Class One

More Than and Fewer Than

We are learning to recognise and describe amounts using ‘more than’ and ‘fewer than’ comparisons and practicing explaining what we know in full a sentence.

Sentence Planning with Build Up Bear

In English, we have been using pictures from our book, Old Bear, to help us to plan the sentences that we are writing to retell the story. This helps us as we order the events, with remembering the characters involved and in choosing the key vocabulary we will include such as ‘plan’, ‘build’, ‘tower’ and ‘crash’.

Discovering Classical Composers

🎼 In Listen and Appraise this term, Class One are learning about classical music and the artists who composed the pieces we are listening to, such as Beethoven and Mozart. We discovered that Mozart wrote his first piece of music at just five years old, the age that lots of us are currently! We enjoy following along with the orchestras we watch perform and clapping in time with the beat. 🎶

Exploring Liverpool in Maps

Are you good at following maps? Class One have been building on their skills by studying local maps of the area around our school, seeking out landmarks and other nearby places we are familiar with such as the train stations. We noticed that the maps showed buildings from above and far away. Some were illustrated but Google Maps uses photographs.

Choosing our Learning

Part of our day in Class One is the opportunity to ‘choose our learning’, in which we independently explore a carousel of activities in our classroom that relate to different areas of our learning throughout the week. Today this includes counting on from any number, labelling human body parts and construction inspired by the landmarks we have been looking at in our city of Liverpool.

Moving Like An Animal

For our warm-up in PE we became a zoo, moving like lots of different animals. We changed the shapes of our bodies and how we travelled around the space, crouching low and jumping high. Can you guess which animals we were mimicking? 🐅🐸🦇

Sharing Stories

This morning, some children chose to spend some quiet time in our library area sharing their favourite stories with our teddies and puppets. 🧸📚🧺

Keeping The Beat

During our music classes, we have been learning all about the steady beats we use in music to keep time in counts of four and eight. Musicians have to be able to keep the beat while they are performing which is something we practiced today whilst singing a new song.

Using Our Senses

In Class 1, we have been exploring how we use our senses— we know that we use our eyes to see, nose to smell, tongue to taste, ears to hear and skin to feel. Today we used our sense of smell to make predictions about which fruits and vegetables might be hidden in paper bags. The onions had a strong scent!

Counting In The Classroom

Every day in Year 1 we are building on our counting skills and we have discovered that ordering things can be very helpful as we count higher and higher. We tried this out in our classroom, grouping together and counting our equipment.

Using Ipads

In our first computing lesson of Year 1, we explored our iPads, trying out the different functions such as the volume controls and camera. We know that there are different buttons and sockets for different jobs— to turn the iPad on and off we use the power button and we plug the iPad into the charging dock when the battery is low so we can use it again!

Class 1 end of year trip

Class 1 visited Formby Beach for our end of year trip, we did some amazing art work like Richard Long and then looked at the coast.

LJMU

Class 1 went to John Moores University to do some fun activities. Class 1 did really well getting involved playing the sports games.

Yoga

This term class one will be doing yoga. Today we hugged the yoga bears and told them what we liked doing and what makes us happy. We then did some yoga poses called downward dog and little seed.

Practicing our art work

Today class one had a go at creating art work. They enjoyed looking at each others work and came up with really good ideas.

Art

In art this term we are looking at an artist called Richard Long. Class one went into nursery garden to collect objects like bark, sticks, shells and leaves for our art work.

Savings Club Assembly

Today we have began taking part in the LifeSavers Programme which will help our pupils learn about money and how to manage it wisely. As part of the LifeSavers Programme we have partnered with a local credit union, Central Credit Union, to provide our school savings club for pupils.

Any pupils from Reception to Year 5 are eligible to join the savings club now and they will receive a LifeSavers Passbook and wallet when they join. Please see the letters your children took home with them for more information and the QR code to register by Friday 12th June.

Some children from each class had the opportunity to partake in the assembly and help their fellow classmates to understand the importance of money and savings.

Diversity Day

In Diversity Day we read the story “My name is not refugee”. The children discussed how they would feel if they had to leave their homes.

Doubles

We played a matching game in maths to find our double, we then wrote a sentence.

Flowers

Today in science we looked at flowers and found out how they grow. Class 1 enjoyed making their own flower and discussed the names of the different parts.

Tea and Coffee

In music we used the rhythm sticks to count out the rhythm.

Columns and Rows

This week in maths we have been learning how to write number sentences for columns and rows.

Equal and unequal

Today in maths we worked in groups using counters to find equal and unequal groups.

Octopus Garden

This week in music we have been learning ‘Octopus Garden’.

Counting in 10s

Today in maths we have been learning how to count in 10s. We worked in groups to find out how many groups are in 10.

