We have had a fairly normal week in Year 1 this week, considering everything that is going on, and wanted to share with you what we have been up to.
In English this week we learnt about nouns and adjectives and put these together to write noun phrases, for example: 'the bright orange flames'. We used this new knowledge to write a description about the Great Fire of London.
In Maths this week we have been learning how to measure length and height. We began by using cubes to measure items and moved on to using a ruler and measuring in centimetres (cm). We learnt that it was important to correctly line up our measuring tool to the edge of the object to get an accurate measurement.
In history we created a timeline of the main events that happened over the 4 days that the fire lasted. We also considered how life was different in 1666 including the houses, the importance of fire for cooking and light, and different jobs.
We have been enjoying our gymnastics lessons in PE this half term. We have learnt different ways of travelling, shapes, jumps and rolls and have been putting these together in sequence. We enjoyed applying this learning on the mats, benches, tables and wall bars this week.
Finally, we do hope you all feel able to access the range of resources on offer to you from our previous blog post. There are a lot of companies offering free resources and we have given you a good selection to choose from.
Most importantly look after each other and take care.
Hopefully it won't be too long before we can get back to normal.
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team
