Northmoor AcademyYear 1 - Sapphire and Pearl Class: Blog items
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 3:03pm
We really enjoyed our Christmas party. We enjoyed dancing, musical chairs, pass the parcel and musical statues. We even had popcorn and crisps.
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 2:02pm
Date: 18th Nov 2024 @ 1:44pm
In Design Technology we designed our own biscuits and then made them. We had to decide if we wanted to make shortbread or ginger biscuits, what shape they would be (star or rocket) and what pattern we would decorate them with.
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 2:59pm
We enjoyed inviting our parents in to learn with us. We showed them around our classroom and completed activities.
Date: 9th Oct 2024 @ 3:14pm
Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their trip to Smithills Farm in Bolton. We got to ride donkeys, go on a tractor ride, feed donkeys, llamas, sheep and goats and even watch the cows being milked.
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:35pm
Sapphire class thought about what foods come from the farm. We enjoyed tasting some of the foods including, cheese, yoghurt, radishes, peas and celery.
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:33pm
Sapphire class went on a hunt around school for natural materials. We collected leaves, sticks, stones, pine cones and berries. We looked at the art created by Andy Goldsworthy and used the materials to create our own art based around the topic of the farm. Can you tell what we have made?
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 12:20pm
Sapphire Class visited Skipton Castle. We had a wonderful time. We explored the banqueting hall. the kitchen and even the dungeon!
Date: 30th Apr 2024 @ 12:20pm
As part of our PSHE lessons we have learnt about the importance of brushing our teeth. We talked about what happens if we don't brush our teeth and when and how many times a day a we should brush them. We then used the large teeth and brush to demonstrate out good brushing technique.
Date: 30th Apr 2024 @ 11:40am
As part of our English learning we read the story Mama Panya's Pancakes. We wanted to write the instructions for how to make pancakes, so we started by making some delicious pancakes and thinking about what we did and in what order.
Date: 17th Apr 2024 @ 2:58pm
As part of our Science learning on the topic 'Plants' we went on a walk around school to see what plants we could find. When we got back to the classroom we identified them. We then planted our own beans which we will look after to help them grow.
Date: 17th Apr 2024 @ 2:56pm
In PSHE we are learning about 'Health and Wellbeing'. This week we learnt about germs and how they spread and how they can make us ill.
We used pepper, water and washing up liquid to conduct an experiment which showed us the importance of washing our hand with soap and water to get rid of germs.
Date: 11th Mar 2024 @ 10:36am
Year 1 visited the Lighthouse Venue in Salford to perform our songs from Jack and the Beanstalk. We had been working very hard to learn the songs and enjoyed joining together with other schools to do our performance.
Date: 11th Mar 2024 @ 10:34am
We enjoyed a visit from the author Nick Sharratt. He read us his story 'Shark in the Park'. He demonstrated how to draw the pictures from his book and we got the chance to have a go at drawing our own pictures. We were very excited to receive a copy of his book 'Shark in the Park' to keep.
Date: 29th Jan 2024 @ 12:16pm
We enjoyed taking part in Freddy Fit, we learnt about what we need to eat and drink to keep our bodies healthy.
Date: 22nd Jan 2024 @ 9:10pm
Y2 had a fabulous trip to Smithill's Farm to learn all about The Countryside. We got to see, hold and feed animals. We then created our own countryside scenes in Art using a collage technique.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 10:11am
Our DT lessons this half term have been all about Bread. We enjoyed tasting different types of bread such as; brioche, sourdough, white bread and bagels. We designed our own bread following a design brief. We then followed a recipe to create our own bread.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 10:08am
As part of anti-bullying week we wore odd socks to raise awareness. We donated £1 to the charity Children in Need.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 10:06am
We shared the book 'Mother Earth is Weeping.' We thought about the oceans and how our actions affect them. We looked at all the rubbish and pollution that affects the marine life. We acted out being the sea creatures and though how they would feel. We also thought how we could help solve the problem by putting rubbish in the bin and encouraging others to do the same.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 10:04am
We went on a local area walk around school to identify the different features. We discussed the different buildings and what they are used for.
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 8:09am
This half term in Maths we have been focussing on Number. We really enjoyed all the practical activities to help us remember the number bonds to 10. We have also started to learn to identify the names and properties of 2D shapes and comparing lengths of objects.
News Report - The Great Fire of London
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 3:06pm
Year 1 have been learning all about The Great Fire of London. We have been doing lots of brilliant story writing based on the book "Toby and the Great Fire of London". We also acted in role as important people from 1666, Thomas Farriner, Samuel Pepys and King Charles II. We then acted out a news report and asked some important questions and used our learning to answer them.
A baker from a local shop asked us to design her some new bread so we researched, designed and made her some. She even came into school to help us make our bread. It was delicious! We also made pretend donuts for our bakery role play area. We have made lots of wonderful crafts based on the story too and enjoyed acting it out in our small world area.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Retell
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 9:56pm
In English, we have been looking at the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. This week, we have been retelling the story and used our body language and facial expressions to create freeze frames from the story!
Fantastic Finish - Oldham Junk Modelling
Date: 5th Oct 2022 @ 3:59pm
We have been looking at Oldham for our Geography topic in Year 1! We used our learning to build some of the things that we saw on our local area walk!
