Squirrel Class Gallery
2024- 2025
November 2024
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. We made a story map as a class and have been practicing orally rehearsing the story. Today, we had a go at independently writing the story. We used our phonics to help us to sound out words and used the story map to help us to remember the story. Here are some of our re-tells.
In Art this term, we have been using our hands to make prints. We talked about our hands acting as a 'plate'. We used handprints to create a background and then used black pen to make a botanical pattern on top.
We also used green handprints for trees and bushes, and then used coloured felt tips to draw the flowers and fruit.
October 2024
What a fantastic afternoon we had! We have been learning about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who made faces out of fruit and vegetables. We learnt how to safely use knives to chop. Last week we designed our fruit face and today we made them. Look at our amazing faces! We especially enjoyed eating them.
In Geography we have been learning about maps. Today, we went into the playground and drew a map of the playground with chalk. We really enjoyed this and we identified lots of features of the playground, thinking of a symbol for each thing.
September 2024
Another real-life superhero visited us today! The fire brigade. We learned all about fire safety and what fire fighters do. We LOVED having a go at using the hose pipe.
In Science, we have been learning about our 5 senses. Today, we enjoyed using our tongues to explore the sense of 'taste'. We tasted different food and described what they tasted like. We also discussed whether we enjoyed the food.
Today we had a visit from some real-life superheroes, police officers. We learnt all about what they do, saw the police van, and heard the police siren. We talked about what they do in our community.
What a great first day we had in Year One. We wrote all about ourselves, sorted objects into different groups in Maths, had fun exploring our classroom, and talked about who is special to us. Well done Squirrels for a brilliant first day.
