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Mrs Boylan’s group had fun today discovering the different types of angles. 

We estimated what type of angle they were before estimating their size. 

 

Today we have used mirrors to explore reflection.

We noticed how the image was flipped when the mirror was placed on the mirror line.

The children enjoyed creating their own designs and seeing them reflected through their mirrors.

This week the children have enjoyed engaging in sensory water play.  Intended to support fine motor skills and develop mathematical and scientific concepts, the children have focused on this form of play for extended periods.

The children impressed us all with their creative and teamwork skills this week.  Working together and using their own ideas, they designed and made a large and imaginative birthday cake as part of their play dough and role-play.  All topped off with a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’.  What a…

In Maths, we have been listening for patterns and finding the beat in different nursery rhymes and songs. We have also been looking at patterns around us - spotty, stipy, swirly. Today we identified and made our own repeated patterns with a partner. The children talked about their pattern and were…

To help support our understanding of coordinates, we played in pairs a game of Battleships.

In RE this week we have been exploring further the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit.  We have listened to the story and used scarves, ribbons and bubbles to explore the feeling of wind and thinking about how Jesus’ friends must have felt.  The Holy Spirit feels like the wind, makes us feel…

What do you do when you need a ruler to measure something? Make one of course! Great number work.  

In maths today, the children were investigating area and perimeter in compound shapes. We explored different ways to calculate the two measurements whilst also looking at ways to solve missing lengths in shapes. 

The children have had a brilliant first week back after half term and many have been fully engaged in water play this week both indoors and out.  We have a new water wall with a pump that children have been exploring and observing cause and effect.  

The children have been reading ‘Where is Bear?’ by Jonathan Bentley and learning about prepositional language. We used the story to practise moving different objects to different places - in, on, under, behind, beside and through.  

We have also been practising counting using…

Year 1-Maths-Whole Part Model

We have been learning about whole part models in Maths today. The children used tens frames and counters to show how to work out the answer.