Author: year1

Within Geography this term we have focused on looking at aerial maps. We began the term by exploring atlases and other maps, including tube maps, local maps and maps of London. Then as a class we looked at google Earth to identify where in the world the United Kingdom is. We then zoomed into the UK, then onto the county of Kent, then closer still into the area of the Marsh. Then finally we zoomed into the aerial map of New Romney. The children then looked carefully at what features they could recognised which led them onto labelling a local map pf features they knew.

After this we then focused on aerial maps within school and looked at a basic aerial map of the classroom. The children used this to support making messy aerial maps of the classroom using a variety pf objects. They all had lots of fun deciding which objects would present different things within the classroom.

We then began to focus on the playground and identified the features we could see. In pairs we then created our own aerial maps with symbols to represent features we could see. We tried to use positional language to support our partners to ensure the features were located in the correct places. Some of the children were even able to create a key to identify what these symbols represented.

At the end of the term the children completed surveys on what they liked and disliked about the playground and identified some of the things they wished could be on there. Using these surveys the children then created their own aerial map of what they would like the playground to look like.

This term we are looking at space and today the children were very excited to visit the Astrodome. We entered a spacecraft and blasted off into space. We learnt about the planets and their order from the sun. We flew around the Earth and landed on the moon. (It was very dark in there and the camera struggled capturing the amazing things the children saw and experienced within the dome).

As part of our topic this term we have been looking at toys from the Victorian times. Today the children got to experience a traditional Victorian classroom and learnt that they were very strict compared to now and they had very harsh punishments.

The children were invited to sit at the desks wearing Victorian hats and asked to practise writing their names on blackboards using chalks. They realised that they needed to ensure that they listened carefully otherwise if not, in the Victorian times they would have been punished by standing at the front of the class with a cloth over their heads or having to wear the dunce hat. No slouching was allowed and so in the past they would have had to wear a back straightener to correct or teach them not to slouch. Left hand writing was not allowed and so those that tried would have to wear a left hand lock.

Luckily within the old school they also have a number of Victorian toys which the children learnt about and even managed to play with for a short time. We’re not sure who had more fun playing with the toys the children or the parent helpers. Big thanks to all those that helped with the trip.

On the first day of term the children found a note within a bottle in the classroom. The note read said ‘Can you find us?
We are hiding somewhere bright. We are near lots of books. Do you know where we might be?’

The children then went on a hunt for the lost toys.

curriculum letter term 2 year 1

kirfs yr 1 term 2

Within Science this term the children have been looking at the human body and the five senses.

They explored each of the senses by tasting foods, going on a sound walk, being blind folded and trying to move around with the help of a friend, playing guess the smell and trying to guess the object by the feel of it.

During term 1 in Maths we’ve been looking at representing numbers to 10 in different ways. Ordering numbers to 10 and comparing them using the greater than and less than symbols. We’ve also looked at using tens frames and part part wholes to show number bonds. Then we’ve looked at how to show these number bonds within addition number sentences.

During term 1, year 1 have been looking at basic movements such as running and jumping. Within this they’ve looked at difference between walking, jogging and sprinting. Looked at moving in different directions and being able to change speeds. The children have looked at standing jump positions with one and two feet jumps. They also looked at how to land safely with control.

While looking at the class text of the Enormous Turnip, the children have been looking at what is needed to create a sentence. They have been introduced to nouns (pink words) when talking about a who. They have learnt verbs (yellow words) when looking at what doing words. They have also looked at adjectives (green words) the what like words.
They have begun to sort noun and verbs and used adjectives to describe characters and objects from the story. Using their new knowledge they have been creating sentences ensuring they begin with capital letters and end usually with a full stop.