Portway Infant School
Today we were lucky enough to be joined by some very talented Portway parents for our Christmas assembly in the hall. The grown ups impressed us with their musical talent and it was lovely to see so many different instruments. What a great way to come together and sing some well known Christmas carols! Thank you to our wonderful performers for joining us.
Scotland Day
Friday was another exciting day in Year 1! As part of our Geography learning we took a plane ride to Scotland! In our imaginations of course! The day started with our flight into Edinburgh. During the journey we shared and learnt facts about our destination and we even had our own plane ticket to show our British Airways cabin crew! Once in Scotland, we took part in a number of activities that helped us learn even more about the wonderful country we were going to. There was tasting of short bread, flag colouring and landmark labelling to name but a few. Why not have a look at the photos below and see what we got up to for yourselves!
Trip to the Army Flying Museum
Woodpeckers visited the Army Flying Museum today to learn about the history of military transport. The children were given a guided tour of the museum focusing on the different vehicles the museum has in its collection. We especially enjoyed seeing all the different helicopters and impressing the museum staff with our amazing helicopter knowledge! We then had the chance to make and fly our very own paper aircraft! Last but not least we got to explore some of the exhibits in the museum further and were able to dress up in different army uniforms, then sit in a real helicopter and pretend to be the pilot!
Thank you very much to all our helpers and to the museum for such a wonderful trip. Well done Woodpeckers as well for setting a wonderful example we earnt lots of Stars for the class jar and were all 'Star of the Day', well done!
On Friday Year 1 celebrated Pirate day where we all came to school dressed up. Part of our mornings learning was about maps and what better way to learn about maps than to use one ourselves! We completed a treasure hunt which resulted in us finding parts of a ‘key’ puzzle. The key was a clue which led us to the pirate ship where we found an exciting box of treasures! We were so lucky and got to take home our very own bags!
We made pirate ships from construction toys, enjoyed using Bee-Bot and even got to draw our very own pirate treasure maps!
A fun filled day was had by all!
What a lovely day we had out in the forest on Tuesday! We got creative making our own pirate flag, we got had to concentrate carefully to attach them to our sticks. We designed and completed our flags with designs to warn off other pirates. We then went on a hunt in the meadow and round the forest school area, identifying different leaves, seeds and flowers. We used our wonderful knowledge of adjectives to describe if they were smooth, noisy or heavy. In the afternoon we worked in teams den building, cooking pirate soup in the mud kitchen, using drain pipes to make a run for a ball to travel down and walking the plank!
It was a brilliant day packed with adventure and creations. We can’t wait for our next Forest School day already! A big thank you very much to Miss Birmingham for all of her help.
Cycling
We have had a wonderful time practising our cycling skills over the past few weeks. We have learnt how to perform an ‘M’ Check to make sure our bikes are safe to ride and we have helped our partners to put on their helmet safely. We rode around our school playground and have manoeuvred some tricky obstacles.
Cricket Fun in Year 1!
This half term we will be practising the different skills we need to play cricket with the support of an expert cricketer Vic from Chance to Shine. Today we have learnt to be confident catchers and took part in a variety of activities to help improve our catching. Have a look at the pictures below to see the fun we had.
