Year 1 (Beech)

Design and Technology - Summer Term

We designed, made and played our own musical instruments in Design and Technology.

Musical Instruments

Look at our shakers, guitars and drums.

Musical Instruments

The shaker section of our orchestra!

Summer Term Art

Yr. 1 (Beech) have been studying the seaside present and past. During their art lessons the children have been exploring texture, working with a variety of mediums, - tissue paper, crayons, ink, paints and pastels. Each child joined all their creations together to make their own seaside scene. These photographs show the wonderful textures created.

London Zoo - 6th June 2008

Beech class along with Nursery, Reception and Willow(Year 2)went to the London Zoo. Here is what Bailey , Brooke, Georgia, James, Leah, Tara and Thomas from Year 1, wrote about the trip.

Class Assembly - 4th June 2008

Beech Class Assembly 2008

Beech combined with Willow class held their assembly with an Olympics theme, describing modern and ancient events during the Olympic Games.

Activities in Beech - Spring Term 2008

Dr Blowers came to tell us about what doctors do as part of our 'People who help us' topic.

"We grew cress in different conditions to find out what plants need to grow."

Other things we have been busy with in Beech

Some other activities we have been busy with during the Spring Term.

Gunnersbury Park - 7th March 2008

Quotes from Beech pupils about the trip were:

"The boys all wore waistcoats."
"I had to touch a lot of fun things."
"I wore a mob cap and a dress and the boys wore a waistcoat."
"I saw lovely things."
"I was in charge of all the footmen."
"When we went on the trip the girls wore a dress and a hat and the boys wore footmen’s clothes."
"On the school trip I mixed with a pestle and mortar."
"I wore a special coat."
"I liked the people there."
"We went to Gunnersbury Park. It was fun. I picked up a heavy plate."
"We scrubbed the floor."
"I was a footman."
"I wiped the floor."
"We dressed as footmen or maids."
"We all had fun."
"A lot of us had ham sandwiches and some of us had cheese sandwiches."
"We did the washing with soap."

Beech and Willow at Gunnersbury Park

Pupils from Beech and Willow at Gunnersbury Park.

Polkadot Theatre - 16th November 2007

Beech Form went to see a production of Roald Dahl's BFG at the Polkadot theatre. The children worked together to write, type and illustrate a recount of the day.

Activities in Beech - Autumn Term 2007

	Making clay self portraits

	Making fruit salad on 'wear it pink for breast cancer' day



Dressing for different weathers in Design and Technology		Playing shop