Hill Head Beach Trip 30th Apr 2025
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As part of the Earth, Art and Music Project, Year 1 visited Hill Head Beach to create art in the natural environment using resources provided by the beach. We enjoyed stone stacking, stone mandalas, shell collecting, and a whole class big picture of an octopus! Please enjoy the lovely art created by our talented artists.

Earth, Art and Music Project. 2nd Apr 2025
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This half term, Year 1 have had the fantastic opportunity to work with Artworx on the Earth, Art and Music Project. In an increasingly digital world dominated by screens and technology, the Earth, Art and Music Project has inspired children to get out into nature, learning new visual art skills, ‘natural art’ and music. It has taught children about the importance of recycling and looking after the environment, and used this learning to create artwork from natural materials gathered from the environment and also recycled materials that would have otherwise been discarded.

Living like the Darling Family 12th Mar 2025
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As part of our historical enquiry into the life of Grace Darling, we lived like the Darling Family for the day. The girls spent the afternoon baking for everyone and cleaning the lighthouse. The boys travelled far and wide for food and water, as well as cleaning the boat! The children experienced key differences between their lives today and the lives of Victorian Children.

Instructions 12th Mar 2025
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During Spring 1, the children have been focusing on the book 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'. They wrote informative and detailed instructions, for Mrs Grinling, about how to make a great sandwich. We sampled our creations - of course - and sent our instructions to the little, white cottage on the cliffs.

Shrove Tuesday! 12th Mar 2025
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To help us understand the Liturgical Calender, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday. We discussed the origins of this day and how it is always the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent). This created great opportunities to talk about size, shapes, halves and quarters, too. Yummy!

Fort Nelson 20th Dec 2024
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Reception and KS1 went to our local Fort Nelson. We explored the Christmas Wish trail around the fort and then took part in 'puddin on a panto'!!

Toys 19th Dec 2024
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On Friday, we conducted a short historical enquiry based on the question 'Have toys changed over time?'. The children brought in their modern day toys and explored these. We thought about how they felt, what material they were made from and how they were used. We then compared these to a variety of toys from the past. The children were very interested to learn most toys, in the past, were made from wood or metal but nowadays, most toys are made from plastic.

Nativity 19th Dec 2024
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Wow! We are so proud of all the children who partook in the wonderful Nativity 'Gabriel's Big Break'. They worked so diligently to put on a very entertaining production. Please enjoy these lovely photos of the children in their costumes.

Year 1 Waterproof Test 19th Dec 2024
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After reading 'The Gingerbread Man', Year 1 decided they wanted to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river. Using our knowledge surrounding materials, we knew we had to make him waterproof. The children conducted an investigation to find out which materials were waterproof and which were not. As a class, we concluded which materials the Gingerbread Man should wear across the river.

Trip to Fort Nelson 11th Nov 2024
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Year 1 took a fantastic trip to Fort Nelson. We learnt all about hospitals and how they cared for soldiers pre-Florence Nightingale, as well as what life was like in the barracks. We were able to explore the changes made by Florence Nightingale and the impact she made.

Armistice Day 11th Nov 2024
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The children have been learning about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. Year 1 painted these beautiful poppy pictures.

Maths Facts Homework Reward Afternoon 25th Oct 2024
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Children who received the 'Golden Ticket' for Maths facts this half term had a fabulous afternoon playing board games.

Art in the style of Jane Perkin 25th Sep 2024
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The children used transient art to create their own self portraits inspired by the work of Jane Perkin.