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Year 1

Staff: Miss Turner / Mrs Jeffrey / Mrs Clarke / Mrs McDouall

Please contact – naomi.turner@panshanger.herts.sch.uk    

Music is taught by Mr Mitchell on a Tuesday.

Welcome to Panshanger School and to our Year 1 class. On this page, we post photos every half term sharing updates on the activities and learning the children are completing. 

Spring 2

This term in Year 1 has been a very packed term!

In English we had a focus on Pinocchio with the whole school. This was kick started by the live performance of the story in which the children really enjoyed singing along with some of the songs. During this week we did lots of creative writing, drama and storytelling about the tale. We also all showed off our amazing costumes for World Book Day! The children all loved sharing their stories and doing lots of reading throughout the day.

In Geography this term we have been focusing on the United Kingdom and its 4 countries. The children have learnt about the surrounding seas and the capital cities of each. The children felt like Geographers as they created their own maps.

In Art we have been exploring the natural world, we have used different resources to create natural sculptures and have been improving our observational drawing skills. We have collected a range of different natural objects and attempted to add shading, pattern and texture to our drawing.

In RE we have been looking at the different stories in the bible. We have explored different parables and the meaning behind them. We ended the term looking at the Easter story and we then all shared a hot cross bun wearing our Easter crowns and had some reflection time.

The children have joined in lots of whole school activities this term, including lots of amazing auditions for the talent show and showing off our lovely bonnets in the Easter parade. They have done lots of work with the older children and really showed off just how grown up they really are!

Spring 1

We have had a brilliant half term back following the Christmas holidays!

In English this term, the children have explored a range of different texts and became authors by mimicking the stories styles.  They have worked extremely hard on making sure their handwriting has improved and that they publish their very best work. We have been extending our sentences and the children have shown real creativity with how they write.

In Geography this term we have been focusing on the United Kingdom and its 4 countries. The children have learnt about the surrounding seas and the capital cities of each. The children felt like Geographers as they created their own maps. We also have been using our new orienteering markers around the school and complete lots of different challenges.

In Art we have been exploring the natural world, we have used different resources to create natural sculptures and have been improving our observational drawing skills. We have collected a range of different natural objects and attempted to add shading, pattern and texture to our drawing.  We finished this topic by looking at plastic in the oceans and then created our own sea creatures using recycling from our homes.

In RE we have been exploring the theme of belonging. We have looked at how different religious groups welcome new members and different practices they follow. We also have compared the similarities amongst the religions whilst sharing our own thoughts and opinions.

We have continued to have PE lessons delivered by Stevenage FC and the progress the children have made has been fantastic. The children have worked so hard to show that they are Be ambitious, inspiring, connected and fair.

Autumn 2

This has been a very busy and fun term! We have managed to squeeze in lots of Christmas fun whilst doing lots of fun and engaging learning. The children really have settled in well to Year 1.

In English this term we have looked different poems and done lots of performance poetry, we used our bodies and props to read lots of fun poems!  In Maths the children have been working on their addition and subtraction skills as well as looking at shapes. They have become great shape hunters and really enjoyed learning a 3D shape song!

The children have really immersed themselves in to art this term in our portraits topic. We had begun practicing drawing portraits of ourselves and each other and then looked at different abstract portraits. Using a range of different tools, the children created their own version of Brianna McCarthy’s Gold mess, which were fantastic and so unique!

In Geography this term we have been looking at our local area and how we get to school. We created our own passports to learn our addresses and even used a map to plan our walks to school.

In RE we have been exploring how light is important in different religious activities. The children got to observe a Menorah candle being lit and listened to a Hebrew song. We then revisited the Nativity story and looked at how different lights are used at Christmas time.

At the end of the term, alongside Year 2 and Year 3, we put on a Christmas production. All the children in Year 1 had practiced extremely hard with their singing and dancing and we as a school are so proud of them for all of their hard work! The children were very confident and performed the best they could and the show was a massive success!

The children had participated in lots of events for charity this term. We looked at why we celebrate Children in Need and why people need to donate. We through of ways in which we could help others as well. We also participated in the ‘Rudolph run’ for Isabella’s Hospice and were sponsored to run around the entire school!

We then enjoyed our Christmas lunch and Christmas concert on the last few days and celebrated Christmas with all of our friends!

Autumn 1

What a fantastic start to Year 1 we have had! The children have really settled well and have found their feet in the classroom.  They all have a great understanding of where things are kept and the classroom has really become their own.

Science

In Science we have begun to look at the season Autumn and the different changes we have seen in this season. We have also begun to record the weather so we can make a comparison with all of the other season throughout the year. We have also been looking at animals and the human body. We have looked at what senses we have and how we use them.

RE

In RE the children have been exploring belonging in different religious groups. We explored how we belong in our own lives, with our families and as part of the school community. We also enjoyed learning about Harvest and the Jewish festival of Sukkot.

Topic

In history we explored old toys. The children had such a great time playing with their own and other toys- it was fantastic to see the care the children took when handling the fragile toys from family members. We made lots of comparisons between our toys and older toys and even linked to our science and looked at what materials the toys were made from.

PE

We have been very lucky this term and have Stevenage FC come in and deliver some of our PE sessions alongside Miss Turner. We have been exploring and developing our gymnastics skills working on a range of difference balances and movements and challenging each other to do really tricky ones!

Art

In art this term we have been looking at colour and shape. We have used a rage of different tools and materials to explore mixing colour and creating our own pieces. We have been inspired by various artists to create our own versions of famous pieces.