We have all had a great day! We have designed our own party hats, danced, played games, made a Christmas tree decoration and had lots of fun!
Santa Claus comes to town!
We have had a very special visitor today! Year 1 sang Jingle Bells and wished him a very Merry Christmas!
Changes to the Oxford Owl reading resource
Click on the download link to view the changes. Happy reading!
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Day 3 and 4!
Ask us all about part, part, whole!
Day 1 and 2!
The advent calendar is up!
It would not be Christmas at Birdwell Primary, without the tradition of the advent calendar. We cannot open the doors like we usually do but watch this space. We will reveal what is behind each door on the blog!
Shining star!
What a fantastic week! Great listening, positive attitude and beautiful handwriting. Keep up the great work!
Happy Birthday!
Birthday hats, banners, bunting, balloons, buns, sweets, pass the parcel, disco lights and music! It is safe to say, the birthday party was a great afternoon! Happy birthday to the fab five!
We can use a number line!
In numeracy, we have been learning to use a number line. We have been using it to count the jumps between numbers, solving addition sums and also circling numbers greater than and less than a given number.
Games from around the world!
We have been looking at games from around the world, to link in with our Toys topic. We have loved playing Jumping Jacks from Poland!
Diwali! The Festival of Lights!
We have been learning all about Diwali and the Festival of Lights. The class have drawn pictures of Rama and Sita, Ravanna and the other Hindu Gods.
Look at our cars!
Year 1 have worked so hard today! They’ve had to follow lots of instructions to be able to paint and build their car. First they designed their car, then painted it. Next they needed to paint four wheels and two wooden dowel rods. The final part needed lots of concentration – they had to assemble their car! What a fantastic job they’ve done! Well done Year 1!
Friday afternoon fun
On Fridays afternoons we play bingo, dance, do arts and crafts, build with lego, make models from junk
Pudsey!
Ship Ahoy!
Ahoy, Me Hearties!
We have loved exploring the new addition to the playground. Year 1 have had lots of adventures so far! I wonder who will be the first, to have to walk the plank?
Greater than, less than or equal to?
Well done Year 1!
We have had a fantastic week and won the shining star! Year 1 are all enjoying a well deserved choosing time in class.
Harvest 2020
Halloween crafts!
Halloween maths
Halloween Disco!
All about materials
A busy week in maths!
In maths this week, we have been doing lots of counting, sorting and grouping. We could also work out one more and one less!
Mathletics Superstars
Another amazing week Year 1. Well done 😍
Ball skills!
Mathletics Superstars
Well done Year 1 you have had a fantastic week on Mathletics please keep up the good work.
Shining star!
Look who’s been busy at home. What a phonics superstar!
Investigating different materials. Are they hard or soft?
Mathletics Superstar!
Fantastic work Grace
Shining stars!
We can read and spell these words!
Investigating materials!
Shining stars!
Letter about reading
This letter will go home today but you can also view it here. Click download to open.
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Sorting in maths
A busy morning in phonics!
We have been using our ‘robot arms’ to sound out the words. We used the highlighter to show where the digraph is hiding!
Recorders
We have started to learn, how to play the recorder. Mr Dodd is our teacher and he is amazed at our progress! We have been learning all about pulse and rhythm.
Happy Rosh Hashanah.
We have been learning about the Jewish faith and have celebrated Rosh Hashanah – Jewish New Year.
We ate pomegranates and apples dipped in honey which are traditional dishes and hopefully signifies we have a sweet new year
Shining stars!
Wow! What a great week for these three shining stars!
Maths!
This week we have been busy cutting, sticking and counting!
Shining stars!
Wow what a great week for these two shining stars!
Lots of counting!
Fun in phonics!
This week we have been looking at the ‘ay’ digraph. We used the pictures to help us write the words: spray, tray, day and hay.
How many more words can you think of?
The colour monster! How do you feel?
Shining Stars!
Well done for a fantastic week!
Fun with Freddie Fit!
Year 1 September 2020
We have all settled in really well and had a great first week, exploring our new classroom!
Busy in the holiday!
Hello dear Mrs. Millington,
Hopefully you are doing fine.
