📏Measuring length in Year 1📏

Year 1 started Summer term with a bang 💥, as they did some outdoor learning in Maths today! The children explored measurement of length and height using non- standard units.

They measured a range of things including themselves, using cubes, straws and even their hand- spans! 

Can you guess your height in straws? 😋

Visit from Sir William Petty



Today Year 1 enjoyed a visit from Sir William Petty.

 

Sir William told the children about the Great Fire of London.



 

The children found out how to start a fire using a flint stone.

 

They found out where the Great Fire of London started on a map of the City and where the fire spread to.

 The children took part in exercises to explore how and why the Great Fire spread over London.

 They also found out how the people of London put out the fire by passing buckets along a line of people.

Year 1 created fabulous portraits of Sir William Petty and also wrote character descriptions.


What a great day!

🎶 We're going round the world in a song today... 🎶

1A had a fabulous music lesson today. They used different instruments to compose music that represents different countries.

They used tambourines and egg shakers to represent Italy.

They used rain makers, tambourines and sandpaper blocks to represent the golden sands of Egypt!

They used metal bells and discs to recreate the soothing sounds of China!

They used wooden blocks and castanets to represent sunny Spain!

Can you think of instruments you could use to represent the sounds of England? 😝

🎇 Materials! 🎇

1A have had an engaging and active lesson learning about materials! 

We used a feely bag filled with objects made from different materials. We pulled out different objects and then sorted each object into hoops according to the material they were made of!

Did you know that rulers can be made out of materials other than plastic?

We had to have a lengthy discussion about what material foil is made out of...

Do you know which material it is made from?