Year 1 - Miss Richards
Welcome to the Robin’s class page!
In the Robins class, there will be myself (Miss Richards), Mrs Ferguson, Miss Dakin and Miss Roper who will be supporting your child’s learning.
Please use this class page to keep up to date with any important information and be able to see what your child has been learning in year 1. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
Important information:
- Monday: Spelling day- Please ensure your children practice their spellings at home and bring their completed spelling folder ready for their spelling test every Monday.
- Thursday: Inside PE ( please come to school in your PE kit)
- Friday: Outside PE ( please come to school in your PE kit)
Helpful Websites
Below are a few helpful websites that can be used to support your child's learning.
https://ictgames.com/
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
https://whiteroseeducation.com/
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Newsletters
Tuesday 20th May- School trip to Wolds Wildlife Park.
Friday 2nd May- we looked at how fruits can be preserved to help them last longer. The children were able to try a variety of fruit and compare the taste, texture and smell.
Friday 2nd May- This term in DT the children are going to learn how to make a fruit salad. We first needed to try different fruits to decide what we wanted to add in our fruit salad. The children wrote a shopping list for the ingredients they would like to use. We practiced using sharp knives safely, the children first practiced on play dough and then tried to cut some pears. Once they were finished the children played the game ‘fruit salad avalanche’ to practice their fine motor skills.
Friday 2nd May 2025- In our practical maths lesson we looked at division. The children worked with a partner to share their counters into different groups equally.
Tuesday 29th April- Both year one classes had some time together outside!
Friday 4th April- Happy Easter! The children loved parading round the playground and performing for their parents and carers. We also had a special visit from the Easter bunny who presented our two winners with their Easter hamper from the Easter bonnet competition.
Thursday 3rd April- The children continued playing our new pasta game. The children were moving round the hall as a different hungry animal and then had the find a plate. Once on a plate they showed a different actions for each pasta including lasagne, macaroni, spaghetti and many more!
Thursday 27th March- The ducklings have hatched!
Tuesday 18th March- Thank you to all the parents who came to our plant workshop today! The children had an amazing time and loved completing all the activities.
Thursday 13th March- We have introduced the topic of capacity and volume. We first explored key terminology and completed some practical activities.
Tuesday 11th March- Science week experiment- We completed an experiment to investigate how rain falls from clouds. We sprayed shaving foam on top of a glass of water to create a ‘cloud’. We then added food colouring and watched the clouds fill up, producing ‘rain’. We discussed our findings as a class.
Monday 10th March- In art the children have been learning about primary colours. They mixed the three primary colours together to create the secondary colours. The children then explored making different shades of green using black and white. The children also completed a colour wheel where they investigated what happened when they mixed two colours together.
Thursday 6th March- World book day. It was lovely to see the children’s creative costumes and share their favourite stories!
Tuesday 4th March- For world book day this week, a lady from the West End Theatre company led a dance workshop. The children retold the story of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ through dance, movement and expression. The children enjoyed becoming different characters and telling the story with no words.
Tuesday 4th March- Today in science we planted our own beans! We are going to watch them grow over the next few weeks and see if we can identify the parts of the plant and document each week what changes have happened.
Monday 3rd March- This term we have linked our art learning to science. The children have been learning about the structure of plants so completed different activities to consolidate what they learnt last week. In our art lesson the children were investigating how to make the colour green, they mixed the three primary colours and managed to make green which they will use in future lessons to paint leaves.
Friday 28th February 2025- The children have had a special delivery from Lincolnshire Farm school who have brought KS1 some fertile duck eggs. We are hoping to watch these turn into ducklings over the next 28 days.
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Friday 2nd February- The children have started their new topic in music. We are focusing on tempo this term. This children listened to different music and we discussed how it made them feel and move. We then learnt our own piece of music with actions and performed it together. The children were proud of themselves and wanted to share it with their grown ups!
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Thursday 27th February- We have started our new topic in PE called ‘jump, shape and create’. In our first lesson we focused on jumping and tried different types of jumps. The children tried to make different poses as they landed.
Wednesday 26th February- The children have been learning about lengths and height in maths. The children were using non standard units of measure to measure different items around the classroom.
Tuesday 4th February- The year 1 children in science this term have been learning about materials and their properties. In our final lesson we tested which materials were waterproof, water resistant and absorbent. We linked this to our learning in English looking at the three little pigs. The children built three different house using materials and discussed which was the strongest, waterproof and the best material to build a house out of. As a whole class we then tested the houses using water.
Monday 3rd February- The children created some box sculptures in art this afternoon inspired by Antony Gormley.
Wednesday 22nd January. In our history lesson this afternoon we compared modern and Victorian kitchens. The children passed around different objects people would have used and discussed what was different and what was the same.
Wednesday 22nd January- a visit to the library van
Tuesday 21st January- This term in science we are focussing on materials. Today we reviewed different kinds of materials and discussed some of their properties. The children looked at and felt different objects on the tables and used adjectives to describe them.
Monday 20th January- The children have been exploring the British artist Anthony Gormley. Last week they sketched some of his sculptures looking at the different materials he used. Today the children tried to recreate one of his sculptures using wire.
Monday 13th January- This afternoon a tennis coach from Boston Tennis club came in to provide a free tennis session with the children. They enjoyed moving around the area and controlling the tennis ball with their racket.
Thursday 9th January- In PE we were using the words “look, run and avoid” to move around the area.
