Foxfield - Year 1

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@foxfield we had a great afternoon dancing for our Diwali event. We were shown some moves we could make. It was lots of fun. Then after school we could try lots of different foods and make some lamps that we could take home.

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@foxfield Wow!Would you believe we had a a strange object land in our playground.We made some predictions about it.Samuel said that the meteor had broken up and some landed in our playground.Others said it was a flying saucer or part of an asteroid.

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Hazel enjoyed reading in the sunshine this morning ☀️📖

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@foxfield It's Yoga day at Foxfield. We all did yoga moves together in the hall. It was very relaxing.

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Excitement filled the school as exotic animals visited! From snakes to chinchillas and frogs, the children were thrilled to meet them up close. With curiosity and courage, they touched, observed and asked great questions - making animal classification come alive!

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@foxfield we invited #exoticexplorers in to show us the classification of animals.We saw snakes, cockroaches, frogs, owls and chinchillas.We were told that owls are not wise as they have a tiny brain.We found out that snakes shed their skin.

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As the week winds down, the children reflect on a fun-filled adventure packed with exciting activities and unforgettable memories. For their final night, they gather around the crackling fire, sharing stories and laughter—warm mugs of hot chocolate in hand, what a perfect Morning

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To kick off the day, the team channeled their creativity and teamwork into constructing their very own rafts—purely for building purposes, of course! Following that, they dove into shelter building, putting their problem-solving and collaboration skills to the test.

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@foxfield year 1 were super excited to check out the books at the book fair. We found all the books we liked before writing down the titles of them to share with our families. Don't forget to come and visit our book fair after school today and next week.

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This week in English Year 1 made inferences from the items found in a suitcase, thinking about who the items belong to and why.. 🧳

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@foxfield we invited families in today linked to our global theme of Social Justice and Equity,the children learnt about empathy and respect.Children developed their understanding of inter-generational relationships.We played games,laughed and had fun with people of all ages

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@foxfield we welcomed a local pastor to share what Christians do at Easter. She discussed her beliefs about Jesus and Easter, and about what the Christian community does . She shared why hot cross buns are eaten and about why Easter eggs are given at this time of year.

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This week, Year 1 enjoyed using balance scales to explore and compare the weight of various objects around the classroom. They were able to identify heavier and lighter items. ⚖️

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@foxfield What a fabulous Art club we have.The children from all year groups were inspired by the artist #FrancoiseNielly where they used colour to create facial images and expressions.The children used oil pastels and chalk pastels in their work.

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Hazel Tree browsed through the collection and picked out the perfect book to take home for World Book Day! 📚

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Year 1 had a blast during their ‘cool’ story and draw-along session, exploring the quirky story of *When Fish Finger Froze*. The children were fully engaged, bringing the story to life with their own imaginative illustrations! @Scholastic

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@foxfield we have been learning about the position of the sun and daylight hours.We identified the position of the sun and drew around our shadows.We repeated this at different times to see how our shadow changed.Kai said his shadow was shorter at lunchtime but longer 3pm.

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This week Year 1 visited Woolwich Library! They explored different types of books and picked their favourite to bring back to school📚

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@foxfield we identified numbers to 50 in different ways. We had the word, the number, the number of tens and ones and pictures of the amounts using numicon, tally charts and dienes. We had to match the numbers together using the different formats.We then wrote the numbers to 50.

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@foxfield we came into class and saw it filled with balloons.There was a rucksack filled with different items. We had to predict who we thought the bag belonged to and why there were lots of balloons.Some of us said it belonged to an explorer,a thief or an adventurer.