Welcome to Dragonflies
Year 1
Class teacher:
Miss Rolfe
Teaching assistants:
AM - Mrs Sawdy and Mrs Allcorn
PM - Mrs Lynch and Mrs Manley
PE days:
Monday and Wednesday.
Please ensure your child comes to school dressed in their PE kit on that day.
Homework:
Homework and spellings will be emailed or handed out every Friday and should be returned the following Thursday.
If your child has not completed homework or spellings by the following Thursday, this means they will be allocated time during lunch break to complete it in homework club with Miss Rolfe.
If you have any queries, please email Miss Rolfe at:
dragonflies.class@cowley.lincs.sch.uk
Autumn 2023
What a great end to the term- we teamed up with Squirrels and read books to one another.
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We have been learning about length and height. We measured objects using cubes.
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We set each other challenges on Maze explorer on purplemash.
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We are learning to move with control in a variety of ways.
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We have been learning to take pictures and edit them using 'crop' and 'filters'.
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We listened to Vivaldi and drew what the music made us think of.
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We had circle time, we discussed different scenarios of unkind behaviour and bullying. All children were able to decipher the difference.
7/36
We took a look at an underwater scene in the immersive suite ready for our talk and write.
8/36
We have been learning about nouns this week.
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We love reading books in the reading corner.
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We have been trying to improve our core strength, balance and co-ordination in Pilates.
11/36
We thoroughly enjoyed being news reporters!
12/36
We really enjoyed making our stuffed peppers! We used our DT skills to help cut and grate our ingredients.
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We really enjoyed making our stuffed peppers! We used our DT skills to help cut and grate our ingredients.
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We really enjoyed making our stuffed peppers! We used our DT skills to help cut and grate our ingredients.
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We really enjoyed making our stuffed peppers! We used our DT skills to help cut and grate our ingredients.
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We had great fun playing games in the immersive suite.
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We enjoyed listening to Hansel and Gretel in the immersive suite.
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We have enjoyed playing different instruments with Carl in music.
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We have been investigating which paper is the most absorbent.
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We did some leaf printing too!
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We made shelters
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We made necklaces at Forest School- it was great!
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We are really enjoying our listening station.
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We have had great fun using the boomwhackers!
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We thoroughly enjoyed going on the iPads this week, we have learnt about online safety and how to login to purplemash.
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We have been looking at what a varied and balanced diet looks like. We created our own plates using the 5 food groups.
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We are reading a Traditional Tale a day. We enjoyed pretending to be the wolf!
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We have been learning about rights and responsibilities in Jigsaw this week.
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In Maths, we have been learning to sort objects.
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We visited the skate park on our walk around Donington today.
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Spring 2024
We have been looking at different food groups.
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We had an assembly about 'dog safety'.
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We have been learning about fractions- halves and quarters.
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We had a fantastic day in the forest. We toasted marshmallows, drank hot chocolate, built dens and lots more!
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We had a fantastic day in the forest. We toasted marshmallows, drank hot chocolate, built dens and lots more!
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We had a fantastic day in the forest. We toasted marshmallows, drank hot chocolate, built dens and lots more!
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We love numbots!
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We have been learning how to catch and throw different size balls.
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We wore our pjs or comfy clothes for World Book Day!
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World Book Day- we shared some of our favourite books.
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World Book Day was based around the book 'Our Tower'. We created our own tree-grown person.
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World Book Day was based around the book 'Our Tower'. We created our own tree-grown person.
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World Book Day was based around the book 'Our Tower'. We created our own tree-grown person.
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We have been practising different sketching techniques.
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We have been learning our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
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We have been making equal groups using cubes.
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The children worked in groups and guessed how long they thought it would take for each item to break down in our oceans.
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Practising our number bonds to 10.
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Our upcycling project!
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Our upcycling project!
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Our upcycling project!
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Our upcycling project!
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Our upcycling project!
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Our upcycling project!
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Our Papier Mache bowls are in progress!
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We have been working in groups to design a bird for our 'dreams and goals' garden.
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We have been looking at Jewish beliefs.
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We worked in groups to create a garden of 'dreams and goals'.
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Making 20 in different ways.
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We have been reading 'The Journey Home' and made a story map about it.
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We have been writing about what steps we need to take to achieve our goals.
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We have been making numbers to 20 using tens and ones, cubes, tens frames and numicon.
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Some amazing work which the children did over the Christmas holidays- recycling materials to create a garden collage.
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We have been labelling the 7 continents on a world map- we also know a song about the 7 continents.
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We have been learning about mass, volume and capacity. We loved going in the sand pit and water tray.
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Summer 2024
We learned all about percussion instruments with Karl. We learned how to use them properly by shaking, banging or scraping them to make sounds!
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We’ve been working hard with our phonics lessons!
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We’ve been working hard in our phonics lessons!
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We played a game of guess who to practice our question and answer skills!
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Karl introduced us to more instruments - claves and castanets! He also played a snare drum for us!
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