Today we have been making pizzas and cakes for our Christmas Party. We used lots of different ingredients like cheese, tomato paste, bread, peppers, mushrooms and sweet corn. For our cakes we used butter, flour, sugar and eggs. Also we used our cutting, weighing and our mixing skills.
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1A have been making christmas decorations ready for our Christmas Party. They made Santa and Reindeer decorations. We used scissors, crayons, felts, glitter, tape, string, sequins and pipe cleaners. We also learnt about why we have Christmas decorations.
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Today in 1A we have been learning about Bonfire Night, why does it happen? When does it happen?
Some children were acting out the story of Guy Fawkes through role play. Other children made firework pictures using pastels, creating different shapes and patterns.
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As part of our literacy lesson this week we are looking at stories with a rhythm. The story of  We’re going on a Bear Hunt was written by Michael Rosen &  is a favourite with children and adults.

The children went into the hall where we had prepared areas to depict parts of the story. They  imagined they were going to find the Bear, through grass, a river, mud, a forest, a snow storm & finally into a cave.The children really enjoyed acting out the various parts!

We hope  the following photographs show you the fun they had.

Our topic in year 1 this half term is Rumble in the Jungle. We got to make our favourite 3D Jungle animals today using clay and recycled materials. Some of us worked together in little groups. We used our sharing and teamwork powers. We learnt different ways of joining materials together and discussed the different techniques we were using (rolling, joining and kneading). We made snakes, elephants, tigers, lions and giraffes. We had lots of fun. Please take a look at our pictures.

Year 1 went to Twycross Zoo and got to look at all the different animals. We saw lots of different monkeys including the chimpanzees and the orangutangs. We listened to the different noises they made and how they were acting. We saw elephants, meerkats, parrots, bats, snakes, spiders, camels, gorillas, hyena, ferrets, alpacas, otters and farm animals including rabbits and guinea pigs. We also got to see the penguins being fed. We saw a new animal to the zoo this year which was the snow leopard. He was playful and was very scary at times.
We all had a great day and had lots of fun please take a look at our pictures.

Today 1N had a visit from Pirate Rachel. She helped us to learn how pirates use to live and what they use to do. We got to be pirates and act out everything they did on their ships including dancing, singing, firing cannons and cleaning the ship. It was really exciting and lots of fun. Please take a look at our comments and our pictures.

Today in 1N the children got to solve clues and find our misssing puppet. They came to the classroom to find there is a bottle and inside the bottle there is a piece of paper. They came up with different ideas, Who can it be from? What it might say? Where did it come from?
Then the children got to go on a hunt around the school to find our missing puppet. They read the clues that had been left by Pirate Captain Jack. They had to solve the clue and find the next place where our puppet could be. They had to work in a team. Please look at our pictures.

Children in 1N have had the opportunity to go over Calthorpe Haven and discover things and investigate what they are. They discovered a shinny mirror, a glass slipper, fairy godmother wings, a wand, bricks, sticks, witches costume, gingerbread man cutter, flour, and three bowls with spoons. All these things are related to traditional tales. The children were questioned about, Who they belong to? Why are they here?

The children enjoyed exploring and investigating. Please take a look at our pictures.