Year 1 News – 30.1.26

English

This week, we have read ‘Katie and the Dinosaurs’ by James Mayhew. We thought about the door that Katie walked through to the dinosaur land and explored the idea of there being a different land through the door.

We had lots of fantastic ideas, including a candy land, outer space, under the sea, a jungle and a theme park! The children then all wrote a setting description. They worked hard to include lots of ‘right choice’ words and the conjunction ‘and’ in their writing.

Maths

We have been using number lines in maths this week.

The problem-solving questions are always a bit of a challenge!

Art

We looked at the artist Pacita Abad. She was known as the ‘Woman of Colour’ due to her very colourful artwork that included lots of shapes.

We were inspired to create our very own colourful canvases. We started by placing tape on the canvas to create different shapes. We then very carefully painted each shape. We will be continuing with our canvases next week.

Computing

In computing, we have started our topic on algorithms. We learnt that an algorithm is a set of simple instructions used to get to a desired outcome. We all became pupil robots and followed each other’s instructions.

Reading Buddies

We enjoyed spending time with our Year 5 Reading Buddies. The children shared lots of lovely books.

Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 1 Team