This half term we have been very busy in Year 1. We have finished writing our stories for Handa’s Surprise and have now started looking at the story Handa’s Hen. We used this to get us thinking about animals and we have started to write a fact file about cats or rabbits. We have been looking at some exciting information about these animals. Did you know, a cat can sleep for up to 18 hours a day! We thought a lot about what a fact file and what it needs and we decided we could only write things which were true and about our chosen animal. We have really enjoyed learning about different animals! 

We are truly becoming maths superstars in Year 1! We have been learning about length and height in our books. We have been looking at non-standard units of measure, such as cubes or hands but we have decided that these are not always the best thing to use because some people have much bigger hands than others. So, we are now looking at using rulers. We need to start at zero and see where the object finishes, it is very exciting! 

In topic we have been working hard to name the different parts of a plant and explaining the different jobs they all do. We have also been looking at different landscapes such as flat land, hills, mountains and valleys. We have been able to walk around the school and we found a lot of hills! We decided that our school is on top of a hill and we can look down to see Asda. 

The children in Year 1 have a lot to look forward to over the next few weeks: 

• We are going to go out on a school field and see how big a whale really is and find out if one can really swim in our bathtub! 
• In maths we will be looking at weights and how we measure these. We will also be looking at arrays and how these help us to learn multiplication. 
• In our topic we will be looking at different animals from around the world and making a new exciting project.