Year 1 Class News

Be proud of our bodies

Posted on Friday 08 November 2013 by Mrs Taylor

This week Year 1 had a Doctor! Doctor! themed yoga session with Angela from Yogabugs.  We did a variety of yoga poses for most parts of our amazing bodies!  Then we enjoyed some well-earned relaxation.

Lots of gym stars

Posted on Friday 08 November 2013 by Mrs Taylor

Over the last few weeks, Year 1 have been developing some fantastic gymnastic skills, including jumps, travelling and shapes with coaches Jane and Charlotte Townend.  The class have shown great progression over the sessions.  Ask them to show you their bunny jumps, travelling like a spider, star jumps and seated tuck shape to name a few.

Jane and Charlotte run after school classes in Barwick-in-Elmet and at Temple Moor High School if your child is interested in developing their gymnastics further.

 

A visitor for Key Stage 1

Posted on Tuesday 29 October 2013 by Mr Roundtree

On Thursday, Year 1 and Year 2 had a surprise visitor in class. Florence Nightingale popped in to see Year 1 and hear all about what they had learned that afternoon about her life and she spent most of the afternoon teaching Year 2. The children were very interested to hear all about hospital conditions when Florence worked during the Crimean War and couldn’t believe it when she didn’t even know what lights or pens were!

 

It’s half-term…

Posted on Saturday 26 October 2013 by Mr Roundtree

…so no specific homework, spellings or tables this week.  It’s a good time to relax and enjoy some time with your children – have you visited the free exhibition of Anthony Browne pictures at Leeds City Museum, for example?

Thanks d:Side – we learnt lots!

Posted on Thursday 17 October 2013 by Mrs Taylor

Today, Catherine, from d:Side, came to visit to give us lots of information about our body and keeping it healthy.  Judging by the responses, the class have learnt lots so far in our Doctor Doctor topic.  We also managed to learn about what makes a healthy lunchbox and the safe use of medicines.

  • “I learnt all about bodies, bones and muscles.”
  • “I learnt that we grow when we are asleep.”
  • “There are veins to take our blood around.”

 

Doctor Doctor

Posted on Friday 04 October 2013 by Mrs Weekes

A real doctor came to visit us at school today.  She spoke to us about her job as a doctor and she told us how we can keep ourselves healthy.  We were able to use her stethoscope – did you know that if you listen to your tummy with a stethoscope you can still hear your heartbeat as well?  We discovered that our tummies make very strange noises!  A few of us had our pulses checked, fortunately we were all very healthy!

   

Get set for a new park run

Posted on Sunday 29 September 2013 by Mrs Taylor

A new free weekly 2km run at Roundhay Park has been set up after a £1500 grant was provided by local councillors.  The Roundhay Junior Park Run will take place every Sunday morning and is open to children aged between four and fourteen.  Parkrun is a worldwide organisation which sets up and manages free weekly timed runs in parkland surroundings.  Fancy a go yourself…?  There is also a weekly 5km run every Saturday at 9am.

Feel the benefits of being active in Leeds

Posted on Sunday 29 September 2013 by Mrs Taylor

Leeds Let’s Get Active is a programme of free activities from October to December 2013. Free gym and swim sessions will be available across all Leeds City Council leisure centres from 30 September 2013. Other activities such as walking and running as well as family-based activities are also available at locations in the city. You can now register online  to find out more information on what is available, where and when on the Leeds Let’s Get Active activity programme.

With free swim and gym at Scott Hall leisure centre and health walks at Meanwood there is plenty on offer in the local area.

 

How high can you jump?

Posted on Saturday 28 September 2013 by Mrs Weekes

Amazing star jumps in our gym lesson this week.

Marvellous measures

Posted on Saturday 28 September 2013 by Mrs Weekes

A week’s learning about measures ended with lots of measuring of arms, legs and heads.  As part of the big topic, Doctor Doctor, measurements of our bodies were compared.  Measuring length can be done using non-standard units and standard units.  The week was started by measuring with paperclips, dinosaurs and highlighters, then home-made tape measures were used to practise the actual concept of using a tape and then the standard units of centimetres and metres were introduced.

  • How many centimetres in a metre?    
  • Who had the biggest hand span? 
  • How do you measure a hand span?

…all questions that you can ask Year 1.

 

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