Jun 09
I wonder where Queen Elizabeth I found out she was going to be the next Queen? Year 1 decided to investigate. We found out that she was reading a book under an oak tree in the beautiful surroundings of Hatfield House. We are very lucky at The Ryde School to have Hatfield House close enough …
May 09
On Friday 9th May, we set off on an adventure to Knebworth House to explore their gardens as part of our science curriculum. We used our senses to explore and investigate the different plants growing in their natural habitat. We looked closely at the oak and redwood trees, thinking about the similarities and differences between …
Mar 27
Year 1 had the opportunity to explore measurement with their families outside. As part of their maths topic, Year 1 learn about non-standard and standard ways to measure. Mrs O’Connor created measurement challenges to complete and discuss with our families. The children demonstrated their knowledge of using a metre stick to measure and also using …
Mar 05
When SetPoint visited the school we became Scientists, Investigators and Engineers! We had a fabulous morning exploring different materials and their properties. Our first activity was feeling and sorting different materials into the right categories. We sorted fabric, wood, rubber, plastic and metal. Next we explored a variety of words that could describe the properties …
Nov 27
Year 1 have been exploring different fruits and vegetables as part of their Design and Technology lessons. In our first lesson we discovered that strawberries were the most popular fruit in the class. We displayed this information on a pictogram. Next we spent time using our senses to explore a variety of fruits by sketching …
Oct 23
As part of our learning about ‘The Great Fire of London’ and the past, Year 1 went on an adventure to Mill Green Museum. We are very lucky that we were able to walk there. We explored how they used to grind the grain to make flour in the past. We explored the mill. We …
Mar 28
The children have been busy embedding and deepening their class learning through their Explore and Learn sessions. The children have been finding objects more and less than 1 metre, making doubles and number bonds to 20 with a game of hide and seek the beanbags. History and Science learning continued with Apollo 11 spacecraft and …
Mar 22
Reading for pleasure is one of the most important gifts we can give the children. There is no pressure for children to decode unknown words, they can just enjoy. The children will develop a rich vocabulary from having books read to them at a higher level. You will hear these words being echoed back along …
Mar 14
First we played a true or false game about the Great Fire of London. Then we matched labels to objects from 1666, the time of the Great Fire of London, and matched them to pictures of modern day objects. Next we went into the mill to learn from the miller how wheat is turned into …
Mar 07
Year 1 celebrated our love of reading this World Book Day at school … in our pyjamas! We shared our favourite books with our friends and then made a class book to recommend them to each other. The funniest book of the day was called ‘The Book With No Pictures’ which Lawrie recommended. We could …