We are ARTISTS!

4th October 2025Abigale Crawford

This week we have been working very hard on our painting skills. We learned about the different parts of the paint brush (the toe, the ferrule and the handle). We then talked about Primary and Secondary colours and how they can be made. We then created our own colour wheels.

The next day we talked about how colours can represent mood; talking about warm colours and cool colours. We painted a sun and moon; deciding which colours would be most appropriate.

Today we have created a final piece of art to end our journey, learning about the Great Fire of London. The children talked about the warm colours representing the fire. We used a sponge to create an ombre effect for the background, making sure to dab to make it appear textured. The children then used their best cutting skills to cut out a design to represent the houses.

TADA!

4th October 2025Abigale Crawford

Our beautiful gallery deserved a post of its very own. The children worked so hard to create the finished piece; they look wonderful! They were so proud of their work and we are so proud of them! Well done 1C.

Chronological Order

29th September 2025Abigale Crawford

To summarise our learning of the Great Fire of London, we created our own timeline of events. We talked about Chronological Order and why the events had to be in time order. The children challenged each other and debated the sequence of the events. The looked at the dates on the cards as well as thinking about reasons why, for example “they can’t shout for help and fire if the fire hasn’t started yet.” By the end, we had made an accurate timeline of events. The children were very proud of themselves!

The Architects of London

29th September 2025Abigale Crawford

In 1C last week, we became Architects! We learned all about Christopher Wren; was tasked to resign London after the Great Fire. When designing the new streets of London, there were important things for us to consider. The children labelled their plans specifying that the buildings must be made of “brick or stone” and that there must be space between the houses. They could explain why they had made these design choices!

History Detectives in 1C

17th September 2025Abigale Crawford

Today we became History Detectives! We examined evidence to predict what we thought the pictures were before they were burnt in the fire. We also explored the different tools used to put out fires and learned how they worked.

1C Investigates: THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.

10th September 2025Abigale Crawford

Yesterday, our playground turned into a giant investigation zone! The children searched high and low to find jigsaw pieces, each one revealing a different possible cause of the Great Fire of London.

Once we pieced the clues together, we had some brilliant discussions – was the fire started on purpose, or was it just an unfortunate accident? After hearing all the evidence, our class held a jury vote…

 Verdict is in: 1C officially believes the Great Fire of London was an accident!

The children were so engaged and thoughtful – we were so impressed by how they worked together like real historians to reach a conclusion.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO, it’s 1C!

4th September 2025Abigale Crawford

What a wonderful day we had on Monday to launch our new expedition, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes: How can I be a hero in my community?”. We started the day by discussing our hero choices and why we had chosen our hero. We talked about what our dream powers would be and what we would do with them. We also talked about the real-life heroes we meet out in the world and that not all heroes wear capes and masks.

We have created a video to share with you, reciting the poem of “If I was a Superhero…” by Sally Grey. https://youtu.be/6VWHaOkkJGg

After lunch it was time for our Superhero Training Camp, we had to jump over hurdles, crawl under nets, creep around cones and not fall into the boiling hot larva.

To finish our day, we painted some tudor houses that we will use when we begin our GFOL learning.

Year 1 Celebration of Learning

17th July 2025Abigale Crawford

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday for our Celebration of Learning. I hope you are as proud as we are of how well the children spoke about their learning and the wonderful work they have produced this term.

Yorkshire Air Museum

3rd July 2025Abigale Crawford

Today we visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington! We had learned a lot about the early advances of flight and we impressed our guides with our previous knowledge! We learned about some local Yorkshire heroes in the aviation industry such as Amy Johnson (our very own Amelia Earhart) and Sir George Cayley. We have seen and sat on some very cool planes.

BLAST OFF!

25th June 2025Abigale Crawford

Last week Year 1 were challenged by NASA to design and create a rocket protype that could be blasted off into space. Of course, we had to test out our rockets. We filled them with fuel and pumped them with air to see how high they would go! We had lots of fun!