With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.

Year 1 at Gibside

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Year 1 enjoyed an autumnal day at Gibside, as part of their science topic, ‘Seasonal Change’. The children looked for signs that autumn was here and collected leaves, acorns and conkers to take back to class. They have also been learning about animals that hibernate, so decided to make some hedgehog homes. The children used materials around them to create a warm, waterproof shelter for them.

Although it rained most of the day, year 1 made the most of it and enjoyed a treat at the playpark for their amazing efforts.

 

Y1’s Colour Creations

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Year 1 have made a fantastic start to their ‘Colour Creations’ art topic. So far they have looked at art work created by Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock. We observed their use of primary and secondary colours, as well as tints, shading and techniques which they used to create their art work. We then took inspiration from them to create our own masterpieces.

First Week in Year 1

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Our new Year 1 children have settled into their new class brilliantly this week. They have been excited to see and explore their new classroom, and have enjoyed some Elmer themed activities.

Year 1’s Potatoes

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Today we finally pulled up our potatoes that we have been growing since April. We planted 7 potatoes and grew a whopping 36! We boiled the potatoes and everyone had a try. They were delicious!

Year 1 Sports Day

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Year 1 had a fantastic morning participating in their first Sports Day! The children had the chance to take part in every race and they throughly enjoyed it. We had a wonderful morning!

Chance2Shine Cricket Day

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It was wonderful to see children in Years 1-6 enjoying playing cricket together today. Coaches from Durham CCC and South Shields CC led the event, in which it was great to see plenty of smiles as children batted, bowled and practised their catching.

Merry Christmas from Year One

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Year One have had a fantastic week getting ready for Santa Claus. We have made moving Christmas cards, calendars and had our Christmas party.

We ended our final day watching Christmas films and singing songs. Mrs Dunn and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Dear Year 1 – 21st September 2020

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Hello Year 1,

I have put together some work for you to complete over the next week. There are packs of work available from school, as well as online. The best place to access this is in the Year 1 Google Classroom. I will be keeping in touch with you daily on there. If you need any support logging onto Google Classroom or gaining access to your account, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Work has also been allocated to every child in Active Learn and My Maths

I look forward to hearing from you all.

Miss Langley

Dear Year 1 – 16th September 2020

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Hello Year 1,

I have put together some work for you to complete over the next few day. There are packs of work available from school, as well as online. I have linked some of the work in this post, but the best place to access this is in the Year 1 Google Classroom. I will be keeping in touch with you daily on there. Within your pack from school there is a login card, as well as instructions on how to access the online classroom. If you have any difficulties please contact the school.

Best wishes,

Miss Langley

Wednesday 16th September 2020

Literacy

The Alphabet
Please complete the following activities:

  1. Watch the videos about capital letters on BBC Bitesize linked here.
  2.  Complete the ‘Rainbow-Letters worksheet in your pack. The children write inside the outlined letters, using a coloured pencil. Then they have another go, writing the letters with a different coloured pencil. Their lines will cross over each other inside the outlines, but this does not matter. The children keep writing the letters using a different coloured pencil each time, until each letter is filled with its own ‘rainbow’.
  3. Extras:
    ‘Uppercase-and-Lowercase-Letters‘ worksheet – children circle the matching lowercase letter in each row.
  4.  ‘Capital-Letters‘ worksheet – Children colour the shapes which have a capital letter and circle the capital letters in the text.
  5. A game has been allocated on the Active Learn website called ‘The Alphabet’

Maths

Watch the video (linked here) from Oak National Academy. Then try and complete pages 95-102 in your maths pack.

Thursday 17th September 2020

Literacy

Peace at Last
Please complete the following activities for Literacy today.

  1.  Read the story ‘Peace-at-Last‘.
  2.  After you have read the story, look at the pictures on the Peace-at-Last-Comprehension. Your challenge is to cut out the six pictures and stick them, one beneath the other, in the correct order in your orange exercise book.
  3. Once you have stuck them in, have a look at the pictures carefully. Can you write a sentence to go with the picture or a few words describing what Mr Bear can hear.

Maths

Watch the video (linked here) from Oak National Academy. Then try and complete pages 103-110 in your maths pack.

Friday 18th September 2020

Literacy

Alphabetical Order
Please complete the following activities for Literacy today.

  1. Watch the videos about alphabetical order on BBC Bitesize, linked here.
  2.  Complete the ‘Alphabet caterpillar a-to-m and n-to-z‘ worksheet in your pack. Read the words on the leaf and copy them next to the correct letter on the caterpillar.
  3. Extras:
    Animal-Captions‘ worksheet – This work can be completed on the enlarged worksheet, or the pictures could be cut out and stuck into your orange exercise book. You will then have more space to write a caption in the book.
  4.  Dictation – Read the following sentences to your child for them to write in their orange exercise books. Remind them to check for capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
    He can jump off the step.
    She ran up the cliff.
    We must not sniff.
  5. Spelling Test: Children can complete this week’s spelling test on the test page of their spelling booklet.

Maths

Watch the video (linked here) from Oak National Academy. Then try and complete pages 111-118 in your maths pack.

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