Year 1 Iveson Blog

 In Design and Technology this half term the children are going to design and make their very own toy castle. This week, the children designed their castle and discussed who would want to play with their castle.  M.B "I want to make my castle for Year 6 and Year 5." E.M "My castle is going to be for the Reception children.  We then spoke about our design criteria and what we must add to our castle. All our castles need a drawbridge with a mechanism, which makes it move up and down.  The children then decided which other parts of a castle they wanted to add to their designs.  Well done Year One! 🏰🏰🏰

 In RE today, Year One have started their new topic. Our topic this half term is called, 'What does it mean to belong to a mosque?' Today, the children had the opportunity to discuss and listen to other ideas.  The children looked at different photographs of mosques and then were able to share their ideas. The children then wrote questions about what they would like to find out during our topic. M.K "I want to know which is the oldest mosque in the world." W.B "How many mosques are there in Leeds?"

 In Art this week, the children have had the experience of printing using coloured ink.  As we have been exploring self-portraits this half term, the children followed detailed instructions to create their very own self-portrait print. M.H "I can see my face. Look at the lines" J.H "It looks like me, look at my glasses."

 In Computing today, Year One had the experiences of creating algorithms using Beebots. Over the last half term we have been learning all about algorithms and the importance of following instructions. Today the children worked in partners. One child drew instructions on a whiteboard and the other child needed to input the algorithm onto the Beebot.  G.P "This is amazing. It's reversing now like a car." A.B "I can make mine go left and right."

 In Art this half term, Year One have being exploring self-portraits.  The children have loved exploring different techniques to create self portraits.  Today, the children used coloured pastels to create their own self-portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso. 

  Year One loved Number Day! The children explored different geometry activities and loved making 3D shape structures.  

 In Art this week, Year One have been exploring primary and secondary colours.  The children have explored mixing the primary colours to make the secondary colours. The children also exploring painting using different lines.  🖌🎨