Balancing

This week in PE we have been practicing balancing skills. We worked in teams to do different activities.

Groups of 2s

In maths we have been working on our 2 times tables. Today we worked in pairs using the deans making groups of 2s.

D.T – Chopping

In DT we picked what fruit we wanted to have in our fruit salad, we chopped the fruit and added it into our fruit salad.

Counting in 2s.

Class 1 worked in pairs to count in 2s. We used cubes and bears to see how many we had in a group.

Mass of objects

This week in maths we looked at mass of objects. The children looked at objects around the classroom and told us what the mass of the object is.

Fruit Salad

This term in D.T we are making our own fruit salads. The children got to taste different fruit and told us what fruit they liked and disliked.

Pea Pods

This term in science we are carrying on with plants and looking at seasonal change. Today we looked at pea pods, we enjoyed planting pea pods.

Using a compass

This week in geography we have been learning how to use a compass getting ready for our trip to Sefton Park. The children had to find North, East, South and West.

Computing Programming, coding and Robotics

Over the past few weeks Class 1 have been investigating programming, coding and robotics. Children have developed their understanding of what Algorithms are and how they work. Children have completed different coding challenges working in pairs to solve different problems. Children have also been exploring Beebots and how they work. Children worked together to program the Beebot to move to a destination.

World Book Day

For world book day we read the story ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The children enjoyed dressing up as a fairytale character.

Rolling

In PE this week we have been practicing rolling. We worked in groups to roll the ball for our partner to get.

Subtracting and Adding

Today in maths we worked in partners using counters to help us work out our questions.

Crotchet and Quavers.

Today in music we are learning crotchet and quavers.

Subtracting

Today Class 1 used cubes to subtract two numbers away from eachother.

Puppets

Today we practiced our sowing skills.

Sending and receiving

This term in PE we are learning how to send and receive. The children had a ball and had to throw it into the bucket hitting the target.

Taking away

Today in maths we learnt how to take away numbers within 20.

Spanish

Class 1 really enjoyed learning our new story in Spanish. It’s called ‘Bear’.

DT- puppets

This term in DT we are making puppets, the children looked at different puppets and told us what they liked and disliked about the puppets.

Taking away

Today in maths we learnt how to take away a number by using counters and cubes. The children had tens frames and was given a number less than 20 and used the counters and cubes to help.

Balancing

This week in PE we practiced our balancing skills again on the equipment. The children had a really good try at balancing.

Making numbers within 10

In maths today the children had to make numbers within 10, the children had 10s and 1s and had to make the right numbers.

SPAG

This week in SPAG we looked at adding ‘er’ and ‘est’.

Music – High and low pitch

This week in music we learnt high and low pitch. We sang the Jack and the beanstalk song to see when the pitch changes.

Balancing

This week in PE we used the big equipment to practice our balancing skills. The children enjoyed working in groups balance on the equipment.

Making equal parts.

In maths we found out what numbers up to 10 have 2 equal parts.

Facts about Belfast.

In geography we are learning about capital cities. Today we used the iPads and books to find out facts about Belfast. The children wanted to know what landmarks are in Belfast, is there a river in Belfast and what is it called?

Butterflies

This week in science we looked at butterflies. The children find out facts about butterflies and made a butterfly.

Adding plurals

In English, we decided if the noun needed ‘s’ or ‘es’ to make a plural.

Maths

Today in maths we practiced our number bonds to 5.

Algorithm

In computing we are learning how to make algorithms. The children worked in pairs on the computers to make their own algorithm.

Using a number line

In maths we worked out how many jumps we need to do on the number line to reach the next number.

Balancing

This week in PE we have been practising our balancing skills. We used beanbags to help us balance.

Finding numbers on a number line

We identified the number on a blank number line by counting on from 0 or 10.

Spellings

This week for our SPAG lesson we looked at adding the ending ‘es’ and ‘s’ to make plurals.

Science

the children made their own spider, we talked about how many legs and learnt some facts about them.

Healthy Eating

Today class 1 had a visitor who talked to us about healthy eating and looking after our teeth. The children told us how to look after our teeth and learnt how much sugar we can have in 1 day, the children then drew a eat well plate.

English

Today in English we wrote sentences about our story. We have done some fantastic whiteboard work!

One more and one less.

Today in maths we have been learning how to find out what is one more or one less than a number within 20.

PE – Gymnastics

This week in PE we done gymnastics. The children took turns practicing different moves and rolls, the children loved doing a forward roll. We then used beanbags to help us roll and keep our balance.

1 more and 1 less

Today we used cubes to work out what is one more and one less than any number up to 20.

Spanish

In Spanish we recapped our numbers and learnt the animals. We read Jack and the Beanstalk in Spanish.

Music – High and low pitch

This week in music we looked at high and low pitch by using glockenspiel. The children then sang the Jack and the Beanstalk.