I have spent my whole week doing lots of colouring, maths, reading books, cycling and most special part the science project…
I loved that! My week passed as colourful as the rainbow I have made.
Thanks and take care.
Mathletics Hall of Fame
A huge well done to everyone who has been working on Mathletics throughout the lockdown. Especially to Michael in Year 5 who has logged over 70 hours. We will be celebrating the success of everyone who made it onto the Mathletics Hall of Fame when we return in September.
Congratulations to the winner of the Mathletics prize draw, your prize is on it’s way to you.
Don’t forget you can still log onto Mathletics throughout the summer, any certificates you achieve will be waiting for you in September.
Mathletics Superstars
Well done Year 1 another week where you are the top class in school on Mathletics. A special well done to Freya and Amelia D for achieving a silver certificate.
An art afternoon!
Summer reading Bingo!
Who’s up for a summer reading bingo challenge?
Click on the link below to download and complete the challenge! Good luck!
Final zoom chat!
Hi Year 1,
Hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend.
Wow I can’t believe it’s the last week! Hope you can all join in for one last zoom chat.
Wednesday 15th July
11am
Meeting ID: 933 9279 3486
Password: 4htLtK
See you soon. x
Gorgeous Vincent Van Gogh paintings!
Another lovely week!
My Superhero Identity!
Summer challenge!
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Mathletics Superstars
Phonics fun!
Hi Year 1
I know how much you love phonics.
Have fun!
Click on the link below to play the game.
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/twinkl-phonics-galaxy-game-tg-ga-193
Look what we’ve been growing!
My busy week!
Here’s a couple of things I’ve done this week. Unfortunately the weather has been rubbish so I wrote a story using my key words, drew a sunflower, wrote about myself for Mrs Barrott and Mrs Rooke, filled in my work book to learn about time and I got my mummy to die my hair.
Mathletics Superstars
A huge well done to Year 1 for achieving their Mathletics certificates last week especially Emilia who earned a silver certificate. Remember every day that you use Mathletics your name will go into the prize draw to win the bubble maker just in time for the summer holidays.
Paper art fun!
Busy in our bubble!
Zoom chat!
Hi Year 1,
Hope you’re all having a good week!
It would be lovely to find out what you’ve been up to. Let’s have a chat on zoom!
Wednesday 1st July at 11am
ID – 946 3689 5678
Password – 8ACuDF
Hope to see you there! x
Story settings descriptions
Storm chasing!
Hello Mrs Millington,
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been watching lots of tornado videos on YouTube and reading about them on Google with my mum. I’m finding them very interesting and tell my family all about them. I know they use a siren alarm to alert villages of potential tornadoes and that they come in different sizes from F0 to a F5 the F5 is the biggest and meanest of them all! I want to be a storm chaser when I grow up and save all the peoples lives and protect them from all these tornadoes! Stay safe!
Rueben. x
Learning about animals, renewable energy and lots more!
Hi Year 1,
We have learnt more about animals around the world. We did Antarctica, Africa and Australia, in science we have done about renewable and non renewable energy and made a poster to finish off. I have been helping my mummy cook, I’m very good now. I have lost a big tooth. I got some money. I have done lots of walking, bike riding and gardening. I’m growing strawberries, lettuce, spring onions and radishes.
I’m missing you and my friends. Tom Gates are my favourite, I read them everyday morning and night.
Seals!
We went to Ravenscar and saw some seals. It was so good, they came so close. 👍
Thank you!
Lovely to see you Year 1! Great finding out what you’ve been doing. From bike rides, to topic work, mathletics and seeing how many wobbly teeth you’ve all got!
Stay safe and take care. We’ll Zoom again next week! x
Maths Leaderboards
Literacy, topic, walks and more!
Summer Mathletics Competition
Zoom meeting!
Hi Year 1
We loved seeing you on Zoom last week so thought we’d try it again!
Wednesday 24th June at 11am
Meeting ID: 933 3129 9149
Password: OqeHZ8
Hope to see you all soon. x
Mathletics Superstars
Another fantastic week Year 1, a huge well done to Charlotte for achieving a silver certificate.
