Blog by Karen Cork

Year One were very excited to welcome the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin (the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury) into school. Rose was invited by the palace to be part of the coronation ceremony and presented The Queen Consort's Rod. Year One interviewed Rose about her previous experience…

Year One had a fantastic time at the Whitstable Steam Walk Gardens. First of all we explored the site whilst carrying out a scavenger hunt. We picked edible vegetables to make a salad and mixed ingredients to create a dressing. Finally we learned all about the role of worms in a garden and helped…

Our day began with a whole school magical and mathematical assembly, presented by Master Magician Tony Charles, which created tangible excitement about the magical possibilities of number.

Throughout the day, every year group then experienced a Magic show with a variety of exciting tricks…

During Forest School this week the Year One children started to learn about our new Forest School area, the opportunities available to them and the rules that they will need to follow to keep safe while they explore.

After a game of 'Hide like a hedgehog' they had the opportunity to choose from…

This week Year One were fortunate enough to be the first year group to experience our new Forest School.
 

Mrs Chiaramello-Hopker has transformed a hidden away part of the school grounds into a Bridge School own Forest School. Through Forest School we aim to develop many skills including…

During Science week Year 1 investigated their bodies by measuring and comparing different body parts. We explored the questions ‘Does the tallest person have the biggest feet?’ ‘Does the person with the biggest feet have the biggest hands?’ and ‘Can the person with the longest legs jump the…

As part of online safety week Year One have shared the story ‘Once upon a time... online’ and discussed the issue of asking permission to use the internet. The children created colourful posters to spread the important message that you must always ask a grown up if you want to go…

Year One were very excited to write letters to their families. In their letters they have explained that they will be taking their pets home for the holiday. They have introduced their pets and offered reassurance about whose job it will be to look after them! The children are now very…

The children were delighted to choose their own class pets this week. Each child has been given a cuddly toy to look after (which they will eventually bring home). The aim of this project is to inspire the children to be more focused, more creative and more motivated to write in child-initiated…

This morning Year One welcomed Lauren, from Zoolab, with some of her friends. We met a giant African land snail, a corn snake, a rat, a white tree frog and a scorpion. We loved holding the snail and cockroach, and stroking the snake and the rat. Lauren was impressed that we were able to tell her…

Year One have read ‘The tiger who came to tea’ and used this as a stimulus for English, Science and Art lessons this week. In art we are exploring different media starting with oil pastel and chalk pastels. After we tried out the materials and explored the effects that we could create we used them…

Over the last few weeks we have been developing our understanding of place value.

The children have been using the phrase “Build it, draw it, write it,” to structure their learning.