Amphibians

Today in science we looked at Amphibians. The children told us what amphibians are and told us a few facts about them. Then we cut pictures of amphibians out and wrote what they are called.

Maths

Today in maths we used dices with our parent to make the number 20.

PE

This week in PE we have been learning how to travel in different ways and showed our friends a variety of gymnastic moves.

Rhythm in music

This week in music we listened to Jack and the beanstalk and focused on the rhythm.

English

In english we found capital letters, full stops and the word ‘and’. We then looked at words we can add ‘un’ to change the meaning.

English

The children asked Hermelin question about an item of a story.

Maths

In maths we learnt how to count to 20 using our tens and ones.

Hermelin

In English we asked Hermelin questions. Some of the questions were “are you a strong mouse?” “Can you find my headphones?” “Why do you like cheese?” “How old are you?”.

P.E – Balancing

This half term in P.E we are doing gymnastics. Today we practiced our balancing skills with our partner by doing poses called “the dish” “flamingo” and “plank”.

Science

This half term in science we are looking at animals in humans, today the children learnt about frogs and told us facts about frogs. The children enjoyed colouring in their frog.

Maths – Recognising numbers up to 10.

Today in maths we done an activity using counters, cubes and counting bears and seeing if they add up to 10, the children had to find out if they did or didn’t add up to 10 and if they didn’t add up to 10 then they told us how many more they needed.

English – Hermelin

In English we made predictions about the story Hermelin. We talked about what we think is going to happen in the story.

Maths

Today in maths we counted objects and matched them to the number on the number track.

Breakfast in class.

The children had breakfast in class this morning as a special treat before the children holidays.

Yogo

This half term the children have really enjoyed doing yoga with Georgia. We learnt how to do yogo poses and met the yoga bears.

Our trip

Class 1 went to the museum to look at old and new toys. The children played with the old and new toys and talked about why they are old and new.

Whole School Choir

The Pleasant Street Primary School choir lit up the Liverpool Royal Hospital with their amazing energy and cheerful voices, turning the hospital into a mini concert and spreading smiles everywhere!

Witch’s Brew

We made a very special potion to help us to catch the witch from our story. We worked together to write our ingredients list using our Monster Phonics sounds.

Music

This term in music we are practicing our Christmas play. Our Christmas play is called ‘Camel Ama Ding Dong.’

Maths

Today in maths we have been practicing our number bonds to 10.

Year 1 Assembly

Class 1 performed a class assembly about wellbeing. The children did so well and really enjoyed showing their parents what they have learned about wellbeing. At the end they performed a song from their music lessons.

Maths – days of the week

In maths today we have been learning the days of the week. The children had a challenge to do where they had to put a timetable in order of what lessons we do in what day.

Maths – Time

Today in maths we have been learning about time. We used the words ‘before’ and ‘after’. The children had images of what happens on a Wednesday, they put them in order.

Family BBQ

A big thank you to everyone who attended our family BBQ last week. A great time was had by all and we managed to raise over £1000 which will help school funds. We were also able to make a donation to Shy Lowen Sanctuary, where lots of our children have attended over the years. We cannot wait until our next event.

Digital Art

Class 1 spent their computing lesson using Apple pencils & iPads to create a digital piece of art. Children have been looking at the artist Kandinsky, they created a design on a piece of paper and then using Sketchpad and apple pencils recreated it to be a digital piece of work.

Maths – Money

In maths we are learning money. The children sorted 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins.

Geography

In geography we have been learning about capital cities. The children researched each capital city and found information about them.

P.E

In P.E we have been practicing our tennis skills. In partners we used tennis balls and guided the balls with the rackets.

Geography

In geography we are looking at the capital cities. We had a map and labelled where the capital cities are.

Computing

In computing we are using pic college. The children practiced taking pictures of themselves and uploading the pictures to pic college.

Maths

In maths we are learning how to understand the value of tens to 100.

Art

Today in art we went outside and looked for natural objects. We made a picture of using the natural objects.

P.E

Today in P.E we have been practicing rolling the balls using our underarm. We then used 3 cones for the children to throw the ball without touching them.

Maths – Directions

Today in maths we have been learning about directions using left, right, forward and backwards. We had a map and used our bears to tell each other what direction to go to find the treasure.

Maths – 2D shapes

In maths we are learning about 2D shapes. The children had to turn the shapes into a quarter turns or half turn.

Music

This week in music we have been learning rhythm composition.

P.E – underarm and overarm

Today in P.E we have been learning how to throw by using underarm and overarm.

Maths – Quarters

In maths we have been learning how to find a quarter of a number.

Maths

In maths we played a race game were we picked a number and had to get the same number bean bags and separate them into half’s by putting them in hoops.

