Year 1 - Spring 1 - Week 3

What a lovely week it has been in Year 1! The children have continued to impress us with their enthusiasm, teamwork and positive attitudes towards learning. Each day has been full of great discussions, brilliant ideas and lots of happy moments.

In Maths, we explored number lines in more depth. We looked at how number lines can start and end at different points, and how they can move in different steps such as 1s, 2s and 10s. We also learned what estimating on a number line looks like and practised using halfway points to help us decide where other numbers might go. The children showed fantastic reasoning skills as they explained their thinking — it was wonderful to see their confidence grow.

In English, we focused on unpicking the character of the lion from The Lion Inside. We talked about how he is confident, strong and sometimes a little scary. The children completed a roll-on-the-wall activity to describe him, thinking carefully about the words they could use and what it really means to describe a character. Their vocabulary choices were thoughtful and detailed.

In History, we delved deeper into the story of the Titanic and looked closely at the different causes of the tragedy. We read several explanations of what might have happened all those years ago and worked in groups to discuss how valuable each explanation was. The children then fed back as a whole class and discussed which explanation they thought was the most likely and why. Their reasoning was impressive, definitely historians in the making!

In RE, we read the story of Jesus calming the storm and talked about how many of the stories we have learned show Jesus performing miracles. The children created their own pictures of the Bible story and wrote sentences to caption what was happening in each part. They worked beautifully and produced some lovely pieces.

Well done, Year 1, for another fantastic week full of curiosity, creativity and wonderful learning. Have a lovely weekend.