Art - 16th January
This afternoon, year one got hands on with watercolours, learning how to wash the page. they then has the task of colour mixing to match the colours on an image.
Art - 9th January
Year 1 explored watercolour using a range of brushes and holding them in a variety of ways to make watercolour marks. They were exploring the paint without a fixed image in mind, just testing and trying techniques.
Christmas Lunch - 19th December
Visit to St. Pauls Cathedral - 12th December
Christmas Performance - 5th December
Maths - 1st December
Children exploring by building their own towers and learning the names of 3D shapes. They experimented to see which 3D shapes could be stacked and which could not and began to understand why.
Design & Technology - 1st December
Year 1 have started their wrapping paper for the Christmas Fair. Following their designs and patterns from previous weeks.
After learning about the Christmas Story, year 1 began to think about how Christians celebrate Christmas. They learnt about 'Advent', the countdown to the special day, and created their own advent wreaths
ICT - 24th November
Year 1 have been creatively exploring patterns with shapes on the ipads; seamlessly integrating their design and math concepts in one.
Art - 16th November
Year 1 have been busy discussing what and who their products will be for and learning about different types of patterns and then developing their ideas for their winter wrapping on paper.
Black Cultural Archives, Brixton - 13th November
Today, year 1 went to the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton and learnt about the Jonkonnu Masquerade which started on the plantations of the Caribbean. They learnt about the history, music and costume of Jokonnu and performed a masquerade of their own
Local History - 7th November
Year 1 had a visit from Jess and Jeevan from the Southwark Heritage Centre in Walworth Road. They had a workshop about our local area and then went on a walk to learn about some of the history of Walworth.
Singing with Miss. Stansfield - 2nd November
Today Years 1 and 2 started their singing rehearsals for their Christmas Performance.
Afterschool Lego Club
Year 1 have been using their imagination when drawing onto their watercolour shapes.
This afternoon year 1 have been practising using the keyboards on the laptop to type.
Organised chaos as the children recycled scrap paper to make their own elastic band sketchbooks!
The children practised controlling their mark making tool and keeping it on paper for the duration of the exercise to try continuous line drawings. they drew different shells and observed the small details.
This afternoon Year One made their own human compasses and created a piece of outdoor artwork inspired by Molly Hausland