P.E

In P.E year 1 have been practicing travelling by leaping, hopping and jumping. We used the spots to help us land on the right spot. We tried using two legs then made it harder by using one leg.

Maths

Today in maths we looked at shapes and sorting them into half’s.

English

In english we looked at a letter from Hermelin to Mrs Mattison. We have been looking for adjectives, imperative verbs and exclamation marks.

Science – Plants

In science we are looking at plants. Today we looked at peas and planted our seeds.

Maths – Division

In maths we have been exploring division in the form of sharing making equal groups.

Science – fruit and vegetable

In science we are looking at fruit and vegetables and seeds. The children drew pictures of apples, pears, tomatoes and green beans.

English – The detective mouse

In English we read the story ‘The Detective Mouse’. We found the adjectives, nouns, ‘and’ and un sounds.

P.E

Today in P.E we have been practicing our balancing skills. We worked in groups doing different activities. Group 1 walked backwards on a rope, group 2 balanced a been bag on their head and had to get it to the other side, group 3 had to balance on one leg and move the balls, group 4 had to kick the balls off the cones without kicking the cones and group 5 had to jump on the spots without touching the floor.

D.T – Making our fruit salads.

Today in D.T we made our fruit salads. The children enjoyed chopping and cutting the fruit and picking what fruit they would like to add into their fruit salads.

D.T – practising chopping fruit

Today in D.T we practised chopping, peeling and grating fruit.

D.T – tasting fruit

In D.T we are learning about fruit salads. Today we tasted different fruits to see what fruits we liked and disliked. The children rated the fruit out of 10.

Maths – counting in 2s

Today we have been practicing counting in our 2 times tables. We worked in partners using counting beads to fill in the blank numbers.

P.E

Today in P.E we worked in groups of 4 and practised our throwing and catching skills. After that we had a game where one person had to catch the ball while the others thrown it to each other. Then we kicked the ball using our feet to practise our stopping.

Maths – Measure Capacity

In maths we measured the capacity of different containers using non-standard units. We discussed the importance of keeping either the container or the units the same when comparing two things.

Programing and Coding Robots

Yesterday children had their final computing lesson of the unit. They spent the morning looking at the similarities and differences with different coding challenges compared to controlling a Beebot. Children worked in pairs using prediction, debugging and sequencing to complete the coding challenges. 

Sefton Park Geography Trip

Year 1 had a great time on their Geography trip to Sefton Park. They explored Old Nick’s Cave, the Palm House and the Fairy Glen. They used compasses and maps to navigate around the park.

Maths – Mass

We have been learning about mass in maths. We found out that the mass of the glue stick was the same as 22 cubes.

Spanish – Colours and animals.

Today in Spanish we played a game of matching the correct animals to the correct colour.

Maths – measuring

Today we practised using a ruler to measure different objects in centimetres.

Maths – Taller

Today in maths we measured objects with cubes using the word ‘taller’.

Geography – Sefton park

In geography we are learning about Sefton Park. Today we made our own timeline to show when Sefton Park was made. The children put down the dates when the teachers were born and compared them to when Sefton Park was made.

P.E

Today in P.E we used a football and practised our balancing skills, we then had a go at dribbling the football in between our feet by using our ‘instep’ and ‘out step’. We then worked in partners passing the football to each other.

Maths – longer and shorter

Today in maths we compared the length and height of different objects and toys in class. We talked about using the words ‘taller’ and ‘shorter’.

Spanish – Animals

In Spanish we are learning how to say different animals, we sang a song to remember the name of the animals.

Maths – 1 more and 1 less

As a class we practised counting forwards and backwards between 0-50. Then, we made numbers and in partners worked out 1 less and 1 more than the number we was given.

Programming Robots

Class 1 continued to look at how Beebots worked. Today the focus was on being able to predict and debug a task the Beebot needed to complete. Children worked in partners to be able to get the Beebot to go towards person A, turn around and come back. We recapped how the clear function works and the best way to program a Beebot. Children then had the chance to complete some different levels on the Beebot application.

DT – final design

In DT we made our final design with our puppets. The children had lots of fun making them.

Yoga

In yoga we have been practicing our breathing and practicing our stretches which is called ‘down wood doggy’.

Colours and animals.

Today in Spanish we have been learning our colours and animals. We played a guessing game which helps us remember the colours and animals.

Partition 2 digit numbers

We have been learning how to partition 2 digit numbers into tens and ones and practised doing this with dienes.

Writing detectives.

Today in English we read the story ‘The land of the Wild Things.’ We worked in partners and found adjectives, nouns, capital letters and full stops and exclamation marks in the story.

Puppets

In D.T we are looking at puppets. Today we looked at puppets in the classroom and talked about what we liked and disliked about them. We then started to practice our sewing skills.