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Holy Trinity church visit
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Year 1 visited Holy Trinity Church to support our RE topic, 'What can we learn about Christianity by visiting a church?'
Matthew, the vicar, welcomed us to the church. He pointed out some of the important objects, like the font, altar, lectern and pulpit, and he explained what they are used for.
We were very lucky to be able to explore the inside of the church. The children were all brilliant at the I-spy activity.
To finish, we sat in the pews while Matthew read a children's version of a bible story 'The Prodigal Son' then shared a prayer.
A big well done to the children; they were a credit to the school.
Thank you to the helpers who came with us. I hope you enjoyed it too.
Lastly, thank you to Matthew, for letting us visit Holy Trinity and for making us feel so welcome.
Year 1 had a fantastic day at Hamsterley Forest! (29/6)
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Thank you to the volunteers who very kindly took time out to help with the trip.
Sunflower Competition (28/6)
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By now your sunflowers will be very tall!
We have organised a prize for the tallest sunflower in each class. Please could you take a photo of your child with their sunflower, including how tall the sunflower is. Prizes will be given out on Tuesday!
Magic wands
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1I spent the afternoon making Magic wands ready for our magical writing next week. We used all kinds of materials to make our wands - what kind of magic will we make?
Science
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To support our science, one of our parents, Mrs McGee from Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, came in to talk to the children. They produce and purify proteins to make medicines to help treat human illness and disease.
We carried out a similar experiment using yeast, sugar, water, a bottle and a balloon. The children learned that water, food, heat and oxygen have to be present for yeast to grow. The expanding balloon showed that the yeast had grown.
To remind us about spreading germs with our hands and to wash our hands properly, Mrs McGee did a brilliant activity. Some children had to pretend to sneeze onto their hands and cover their hands with UV gel. Then they touched and passed objects around and shook hands with their friends. By using a UV light they could see how far the invisible gel had spread.
After trying their best to wash their hands, the UV light was used again. The children were shocked to see how much invisible gel was still on their hands. They were pleased it hadn’t been a real sneeze!
The session was practical, visual and extremely engaging. A big thank you to Mrs McGee from all of Year 1.
Feliz dia del Español!
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25.05.18
We had a great time on Spanish Day, we made Spanish flags, learnt all about Spain, practised the Spanish that we have been learning, painted Picasso-style self-portraits and even learnt to flamenco dance!
1L's Class Assembly (05/18)
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1L did a fantastic job in their class assembly! They showed the children and parents their wonderful artwork, read poetry and even performed the story of The Rainbow Fish.
Well done 1L!
Science experiment update!
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This morning (Wednesday)our celery and white carnations have turned very red! We know now that plants drink water through their stem - that is why our plants have turned red.
Science Experiments 15th May 2018
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Today in Year One we became real scientists! We predicted what would happen to a piece of celery when it was put into coloured water - the result was surprising.
Next we used a bowl of milk, food colouring and washing up liquid to make rainbow patterns - the washing up liquid quickly changed the colours back to white.
Finally we watched a bowl of Skittles make rainbow patterns after water was added - the colours didn't mix up which we found very interesting!
All the children enjoyed the science experiments and were interested in the results.
Bug Club (05/18)
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Abbey School has signed up for Bug Club!
Bug Club is a great resource that allows your child to access E-books that have been set by their class teacher. There is also a comprehension task they can complete to check their understanding. Each child has their own login. If you have misplaced your child’s login, please ask your child’s class teacher.
Finding wild flowers in our school grounds (05/18)
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Year 1 went on a hunt for wild flowers as part of our science work. We found daffodils, bluebells, buttercups, daisies and dandelions. It was great fun!
The Great Sunflower Challenge
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Each child has planted their own sunflower seed as part of our science work. Please help your child to look after it as it grows and plant it in the ground once it gets too big for its pot. There will be a prize for the tallest sunflower in each class!
Measure
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1L had great fun measuring this morning. We ordered ourselves from shortest to tallest!
Surprise visitor in 1T
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1T have had a fabulous day learning how to look after a pet with a special visit from Miss Tranter's dachshund, Bracken.
Everybody enjoyed meeting her and she was a superstar!
1I World Book Day
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We enjoyed dressing up as our favourite book character last Friday - can you spot who we are?
We also enjoyed sharing stories with children from Year 4 - thank you!
Frogspawn
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We found lots of frogspawn in the Muddy Puddle Pond. There were lots of frogs in the pond too.
Later on we found out about the life cycle of a frog.
Animal Stories
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Today we had a visit from Animal Stories. We learned all about different groups of animals. Here are some photos of all 3 classes having a very close look!
The Great Year One Reading Challenge
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Some children have now finished their first Reading Passport and have received their prize and Bronze certificate. Well done!
Please remember - 1) the Reading Passport is for books you read at home which are NOT school books, these should be written about in your Reading Record book
2) only one box each day is to be filled in on your Reading Passport.
What are you going to read next?
Muddy fun!
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1T had a fun afternoon in the outdoor classroom. We played some games and found out about different forest creatures and how to be safe in the forest. We particularly enjoyed playing the forest fire game.
Gliding robots!
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We have made our own moving robots - we can make them glide up and down like magic. We had fun making them.
Bedtime stories
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Thank you to the children in Year 3 who came to read us their bedtime stories. We loved listening to them!
Homework
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The children in 1L have created some fantastic homework. Well done everybody!
Bird kebabs
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We learned the names of common garden birds today and thought about how we can help them to survive cold temperatures in Winter.
We all made bird kebabs to hang in a tree or from a bird feeder at school. We are going to watch and see which birds visit our kebabs!
Zooming rockets!
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In 1I we made zooming rockets. We had great fun seeing how far they went. We decided the harder we blew the further the rocket zoomed.
Friends Assembly
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Out of this world artwork!
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In 1I we have been busy painting, modelling and using junk materials to make some Out of this World artwork. You can see aliens, rockets and all sorts of strange space things!
We have also been busy with our Space themed homework and earned lots of team points for all our hard work.
Tim Peake
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Lots of us went to see Tim Peake's spacecraft at Locomotion in Shildon. Mrs Ingleson took these photos to share with everyone in Year One. We found out about how he travelled to the Space Station and what he did when he got there.
1T's assembly was out of this world!
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Well done to 1T who did a fantastic Spanish and Space themed assembly on Thursday. They sang a Spanish counting song, told us some fun space facts and even did a space rap! Well done 1T
Science
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As part of our Science lessons we are finding out about the Seasons. We went on a Winter walk this week and found puddles covered in thick ice. We used our senses to investigate the ice. We also took a thermometer outside and measured the temperature as 2C - very chilly as it was 24C in the classroom!
Snow!
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We all loved the snow this week - we made snowmen, snowballs, snowangels and much more! Great fun.
A Mysterious Spacecraft Has Landed!
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It has been a very exciting day in Year 1! This morning the caretaker came to tell us that he had just cleared up the debris from a mysterious spacecraft which landed in the school grounds over the weekend! We all watched the CCTV footage and then went out to investigate. We were all very interested by the alien slime!
Our Autumn Term Homework
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Here are some examples of our Autumn homework. Well done everyone!
