As part of our new topic 'Sticks and Stones and Funny Homes', this week we have read the story of the 3 Little Pigs and thought about where the wolf has disappeared to. We walked all around our school grounds and looked for important features that make our school and thought about if these would be places that a wolf would hide. 
We then used all of this information to create our own ariel view maps of the school grounds, including the key features and a key to help us locate places easily. We worked exceptionally well in groups and shared ideas well.
Mrs Simpkins was so proud of us.

Today in Year 1 we have been learning about remembrance day and how important the soldiers were 100 years ago. We know wht poppies are so special at this time.

Our parent workshop went exceptionally well... the grown ups helped their children to build a house suitable for a little pig. Thank you to the families who brought in their boxes and other resources to make a start... I think there were some very competitive grown ups.. (helping) their child to build a home!
The standard of homes and creative ideas have blown us away! Well done to all.

We have been learning about the 4 countries in the UK and have used Mr Bee to help us locate the countries. We have navigated Mr Bee from where we live in England up to Scotland, down  to Wales and across to Ireland. We had to be very clear with our instructions!

This week we have had a great time closely observing autumn leaves to sketch them in detail. We had to look closely at the features of the different leaves to show this in our artwork, using sketching pencils and colour. We also used printing in different ways, to represent impressionist artwork, and create autumn trees through a range of printing methods.  

In our shared area, we are developing our role play area into a weather station. While we are looking closely at the seasonal changes happening at the moment, we are also looking closely at the weather and how this changes throughout the year. Be sure to watch the weather reports on the TV, so that you can act out the role in school. 

​Following on from our walk to Wombwell woods, we transformed into nature detective’s and examined closely what we had found. We also practiced the art skill of rubbing using oil pastels to identify the fine details of the leaves to find out more about them.