Year 1
Welcome to the Year 1 Class Page!
Elm Class have a inviting classroom that is well resourced and offers a safe, exciting and inspiring learning environment. Our classroom is arranged to encourage the children to access resources, working walls and sound mats independently to scaffold and support their own learning. We are supported in our learning by Miss Flower and our 2 Teaching assistants: Mrs Hobbs and Mrs Howe-Ward. In Elm Class the children enjoy working through collaboration and practical activities where possible. We encourage Year 1 to learn from their mistakes and develop the skills to work independently, take responsibility for their own learning and persevere even when finding the learning challenging.
We love reading and read every chance we get; the classroom reflects this with a variety of books linked to each term’s topic.
We are creative thinkers, confident speakers, compassionate friends and imaginative problem solvers! To find out more about Year 1 Class and what we have been getting up to please take a look below:
Miss Flower, Mrs Hobbs, Mrs Howe-Ward
Maths and Art in Year 1
Year 1 have been demonstrating their creative and practical minds today. During Maths they started to investigate how big the Big Bad Wolf actually was through measuring him with different objects. They had to look carefully to check that he was being measured from the bottom of his feet (paws) to the very top of … Read more
DT and Computing with Year 1
During the second part of the Autumn term, Year 1 explored bird feeders in DT. We had a chance to make 4 different bird feeders and evaluate how effective they were. We enjoyed learning lots of new skills and working on our perseverance as some of the bird feeders were a little bit tricky to make. … Read more
A busy Thursday morning in Year 1!
Year 1 was bursting with ideas on Thursday morning. They started to investigate the idea of measurement, comparing lengths and heights outside. During Art the children looked at different sculptures and then recorded their responses in their sketchbooks. Mrs Cairns was really impressed by their creativity and individuality.
Icy Fun
After our delicious Christmas meal the whole school went on to the field to enjoy the ice. Mrs Cairns bought an iPad out so that the children could take pictures of the beautiful sights. The children took some wonderful pictures.
Many thanks to the pond party!
We may have had a soggy start to our Sunday morning, but it certainly didn’t dampen the spirits. A big thank you to all of the parents, children and the FACT team who turned up to help us to show some love to our amazing school pond. Over the last few years the pond had … Read more
Year 1 learn about Remembrance Day
This week Year 1 have stated our new History topic all about Remembrance Day. The children have loved learning about WW1 and why we use poppies to help us remember. We started our topic thinking about our own important memories before discussing why Remembrance Day is important. The children have enjoyed listening to lots of … Read more
Year 1 visit the Museum of Norwich
On Wednesday 9th November Year 1 had a fantastic trip to the Museum of Norwich. They met the Toymaker and who asked Year 1 to assist with sorting the toys into groups based on their materials or age. The children loved exploring the old toys (including playing with them) and identifying their properties. Next they … Read more
Careful artistic focus in Year 1
The Year 1 artists have shown excellent focus working on their mixed media observational drawings. They were each given a section of painted card from last week’s creation and chose beautiful plants to draw, first in pencil then in pen. They then worked in bright chalk pastels to make their drawings ‘pop’ out of the … Read more