Year 1 Class 3 (Mrs Balmer)
Welcome to Year 1 Class 3 (Mrs Balmer)
Our teacher is Mrs Balmer. Our teaching assistant is Mrs McGlinchey.
Autumn 2019
Week of 15/10/2019: 1.3 have been learning to sing Lowrider, and have been playing percussion instruments and ukulele in time to the music.
Week of 15/10/2019: 1.3 used iPads to simulate a Beebot and navigate a map successfully. We used the Beebots last week to get used to them, and next week we will be using them to navigate a real map!
Week of 15/10/2019: 1.3 The children made their own number track, then practised adding numbers to 10 by jumping on the right amount of steps
Week of 10/10/2019: 1.3 used iPads to simulate a Beebot and navigate a map successfully. We used the Beebots last week to get used to them, and next week we will be using them to navigate a real map!
Week of 10/10/2019: 1.3 have been learning to clap in time as well as tap and strum a ukulele in time to the song ‘Lowrider’. We have been having fun making the sounds of a car in between the spoken lyrics.
Week of 30/09/2019: 1.3 had a great time on our trip to the Albert Dock and the museum
Week of 24/09/2019: 1.3 used a 10 frame to find number bonds to 10
Week of 24/09/2019: Art – Experimenting with colours
Summer 2019
Week of 01/04/2019: RG had a fantastic day in the sunshine visiting Chirk Castle
Week of 01/04/2019: It’s a busy day at the Monksdown car wash. Lots of bikes and scooters are out on the road today
Week of 26/03/2019: Gymnastics in the hall
Week of 18/03/2019: Reception having lots of outside fun
Week of 18/03/2019: Reception having lots of fun during choose time
Week of 03/03/2019: RG have had a very busy week this week. On Tuesday we wrote instructions “how to make a pancake” then made pancakes and had a go at pancake tossing. On Thursday we celebrated world book day. We enjoyed learning about a new book “Tuesday” by David Wiesner. We all dressed up as frogs just like in the story.
Week of 03/03/2019: RG love phonics and guided reading. We do it every single day!
Week of 11/02/2019: RG had a fantastic day at Croxteth Park on their winter walk. We noticed that all of the leaves on our favourite tree had gone. To warm up we had a hot chocolate before going to play amongst the trees. We had a lovely picnic for our lunch and finished off our day playing on the slides. We are already looking forward to our spring walk.
Week of 11/02/2019: RG working hard practising their letter formation
Week of 04/02/2019: Writing our tricky words during phonics
Week of 04/02/2019: RG celebrated Chinese New Year by making Chinese lanterns and decorating dragons. We had great fun reading “The Story of Nian” about a strange and ugly beast who lived in the mountains. The beast is scared of loud noises and the colour red. So decorate your doors red and bang your drums!
Week of 28/1/2019: The children in RG have been learning the story of Little Red Riding Hood using the Talk For Writing approach. Today we made cakes for Little Red Riding Hood to take to Grandma’s house.
Week of 28/01/2019: Practising their handwriting and letter formation on National Handwriting Day
Week of 21/01/2019: Ordering Numbers
Autumn Term 2018
Fabulous fish at Christmas time
