Class 1

Class 1

Forest School
Class 1 have thoroughly enjoyed their Wild Wednesday sessions. We have focused on the seasons, specifically Autumn. We looked at different types of trees and discovered that some leaves turn different colours during Autumn. Deciduous trees lose their coloured leaves and evergreen trees keep their leaves. We read The Leaf Thief which helped us to understand this better and then used a hammer to save the leaves by hammering autumn leaves to a log.  We have been to visit the park where we collected Autumn objects to create art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. We have also explored our forest school area.

Expressive Art and Design. 
We have been working hard to develop our art skills. We learnt to use mirrors and paints to practise our painting skills to create self-portraits. We had to use a mirror to see what colours to use for our facial features as we wanted to make then as accurate as possible and then used paints to create an accurate portrait. We also have developed our sponge painting with our teddy bears and looked at an artist called Kandinsky who created art with circles. During music, we have been developing our understanding of pulse and keeping a steady beat. We listened to Vivaldi’s composition of the Four Seasons. We will then move on to learn about dynamics.

Busy Time. 
Busy time is our favourite time in Class 1 and we are very creative. We are naturally drawn to activities where we can express and challenge ourselves, embedding our skills that we learnt during class learning. We are keen to use our imagination to create on the art tables, create using playdough, play in the role play and build using the wide range of construction we have available to choose from. Our favourite construction is the marble run or lego. We enjoy problem solving, developing relationships and teamwork through making projects and assembling puzzles together.

Phonics
We have been very busy learning lots of new sounds. We have loved learning the rhymes to help us write them properly. We look forward to learning more new sounds and get very excited to use them in our writing. We are so enthusiastic with our writing. We all like to be first to write and enjoy practising this during our busy times!  Now that we know lots of sounds, we have been getting better at our reading too! We like to share books with each other in busy time and get excited to get new reading sheets. 

PE
In our PE lessons, we have been focusing on listening, learning parts of our body and getting used to moving safely in a different environment. We have learnt some new language such as ankle, shoulder and knees. We practised using our new language and listening skills by playing games such as Simon says and the body-part-game. We have also moved around the hall as animals; we had to think of the animal and the movement they may make. Tall animals would stand tall, small animals may crawl or be closer to the ground.