Well done to year 1 for completing your first half term! 
Everyone has worked so hard this half term and achieved so much so we decided we have earned a treat afternoon! 
We all made plans for Halloween things we would like to make, we decided to make wands, spiders, skeletons and have a pumpkin designing contest! 
Have a great half term and a happy Halloween! 

In our writing lessons last week we practiced writing sentences about Grandma Swag so that we could make a wanted poster for her. 
Grandma Swag stole lots of toys at Christmas and managed to run away from the Cops, we just knew we had to do something to help catch her. 

We worked really hard practicing sentences all week and we were finally ready to make our posters. Everyone did their neatest handwriting and made sure to include lots of details on the picture. We included her black had, glasses, blue stripy shirt and her walking stick! 
Then it was time to put the posters up, we split up and made sure to put a poster up everywhere in school. 

We left our posters up over the weekend and hoped that they would help. Today we had a surprise visit from Miss Mackay which was all very exciting. She told us that she had also had a surprise visit, from the police! With the help of our wanted posters the police have managed to catch Grandma Swag, they were so grateful for our help they even sent us all a certificate. We could not believe it! 

Today to support our Topic lessons we went on a walk around our local area. During our walk we were on the look out for key locations we've been learning about. We were also trying to spot all the different types of houses we have learnt about. 
We all took with us a sheet to record everything we want to find. 
Everyone's behavior on the trip was absolutely fantastic. Everyone listened to all instructions and were very sensible when crossing roads. 
​Well done Year 1! 

Today in art we have practiced a different kind of printing. We have used chalk, wax crayon and pencils to make rubbings. 
Lots of us found this skill tricky to learn, it was hard to remember to be gentle and to hold the pencil at an angle. We all managed to experiment and make rubbings with each medium and they turned out fantastic! 

In science we have been learning about Autumn and the changes we might see. We know we will feel the weather start to get cooler, we will see the trees start to change colour and we will start to get more rain and windy weather! 

In art we have been learning about printing. We are working towards making an autumn themed picture. Today we have been printing using paint and different objects. 
We carefully dipped each object in the paint, making sure to scrape of any excess before gently pushing it on to our paper. We were really impressed with the different patterns we were able to create! 

In RE we have been learning the lords prayer. Just listen to how well we know it! 

Today we took part in den building. We worked together with children from year 3, 5 and 6 to build dens in teams. Everyone worked very hard and built brilliant and unique dens. Sadly not all of our dens were able to shelter us from the water! 

Today we had our first sewing lesson! Miss Ashton loves sewing and has been looking forward to teaching it all year. Today we learnt how to start our sewing. We threaded the needle, tied a knot, tied our wool to the rug canvas and practiced our first running stitch.
We are already amazing and excited to make more! 

This half term in computing we have been learning robotics! We have been using Beebots and Mousebots to learn how to program. We have learnt how to plan a route and program our robots to follow the route.