Topic work
Good morning Mrs Millington,
This morning I have done the garden flowers and labelled them and I’ve also done the life cycle of a plant. I hope you are well I was really upset when the call ended on zoom the other day I didn’t get chance to talk to you all. My mum says that I can try again next week. Speak soon! Stay safe! Rueben. x
Father’s Day!
Good evening Mrs. Millington,
I have made this card for my baba (dad) and he likes it very very much. In the afternoon me and my dad played video game, I let him win the game as a father’s day gift.
🤩🤩🤩😁😁.
Thank you.
Bye for now. Take care.
A creative morning linked to topic!
Hello Mrs. Millington,
I have made 2 garden frames today, those made me busy for whole morning. I found both of them very pretty, let me know, which one is your favourite.
Take care and see you next week.
Bye
Hi
Oh I love them! I think the circular one is my favourite.
See you tomorrow. x
Our week in Bubble B!
We have been busy in Bubble B this week. We have read gangsta granny and even got to watch the movie after we finished the book. We did some stretching and dancing too when it was raining! We have planted lots of new plants and vegetables this week adding to our garden. We even got to write our own instructions on how to plant seeds.
Beat the teachers quiz
Can you guys do it again? Last week you beat the teachers at the quiz (JUST!!!!!) So, they had to pay a forfeit…dress as Mr Bailey for the day!
Will I have dream up another forfeit or will it be a treat for the staff when they BEAT YOU??????????
Zoom meeting begins at 1:15 on fridays and the quiz starts at 1:30
Zoom meeting ID:
946 5718 5074
Password:
quiz
Remember, you must have another device with the Kahoot app open on it to send us the answers!!!
Update on our Garden
We have a growing selection of plants in our classroom in our garden.
We are growing some poppies, vegetables, tomatoes and herbs!
Bubble B x
Our plants topic
Look at our poppy seeds
Keeping busy waiting for baby to arrive!
I loved catching up with my friends on zoom yesterday and wanted to send some photos in from the last few weeks. Plenty of maths, reading and writing each day, and making lava lamps, our own board games for games night, wild strawberry tarts, puzzle solving in my own treasure hunt and plenty of walks (and posing)
We miss you all and hopefully will be back together soon.
Nature art frame
Can you create your own – nature art frame? Using the plants in your garden, try to create your own nature frame. Don’t forget to send photos in to p.millington@birdwellprimary.org.uk and I will share them on the blog!
Have fun! x
New lock down lunches
Planting vegetables!
We have been planting some vegetables!
We enjoyed planting radishes, beetroot and even some basil!
We followed the instructions carefully and could independently plant these seeds in our little plant pots.
My adventures!
Hi Mrs Millington,
Hope you are ok? I miss everyone so much! I have been very busy with lots of reading, phonics and maths, and also loved the topic on plants. I found lots of different flowers out on my bike ride!!
Our plants are growing!
Zoom chat!
Hi Year 1,
It’s been so long since we’ve all seen each other. Who wants a chat on zoom?
All you need to do is ask an adult to download the Zoom app and then join the meeting.
Meeting time: 11am on Wednesday 17th June
Meeting ID: 981 6581 5864
Password: 6jWUju
We can’t wait to see you all!
Reading in our bubble!
My busy week!
Another fun filled week! Wow you’ve been busy. Keep up the great work. I can’t wait to see a picture of your sunflower when it’s grown.
Maths Leaderboards
Mathletics Superstars
Fantastic work Year 1 a special well done to Ruby for achieving a silver certificate.
Clocks and pizza!
Hello Mrs. Millington,
I hope you are doing well.
Every Friday is my 10 minutes test day, and this Friday the topic was learning about clock. I am glad that I scored well. On Saturday I helped my dad to bake some yummy vegetable pizzas. I choose my own toppings, I don’t like too many vegetables though. It was a busy weekend. Looking forward to join school on Monday.
Take care .
Bye bye..
Great time work! You’ve obviously been working hard at home and at school. Ooh the pizza looks delicious! x
Flamingo facts!
Hi
Oh thank you for sending photos in. It’s lovely to see what you’ve been doing at home. Great facts about flamingos and beautiful handwriting as always!
Plant and flower hunt
Hi Year 1
Hope you’re enjoying the new topic! How many flowers can you find on your daily walk? Have you got any in your garden?