Year 1 Brunswick Park Primary School

This term we have been exploring colour in year 1, using paint. We have been learning about warm and cool colours. Yesterday we started to paint our sunset landscapes, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe.

In year 1, we are currently doing our consolidation lessons in maths. This means we are revisiting previous lessons and completing new activities with different resources to further strengthen our understanding.

The year 1’s had a very special visitor this afternoon during our party. 1A got a marble run and 1B got play dough from Santa. We were very excited to tell Santa what we would like for Christmas 🎄🎅

We have been loving participating in DecemBAR in year 1. Today we used a bar chart to work out how many snowballs Max had after starting with 17 and giving Jo 6, after she had 0 ❄️☃️🌨️ @whiterosesociety.bsky.social

Happy Christmas Jumper Day!
We loved wearing our favourite Christmas jumpers, to raise money for @savethechildren.org 🎄🎅❤️

Today in Science, we carried out a simple comparative test to identify whether a material was absorbent or non-absorbent. We made our initial predictions and recorded the results, including how long it took for each material to absorb water.
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Well done to one of our pupils, who wrote a detailed and fantastic character description based on our English text ‘Billy and the beast’ ! ⭐️
We are soo proud!
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The year 1’s have been learning about algorithms in computing. Today we followed the instructions to colour our bird in on Purple Mash.

We had a great time making our hummus today as part of our DT topic, ‘Dips and Dippers.’ It was delicious 🧑‍🍳👩‍🍳

This week in Year 1, we used our rights charter to focus on Article 15: the right to meet with others and join groups. We discussed the importance of this right and spent time joining groups with our peers.
@unicef.org 🎳🎯♦️🎲

In science, we gathered data and investigated which materials would float or sink. We worked in pairs to create a prediction and record our findings. 🪵🟢🥛🪨

We love using different digital tools for our maths lessons in Year 1 such as Polypad and WRM digital tools to reinforce our learning! 🧮🔴🔵🔟

Today, Year 1 became real life environmental heroes today! This was a lovely end point inspired by our English text ‘Stella and the Seagull’ by Georgina Stevens. They organised their own ‘litter picking party’ to clean up their local area. ♻️🗑️
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The year one’s have been loving our DT topic of Dips and Dippers. We have taste tested dips and dippers, and are looking forward to going to the supermarket this week to get ingredients to make our own hummus!

Today at Brunswick Park we came together as global citizens, wearing black, green and gold to show solidarity with Jamaica and the West Indies after Hurricane Melissa.

Proud to support affected communities and celebrate the impact Jamaican people have made in the UK and beyond. 🇯🇲💛🖤💚 @unicef.org

Today, we learned how to sort 2D shapes based different characteristics such as their colour, shape and number of sides 🔷🟪🟠

@year1bpps.bsky.social have created amazing diamond picures based on the music of Shirley Bassey. Can you spot any other songs in there? @brunswickparkps.bsky.social

In year 1 today we did a very special art activity for Black History Month. We have been learning about Dame Shirley Bassey. Today we created a collage using the songs, 'Diamonds are Forever,' and 'Goldfinger,' as inspiration.

Year 1 have been learning how to play and learn linked to our PSHE curriclum! They are working really hard at working with their friends, have a look at some of things they have done in groups this half term😊🧩📱🔗✂️

Have a look at some of our fantastic writing this week, in the role of Astrid from our key English text ‘Astro Girl’ written by Ken Wilson-Max! 🚀☄️🔭👩🏾‍🚀
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This week, we went on a nature walk to identify signs of Autumn!
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This half term in Religion and Worldviews, we have been learning about what it means to belong in Christianity! We got to visit our local church and learn all about baptism from Reverend Jo! 💧✝️⛪️🕯️

This week in maths, we have been using our concrete resources to add and subtract! We love using the mantra “Part, part whole!” 🔴🔵

Great use of concrete resources in Year 1 in our maths lessons!
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This week, 1B got to go the London Transport Museum! We had a lovely time exploring all the different forms of transport as a memorable end point for our English ‘Naughty Bus’ 🚎🚝💺
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In our geography lesson, we went on the hunt for Barnaby Bear 🐻 and learned how to create routes using locational language. @oaknational.bsky.social 📍⬆️⬇️➡️

We started our brand new English text ‘Astro Girl’. Have a look at some of our amazing writing ✍️🧑🏾‍🚀🚀 @theliteracytree.bsky.social

1A had an amazing time at the London Transport Museum today. We saw lots of different trains and buses throughout history, and were able to explore them. It was lots of fun! 1B is looking forward to going next week.

In year 1 today, we were practicing writing our capital letters. We had a go at tracing them on the interactive screen, as well as independently writing on whiteboards.

In year 1, we have been learning about our different senses during our science lessons. We tested our touch and hearing yesterday by listening to different instruments, and describing them as loud or quiet. We also touched different items and described them as hard, soft, smooth, or rough.