Tawny Owls (Year 1)

Miss Frewin - Class Teacher	Miss Harmsworth - Class Teaching Assistant	Mrs Oates - HLTA

Our learning in Tawny Owls

We have been working hard on our presentation and handwriting in phonics.

We started our Religion and Worldviews work, thinking about the question 'Why do Christians trust and follow Jesus?'.

We have been curious scientists and have been discovering microhabitats. We took a walk up to the forest area and talked about the different microhabitats they  could find - under a log, in the bark of the tree and in the fallen leaves. 

In PE, we have been learning how to make shapes with our bodies. We have learnt how to make a tuck, pike, pencil, straddle and star shape. 

We have been learning about habitats in Science. We thought about habitats that we already knew and drew pictures to show our knowledge.

We have been carrying out some observational drawings! We drew snowy owls from looking at 3D models and pictures and thought carefully about shape and line. 

We have been discovering how cars move. We have learnt that we need a mechanism, a wheel and axle, for a car to move smoothly. We then had a go at creating things that move with wheels and axles and also found out that we needed an axle holder for the wheels to turn. 

In Maths we have been finding missing numbers and subtracting. We have used part whole models and cubes to help us find the answers. 

In PE we have been working on our ball skills and using our feet to dribble the ball. 

We have been scientists and have been identifying the different materials used around the school. We identified metal, wood, glass, plastic and bricks. 

We are focusing our writing on Traction Man. We have been really engaged in the story and we have explored setting, characters and even innovated part of the story. We even dipped our hands in a sink to help us to describe the sink setting! 

We have immersed themselves in our new History topic - Toys through the ages. The children have been comparing old toys and new toys and working out what materials they are made from. In groups, they used sticky notes to make notes and then shared their findings with the rest of the class. 

We have been mathematicians, learning all about number bonds. We have been focusing on number bonds to 5 and 10 and we have used different manipulatives to help us. 

As historians we have been finding out more about the local history of Trowbridge. We compared photographs and learnt about how the building of the canal changed the way people lived. 

We have been learning all about the 5 food groups and why it is important to have a balanced diet. We sorted lots of food packaging into the correct groups and we talked about why it is important for our bodies to have a bit of everything. 

We went gardening! We helped to prepare the soil ready for crops to be planted and learnt about how to make soil nutritious and what plants need to grow. 

In Science, Tawny Owls have been exploring what humans need to survive. We decided there are many things we want but there are only a few things we actually need to be able to live - food, clean water, shelter and clean air. 

In Tawny Owls we have been introduced to our new maths work books! We have been sorting, grouping, counting and representing numbers to 10. We have been using different objects to help us too.