This week in maths we have been finding fact families using addition and subtraction facts. We helped the donkey to find the correct number sentence to complete the fact family. We used number rods, numicon, rekenreks and number lines to solve the problem. After using the equipment, we drew representations of the number sentence and […]
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Year 1 have been exploring ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ by Julia Donaldson. Have a look at their incredible writing and the ideas they have shared verbally with their class. #writing #reading #year1
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We have been learning al about different turns – full turn, half turn, quarter turn, three quarter turn. The children practically turned objects, shapes and themselves in different directions. We then looked at describing position and used the language left, right, forwards, backwards. They then followed directions to create a model using cubes. The children
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At Gosford Park we were so fortunate to have the inspirational Darren Harris (a two-time Paralympian who competed for Great Britain in judo at Beijing 2008 and football at London 2012) visit our school and inspire our children. Ever since Darren was diagnosed with cancer in both eyes aged 15 months, he has continued to
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In Year 1 we have been learning all about multiplication and division. We have been counting in groups of 2’s, 5’s and 10’s using lots of different resources. We can recognise when a group is equal or not equal. We have been using stem sentences to explain our work – There are 20 apples. There
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We had a fantastic time walking around our local area. We were learning about physical and human features. We could recognise them and explain how we knew. We understood that there were a lot more human features and less physical features as we live in an urban area.
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What is Phonics?Children begin to learn phonics (sounds) in early years, both nursery and reception. Once children begin learning sounds, these sounds are used orally to identify and make words. They will then begin to learn the letters which make each of the sounds and these are used to read and spell words. What is
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In year 1, we were learning about different animals and we grouped them based upon what they eat: carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We investigated ‘animal poo’ and tried to figure out which type of animal it belongs to.