone worked well together. These review activities are helping the children become better readers, writers, and collaborators.
Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the StART Studio. The children’s concentration was superb as they designed, made, dried, and glazed their tiles. They shared the resources very well and were helpful to each other. We cannot wait to see our finished tiles and the final piece when it is displayed at school.
We had a marvellous time at Melsop Farm Park. We saw familiar, unusual and very young animals. As we walked, we discussed the different features within and between animal groups. It was enjoyable watching the animals as they played and ate. The children were particularly pleased to be allowed stroke the cute rabbits. We also had time to play on the indoor and outdoor equipment.
A big thank you to Millie, Mrs Weresi, and Mr and Mrs Kay who helped us throughout our visit. Also, thank you to Friends who paid for our coach.
Year 1 are learning about the artist Anne Kelly and how a range of materials can be used to create art. We explored methods of manipulating fabric by poking, pulling, threading and weaving. Retha-Mari kindly helped us to weave and gave us her weaving frames.
Science week – Year 1 enjoyed The story of Mary Anning.
During science week Year 1 enjoyed a workshop on Mary Anning. We have been learning about Mary Anning the pioneering paleontologist and fossil collector and this workshop helped consolidate our learning.
Our visiting scientist, Dr Mandy Hartley, told us how and where fossils were formed. She invited us to talk about the fossils we found and where we found them. Lots of children found fossils on the beaches of North Norfolk. Dr Hartley demonstrated how a fossil is formed by using clay to imprint into and plaster of Paris to create a cast. Afterwards we went fossil hunting on a sample beach and we discovered a huge ichthyosaurus fossil. We also learnt how Mary Anning’s finds influenced Charles Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution’.
Finally, we joined Dr Hartley and went on an immersive drama adventure to retell the story of Mary Anning. Through acting, listening, dressing up and singing we revised what happened from the time Mary was struck by lightning, how she taught herself and how she found amazing fossils. We loved learning more about Mary’s friend Miss Philpott!
It was an engaging workshop and was very much enjoyed by the children.
Thank you Dr Hartley for bringing our learning to life. Also, thank you to our Friends Committee for funding the workshop.
