English
This week Year 1 have been writing their own version of Handa surprise. They selected different vegetables to replace the fruits from the original story and were also encouraged to change the animals to their own choice. By manipulating the story to what captivates their interest they have been able to successfully write their version of the story independently.

Math’s
Year 1 have been learning about place value to 50 and started to compare numbers using symbols. Children are encouraged to use the key languages when reading a number sentence focused around comparing such as; greater than, less than, equal to.

Science
The scientists in Year 1 have been busy learning about the plants. Children had the opportunity to share what they already know before learning about what plants needs in order to grow. Our Scientist were also given the chance to explore around the school and investigate the different plants they see. During their walk children create a plant bracelet and learnt that we need to take care of our environment.

Topic
This week for topic, children in Year 1 were learning about different compass points to follow set directions.

World Book Day
It was World Book Day on Thursday 3rd of March and it was incredible to see all the children excited to have an amazing day. Children had the chance to create their own corner bookmarker and create their villain character.

Over the next couple of weeks
The children in Year 1 have a lot to look forward to over the next few weeks:
* We are going to be working on creating fact files for different animals such as cats, dogs etc.
* In Math’s, we will be continuing our focus around numbers to 50. We are applying this knowledge when subtracting and adding.
* In Science, we will be exploring the different features of a plant.
* In Topic, we will be looking at valleys.