Fox

Welcome to Fox Class

Class Teacher: Miss Grant

Classroom LSA: Mrs Dance

PE day: Wednesday - CM Sports, Thursday - Tennis, Friday - Athletics

Forest School day: Thursday afternoon

Library day: Friday

In Summer Term, the children will have their weekly P.E lessons on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

On Wednesday afternoons, they will be outside with specialist sport's coaches CM Sports.

On Thursday mornings, they will have tennis with a tennis coach.

On Friday mornings, they will be learning athletics skills outside with their class teacher.

On these days, please ensure children come to school with long hair tied back and earrings either removed or taped over. Please ensure P.E kits are kept in school at all times and returned after a club. P.E days are subject to change with timetabling issues and weather.

Meet the Teacher

Year 1 Meet the Teacher 2024-2025 FOX.pdf

Design and Technology

We have been learning how to create a working axle for a moving vehicle. We experimented with different joining techniques and then created a camouflaged jungle jeep to search for dinosaurs. We added a window and door applying our skills for making a hinge from earlier in the year. We love our finished vehicles.

Dinosaurs

This term has been all about the mighty reptiles that walked our Earth millions of years ago. We have created information booklets about them, learned about Mary Anning and her wonderful discoveries as well as create our own unique dinosaurs.

Computing

In Computing this half term we are learning to use ScratchJr to code on the IPads. We have learned to change the background, add and delete sprites (character) and make them move. We have learned how to use the command buttons to create a sequence of instructions.

Sketching

We have been learning different sketching techniques and then had a go at applying these to copyt a sea creature.

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Visit from Wild Science

We were very excited about the visit from Wild Science and loved meeting the animals!

First we met Spot the gecko who had lovely spotty scales and is a reptile. We enjoyed holding him and learning about how he can drop his tail to survive and regrow another one. Next we met Martha the gerbils who had lovely soft fur and they are mammals. We enjoyed stroking them. Then we met Zazu the royal python who is a reptile. Many of us enjoyed stroking him and some of us were even brave enough to hold him! We were surprised he wasn't slimy but instead scaly and smooth. Finally, we met a cockroach who had a hard ecoskeleton.

Subtraction Facts

We have been using part, part, whole frames (or cherry models) to practice our subtraction facts within ten. We found these really helpful so we could see the ways the numbers linked together.

Number Pairs

We have been using tens frames to practice our pairs of numbers within ten.

Gymnastics

Since September, we have been practicing our balances and shapes in gymnastics. This term, we have used apparatus to support us to change levels, direction and speed. We are travelling using different parts of our bodies and challenging ourselves to have a strong core. We really enjoy gymnastics!

WANTED

We have been looking at the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have been thinking of adjectives to describe the horrid troll who lives under the creaky bridge. The troll has gone missing so we have created wanted posters to help find him. We hope you like our descriptive posters.

Dips and Dippers

As part of our Design and Technology lessons we tried a range of dips and dippers. We decided if we liked the smell, taste and texture. We used words to describe these, such as, fresh, crunchy, wheaty, sour, sweet. We look forward to making our own dips in a couple of weeks.

You Choose

After reading the book 'You Choose' by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart we enjoyed looking at all the amazing illustrations and talking about the different choices we would make. We then drew our own pictures and wrote what we would choose.