Year 1: Gallery
Y1 and Y4 enjoying sharing books together, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 1st Mar 2018 @ 9:39am
Maths of the Day in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 8th Feb 2018 @ 5:09pm
We had fun in the hall and classroom today developing our numeracy skills. Number Bingo was very popular as we secured our number recognition. It caused a great deal of excitment as everyone got closer to a full house! We used Numicon resources and bead strings to secure ten in our head and to help us see that we don't need to keep counting from one.
Friday in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 3rd Feb 2018 @ 2:35pm
RSPB workshop in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 18th Jan 2018 @ 12:44pm
Thank you to Karen and Alex for their interesting bioblitz workshop where we explored our school environment looking for birds and mini beasts and trying to spot tracks and signs. Karen and Alex were very impressed with the children's prior knowledge and engagement in the sessions. We were fortunate that the rain stayed away!
Portraits in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 21st Dec 2017 @ 8:50am
This half term our Year 1 children have used a range of media and techniques to create self portraits. Thank you for to Mrs Turnbull for her invaluable input.
Getting ready for Christmas in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 1st Dec 2017 @ 3:48pm
Developing hand-eye coordination skills in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 23rd Nov 2017 @ 4:10pm
Y1 trip to the library, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 21st Nov 2017 @ 3:14pm
Year 1 enjoyed visiting our local library this afternoon. We shared books together and discovered that there is an enormous choice of fabulous books there for us to borrow. A huge thank you to the staff for making us feel so welcome. We look forward to returning again soon.
Gymnastics in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 20th Oct 2017 @ 11:27am
Busy times in Year 1 this week, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 14th Oct 2017 @ 10:10am
Hands-on learning in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 29th Sep 2017 @ 10:42pm
King's students working in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 15th Sep 2017 @ 5:20pm
Thank you to our five King's 6th Form students who have been supporting children's learning in year 1. The children loved learning new playground games - Duck Duck Goose and Farmer Farmer. We made use of our new playground markings, developing hopscotch games. We also used origarmi to create aeroplanes and had great fun seeing how successful they were at flying. They worked with children developing cutting skills and learnt how to play Ninjargos with a group of children!
We look forward to welcoming them back to Oldfield in a couple of weeks.
Active learning in year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 15th Sep 2017 @ 5:09pm
First week back in school for Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 7th Sep 2017 @ 12:41pm
Year 1 pebble jar treat and thank you to Miss Hinge and Mr Egan, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 3:52pm
Year 1 have enjoyed their surprise pebble jar treat... an ice lolly and a party for Miss Hinge and Mr Egan!
A big thank you to Miss Hinge and Mr Egan for all their hardwork and good luck to you both in the future!
Year 1 - Material madness, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 5:01pm
As sports day was cancelled due to the rain, Year 1 have had a fun filled day focusing on materials.
We learnt all about where paper came from and how it is made before designing and creating our own. We can not wait to see what it looks like once it has dried.
In the afternoon, we focused on using scientific vocabulary to describe the properties of different materials.
I wonder whether they can remember what our new words (transparent, opaque and absorbent) mean at home?
Toys in Space, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 15th Jun 2017 @ 5:31pm
This week, we have been focusing on the characters within the book and their feelings in different situations.
We have used out DT skills to design, create and evaluate our own Hoctopize puppets.
Look who appeared in Year 1..., by Mrs Harrison
Date: 5th Jun 2017 @ 4:54pm
We came back to school this morning all happy and jolly (a little sleepy from the early start) to find a poor bunny looking for his friends. We searched high and low...
Luckily, we found them all around the classroom. The toys are much happier now but we found them in some unusual places and can not wait to find out why.
Year 1 - People who help us..., by Mrs Harrison
Date: 26th May 2017 @ 2:59pm
Thank you to all those who have come and visited us over the half term.
We have really enjoyed listening to how fire fighters, police officers, scientists, environmental officers, librarians, carers for the elderly, Brownie leaders and even Mums help us!
Thank you to Year 1 parents, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 11th May 2017 @ 5:37pm
A big thank you to the Year 1 parents for supporting us with our Extreme reading challenge. Children from across the school love to stop and look at their photographs.
Another thank you for collecting and bringing in so many recycable materials. The pile filled our carpet area! Some children decided they wanted to take spare materials home and the rest went to Reception for their construction area.
Attached are photographs of our display and our emergency vehicles so far.
PC Francis and PC Harrison came to visit Year 1, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 4th May 2017 @ 12:26pm
As part of our 'People who help us' topic, Year 1 had PC Francis and PC Harrison come to visit us in a police car!
The class challenged them both with their fantastic questions...
"What do you do?" "How do you help?" Freya
"How long have you been a police officer?" Evie
"How many cases have you solved?" Alfie
"What mysteries do you solve?" Felix
As you can see from the photographs, they tried on the protection vests and hats. The vests were very heavy!
We were very lucky, we even had a look inside a police car and used the special ink to do our own finger prints.
A BIG thank you to Mr Francis and Mr Harrison for your time and bringing some fantastic resources for us to try on and use.
We can not wait for Mr Weeks and Mrs Pierce to visit in the next couple of weeks.
How to trap an evil pea!, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 3rd May 2017 @ 5:15pm
Have you ever heard of an evil pea?
Year 1 have been reading the text 'Supertato' in literacy. We found that to catch an evil pea we require jelly.
On Tuesday, some magical potion appeared in the classroom. The children looked at it and smelt it, guessing what the liquid could be. Blackcurrent juice? Strawberry juice? Jelly juice?
The class then predicted how long it would take for the jelly to set in the fridge. 1 minute? 1 hour? 1 day?
In groups, the children then squashed the evil peas into the jelly to capture them!
We look forward to writing our instruction texts about 'How to trap an evil pea!'
Numbers, words and ROBOTS!, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 20th Apr 2017 @ 4:12pm
This week Year 1 have been developing their number formations, ability to read and write numbers 0-20 in words and they even turned into robots!
As robots, the class gave commands to each other. It was not as easy as they thought as they soon realised they had to give direct instructions using words such as; turn, right, left, forwards, backwards and even how many steps!
Y1 Knowsley Safari Park, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 24th Mar 2017 @ 4:20pm
Year 1 had a fantastic time at Knowsley Safari Park along side Year 2 and Year 4.
We developed our understanding about how to identify features which allow us to group animals.
Some children even touched a snake and a giant African snail!
The most popular event during the trip was the sealion show where we met some cheeky chaps.
In the afternoon, we took a trip around the safari park spotting our favourite animals and learning about those unfamilar animals. We even saw baboons climbing on top of cars!
We are going on a plant hunt..., by Mrs Harrison
Date: 17th Mar 2017 @ 3:42pm
This week, Year 1 have been developing their understanding of the different parts found in plants and trees and what there functions are.
We also took part in a plant hunt searching the woodlands and fields for wild and garden plants. We found alot of daises and nettles!