Tuesday 7th January- In our computing lessons this term the children will be learning about algorithms. We discussed that an algorithm is a process and set of rules for computers to follow. The children worked in groups to create a set of instructions to put clothes on, they made sure they did it in the correct order and did not miss any items of clothes.
Thursday 19th December- Christmas yoga in our PE lesson this afternoon
Wednesday 18th December- we had our christmas party this afternoon, the children enjoyed playing different party games, dancing and sharing some party food.
Friday 13th December- Santa Fun Run. The children took part in the national event where they completed different sports activities in groups. They enjoyed working as a team to complete the relay race and build a snowman!
Wednesday 11th December- Christmas dinner day
Wednesday 4th December- The children have been reading the story “Stone girl bone girl” which tells the story of Mary Anning a famous fossil collector. The children used their story maps from the previous lesson to act out the story.
Friday 22nd November- In DT the children have been learning about Mary Anning and her fossil hunting. The children designed their own fossil and then made them out of salt dough.
Thursday 21st November- To complete our geography topic of the local area the children explored different types of maps. We spoke about who might use a map and why. The children then drew a map of the classroom and identified where they sit . As a challenge the children tried to follow the school floor plan and find the buried treasure. They identified key features including our classroom, the hall and library which helped them find the treasure.
Tuesday 19th November- The children went for a walk around the local area. They idenfied diffferent types of homes and used key vocabulary from their geogrpahy lessons. Children considered the difference between human and physical geographical features and identified some on their walk including houses, bungalows, caravans and cars as human features and plants, leaves, grass, puddles and wind as physical features.
Friday 15th November- To continue our dinosaur themed day the children had a variety of dinosaur themed activities, including stick puppets which they then presented their own puppet show, some dinosaur painting and colouring. The children also enjoyed playing some dino themed games on the interactive whiteboard.
Friday 15th November- Children in Need. The children took part in a pudsey race around the field.
Friday 15th November- Dinostar workshop. The children have taken part in a dinosaur themed workshop today learning lots of interesting facts about dinosaurs. The children got to look at and touch some different dinosaur bones, teeth and claws. The children have made their own fossil and some fossil rubbings.
Thursday 14th November- In our geography lesson children have been learning about human and physical geographical features and sorting different pictures. The children worked with their partner to help sort the features correctly. We discussed that the children could see how many physical features and how many human features they can spot on their way home.
Wednesday 13th November - We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We talked about the properties of the 2D shapes and used lollipop sticks to make different shapes.
Monday 11th November - A visit from Pudsey Bear
Friday 8th November- This term in our outside PE lessons we are learning how to throw and catch. The children used the bean bags to first throw to themselves. Some children even managed to throw, clap and then catch! We then played some circle games of throwing the ball to another person and catching. The children enjoyed these games and we hope to see them playing them with friends at play time!
Thursday 7th- In geography this term we have been learning about our local area and different types of homes. Children made a home they would like to live in out of junk modelling resources. They remembered what features a home needs including windows, doors, guttering, a house number and many more! The children also used the Lego and building blocks to build a mini village, thinking about different buildings they may see.
Tuesday 5th November- The children had their first lesson with the school laptops after they had been learning about e-safety last term. The children learnt how to log on the laptop and how to access the website “sketch pad”
Tuesday 15th October- Building hedgehog houses out of autumn materials during our science lesson
Tuesday 15th October- The children watched a performance from rhubarb theatre this morning. It discussed looking after the environment and how children can protect wildlife.
Thursday 10th October- Reading Cafe
Wednesday 9th October- The children completed some practical maths activities to consolidate their learning of number bonds to 10.
8th October 2024- After the children’s autumn walk they used a variety of autumn objects to make their own transient art.
Tuesday 8th October- in science this term the children have been looking at the different seasons. Today we introduced autumn and talked about the changes which we observe in autumn, the children went on an autumn walk around the school field to look for different autumn objects including “crunchy brown leaves”, “huge sticks” and “so many leaves on the floor”. The children used the iPads to take pictures from their perspective.
Wednesday 2nd October- The children had a visit from the library van this morning where they were able to choose a story to borrow. We will share and enjoy these stories in the classroom where children can read them independently or save them for our class story time.
Thursday 26th September- the children enjoyed a practical maths lesson to consolidate the weeks learning. They have been focusing on greater than and less than and worked with a partner to create their own questions.
Thursday 19th September- The children had an outside PE lesson where they played some team building games. The children’s favourites were follow the leader and duck duck goose.
Wednesday 18th September- The children have been learning about Christianity in RE and made their own vicar out of dolly pegs and tissue paper
Tuesday 17th September- We’ve had a super space day today! We started with our visit from the planetarium where we learnt about the different planets and the stars and it really felt like we were in space! Thank you to everyone who came in and brought junk modelling materials to make a rocket!
Tuesday 17th September- Space WOW day
Wednesday 11th September- The children have been learning about stained glass windows in RE, they used tissue paper and black card to make their own which we used to decorate the classroom.
Monday 9th September- Eric Carle Art lesson
Friday 6th September- The children had their first PE lesson in the hall where they practiced the new skill (side stepping) and implemented this skill in a new game.
Wednesday 4th September- The children have had an exciting first day back to school. They enjoyed sharing stories and playing with their friends. The children worked really hard in their new maths and English books whilst also completing some practical counting activities.
Wednesday 4th September- Over the summer holidays there has been a big change in school with the new library being built. This afternoon the children went to explore the new area and look at the amazing new books. The children chose two stories for us to share in our story time, one of which they had never heard before and another which was one of their favourites in reception so were amazing at joining in with the words and actions!
