It's always a pleasure to see what Year One have been up to, and during our Halloween, they performed this super-spooky poem for us all to enjoy. Get ready to hide behind the sofa! https://youtu.be/9V20P1zW6nc
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Year One – Super Smellers!
On Friday the Year One’s took part in a Smell Investigation. They have been learning about the senses in Science as part of their ‘Humans’ topic and had to guess the 6 different things that were inside the cups. The children loved testing out their sense of smell,...
Creative Club Get Sketching
Last night in Creative Club the children took part in some role play and story building games before they had a go at some timed sketching. The children started off only having 10 seconds to draw an object of their choice! They then had 20 seconds and so on, until...
Year One’s Speech Bubbles – Peace at Last!
Year One have been learning about speech bubbles. This week they have been looking at the story ‘Peace at Last’ by Jill Murphy and they had a go at filling in some speech bubbles for the different characters, thinking about how they might be feeling at different...
The All New Democratic Time – Here’s Amazing Artists
Today saw the first Democratic Time where, instead of before, children sign up for a 5 or 6 week programme with the same group every Friday afternoon. Alison, our Year 2 teacher is focusing on Amazing Artists this half term, and has kindly shared some of the amazing...
Year One’s Outdoor Activities this Week
The children in Year One spoke about the natural habitats of animals such as squirrels, foxes, badgers and owls whilst crafting with pine cones. They learnt about their diet and wondered how fast they could run or fly, comparing them with other animals. They also...
Year One Learn About Artist Alma Thomas
In today’s art lesson, the Year One children learnt about artist Alma Thomas. Alma Thomas was the first African-American woman to hold an exhibition of her work at the Whitney Museum of American Art and she liked to focus on beauty and happiness in her paintings. The...
Year One’s Feline Mystery Guest
After the drama in September, when Year One had an unwelcome visit from pirates, they returned to their class only to find that they had another unexpected guest who had made an awful mess of their classroom. The Year One children gathered clues, made lists and used...
The Naughty Pirates in Year One!
Those pesky pirates have attempted to wreak havoc with our Year One class and stole their stash of gold and treasure. Year One children were not at all pleased with this so they set to finding out how to catch these naughty nautical nincompoops. With maps, messages...
Author Molly Arbuthnott Returns to read to Years One and Two
Today children's author Molly Arbuthnott came back to Rosemary Works to visit Year One and read her new books to Year Two (who she saw last year!). The children loved listening to her stories about Oscar the cat and enjoyed interacting with the story props The...
