Bollywood comes to Hebburn Lakes!

5th November 2022L Chisholm

KS1 took part in celebrating the festival of ‘Diwali’ carried out by Kz Entertainment (a London based drama and dance group). Diwali is the five-day Festival of Lights,celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. Diwali, which for some also coincides with harvest and New Year celebrations, is a festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.Children will listen to Diwali stories, learn some Bollywood dances and then take part in the tradition Dhandiya dances (stick dancing) which is a dance celebrated at this festival. As you can see the children had a great time!

1 Red are going potty!

13th October 2022L Chisholm

As part of our ‘Happily Ever After’ theme we decided that our favourite story character would benefit from a pot to keep their favourite item safe eg. Cinderella could keep her jewelery in or Granny could keep her biscuits in it to hide them from The Big Bad Wolf. We used clay and made a thumb pot.  We looked at how to pinch, mould and manipulate our clay to make our desired shape.  We then used a range of tools to ‘score’ our clay to make it patterned.

We are part – whole – perfectionists!

5th October 2022L Chisholm

This week in our Maths lessons we have been looking at the part – whole model and how we can use it to complete our addition work.  We have looked at all the commutative ways we can make the number and how we can show our answers using the model.  We are absolutely amazing, even starting to use 3 and 4 parts to our model.

1 Red made cookies for Granny!

28th September 2022L Chisholm

Throughout our theme ‘Happily Ever After’ we have been looking at fairytales. This week we have been reading and completing work around the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We decided that cookies are a great treat and that we would like to make them (to make sure they were good enough for Granny obviously).  We looked at a recipe and thought about what ingredients we would need.  We then used the correct equipment to weigh out the ingredients and mix the batter.  Our Teacher put them in the oven and took them out when it was time then we took them home to eat, before The Big Bad Wolf could smell them!

Year 1’s First Weeks

27th September 2022L Chisholm

The children have settled into Year 1 wonderfully!  We have already started our Learning Means The World Theme ‘ Happily Ever After’ in which we are researching fairy tales and their settings and characters.  In our Maths we have been counting forwards and backwards and saying 1 more and 1 less than a given number. We are already learning so much and can’t wait to see what else we can do.

1 Red Enjoyed Making Bird Feeders

27th September 2022L Chisholm

In our theme of ‘Happily Ever After’ we have been looking at fairy tales, one of which being ‘The Ugly Duckling’.  This led us to discuss other birds in our area and what they need to live a happy life. We made bird feeders using seeds and lard and placed them in our school garden for the birds to enjoy.

1 red loved the fun day!

14th July 2022L Chisholm

We had a great Fun Day.  We worked with the circus to learn how to balance and juggle.  We then played tennis and ate a delicious ice cream.  After lunch we watched a bike stunt show and had a turn on the bouncy obstacle course.  It was an amazing day!

1 RED Loved Sports Day!

7th July 2022L Chisholm

The children in 1 Red loved Sports Day and it was made even more special by our parents coming to watch.  We had a great time.  We ran relays, egg and spoon race, bean bag balance, sack race and football skills.  We loved showing off our amazing skills!

1 Red Loved The Old Toys

7th July 2022L Chisholm

In our theme of ‘Royal Patrons’ we have been looking at how things were different in the olden days compared to now.  We were especially interested in the old toys!  We played with marbles, yo- yos, hoop and stick, egg and cup and lots more.  We thought they were fun but we would probably get bored after a while!  We discussed which of these toys our parents/grandparents played with and we have been researching this at home and sending in photos of our family’s old toys.

1 Red Matches Their Body

7th July 2022L Chisholm

In our Jigsaw session this week we have been looking at different part of the male and female anatomy.  We sorted pictures into a Venn diagram to explain what body parts we shared and which part were different. We have looked at the real names for these body parts and discussed our ever changing bodies.