StMargs Year 1

Year 1 @StMargaretsPrep - an independent day preparatory school for boys and girls aged 2-11.

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We have been learning all about volume and capacity this week and had lots of fun in the courtyard #InspiringExcellence

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We have been testing our knowledge of coins by creating shops today.

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We started our unit on money today and enjoyed exploring the different coins #InspiringExcellence

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We have had great fun this week creating our product for the enterprise fair, can you guess what it is? #InspiringExcellence

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We have loved making our castles for the last couple weeks. Today we started decorating after papier-mâché and painting last week. #InspiringExcellence #NurturingIndividuality

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We are loving our Castle Capers hook day. We have designed a coat of arms and are enjoying making shields.
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We started our new writing unit about Cinderella today and loved working outside in the courtyard! #InspiringExcellence

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We have been loving book week and today wrote a story including all of the words we came dressed as #WorldBookDay #InspiringExcellence

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We have been learning about Saint George and loved creating the dragon #InspiringExcellence #NurturingIndividuality

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We had a lot of fun making scones as part of our Rule Britannia topic
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We have visited each of the 4 countries in the UK for our Rule Britannia hook day, tasting food, learning about landmarks and listening to music. We loved building Big Ben, drawing the King’s crown and making shamrocks. #InspiringExcellence #FosteringExploration

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We loved making our own salt dough yesterday which we used to create dinosaur sculptures and fossils
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We are starting #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek by creating pictures to show what matters to us. #InspiringExcellence #NurturingIndividuality

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We were lucky enough to get a visit from Oreo and Waffle our new school gerbils. We loved learning all about them.

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It’s draw a dinosaur day, so we drew our own inspired by author Rob Biddulph
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This week we have been focusing on measure. We have been comparing the length and height of different objects, measuring items around the classroom using non-standard measurement and centimetres.
#InspiringExcellence #FosteringExploration

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This week we have been creating our own dinosaurs, thinking about their name, diet and what they look like. We loved creating our dinosaurs as one of our independent challenges.
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Roooaaarr. We are enjoying our hook day for our new topic Dinosaur Detectives. We are learning about Palaeontologists and have even found some dinosaur eggs hidden in the school grounds.

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Year 1 got into the Christmas spirit making decorations this afternoon

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This afternoon we continued our topic by looking at human and physical geographic features. We loved exploring the school grounds and finding lots of different examples.