Blog by Kay Collins

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May
2016

Year One letter writing and posting

After our visit to Smithills Farm we wrote a letter to say Thankyou for a great day. We wrote about our favourite animal and our favourite part of the day. Today we wrote Smithills address on our envelopes and stuck on the stamps from home. Then we walked to the postbox near school. We hope they…

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May
2016

Purple Mash 2animate

Year One children created and explored the 2animate tool on Purple Mash. They made a fanatasy character and used the skills they learnt during the session. Enjoy looking through the images below.

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May
2016

Year One using 2animate on Purple Mash

As part of Unit One topic the children have been creating a fantasy character that can move, breath fire and sprinkle fairy dust. The children used a tool called 2animate on Purple Mash. They had lots of fun creating but learnt some new computing skills along the way.

Please take a look at a…

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Apr
2016

Ipad fun

We have been using the ipads to take photographs and videos of each other. We could see ourselves on the whiteboard and it was very funny.

We wanted to share our favourite song with you. Miss Marsden taught us the song in music. We miss you Miss Marsden!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG?

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Apr
2016

Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers

Year One children have been learning about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. They have looked at his paintings, in particular the sunflowers.

The children created their own paintings of sunflowers.

Please take a look through the slideshow and leave a comment.

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Mar
2016

World book day celebrations 2016

What an amazing day. Waking up to snow and World Book Day costumes for school. You all looked fantastic Unit One.

A big WELL DONE to each and every one of you!!

Tags: #worldbookday

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Mar
2016

Animals of the world

As part of our topic we have been learning about animal classification, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. We have written factfiles about the different types of animals.

We looked at a website called "Kids corner" to find out about animal classification and to help us…

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Feb
2016

Zoo2u

Unit 1 were visited by Melissa from Zoo2u. She brought some of her animal friends to visit. We are learning about animals of the world and it was great to see some animals up close. Melissa let us touch some of the animals even the python.

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Feb
2016