Year 1

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 1

Art Lessons

Year 1 really enjoyed using the art room this year. We loved learning about Claude Monet and took the time to appreciate some of his famous works, particularly his ‘Poppy Field’ painting. We mixed paints to create a background of our own paintings in his style. We then added in detail to our Monet inspired paintings. We looked at the horizon line and talked about ‘perspective’. The children loved learning how to mix paints to make different shades of green. We finished these by adding finer detail using oil pastels. We were so impressed with the children’s detailed and thoughtful work! Year 1 were inspired by ‘The Dot’ by Peter H. Reynolds. We used bright water colour paints to create pictures all originating from a dot. We were so inspired by our dot creations that we looked at Kandinsky’s work, ‘Squares with Concentric Circles’. We created our own collaged version using a variety of textured papers, magazines and colours.

Remembrance Day

To mark Remembrance, Year 1 used tea bags to dye some maps and spent time using pencils to create careful sketches of a soldier. The children worked hard to observe the soldier and draw what they could see. We then used tissue paper, oil pastels, felt-tips and coloured pencils to create poppies which we placed around the map and soldier. It was a nice way to help us learn about what Remembrance is and why we remember all of the people who sacrificed so much.

The Great Fire of London Storytelling Workshop – Wednesday 7 October 2020

Year 1 stepped back in time with their IPC topic ‘Time Travellers’ and were lucky enough to have a storyteller from the Museum of London come to teach us more about the history of London. He brought the story of the Great Fire of London to life and the children helped to re-enact the timeline of events from September 1666; it was so much fun.

Homes around the world – Wednesday 27 January

We loved our IPC topic ‘Buildings’ and enjoyed learning about homes from around the world. We found out about lots of different types of homes, such as stilt houses, wooden chalets, brick homes and igloos. Once we had learned how these homes were suited to the countries they can be found in, we used various materials from our homes to recreate a home of our choice!

How to stay fit and active – Tuesday 2 March

During our ‘Superhumans’ topic, we learned all about how we could keep our bodies fit and healthy. First, we learned about different parts of the body. Next, we discussed the different ways we could exercise and found that lots of our favourite sports are excellent exercise. Finally, we created posters that could persuade others to exercise regularly and help them find new ways to exercise!

Outdoor Learning in the Woodland Classroom

Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed their lessons in the Woodland Classroom this year; from story time and art to IPC and maths, the children have enjoyed applying their learning to the realworld environment. Learning outdoors provided many opportunities to develop the College values of curiosity, courage, confidence, creativity and compassion whilst being together with our natural surroundings.