Ahoy me hearties!

We have all had a busy few weeks in year one and we have been working hard! We have been thinking about our transition into year two and the children visited their new classroom and met their new teacher on Wednesday! It was very exciting! 

We have come to the end of our Pirate topic and we have all learnt so much about Pirates...me included! We have produced some fantastic writing, numeracy, home learning and topic work! 

Here are our 3D treasure islands. We used salt dough to make the island and thought carefully about what features we could have on our map, and how we could create these features. It was very sticky and needed a lot of patience to get them right! 

Once we were happy with our treasure islands we had to leave them to dry and go hard! Once they were dry we were ready to paint them! We thought carefully about what colours we would need and worked with blacks and whites to make our colours darker or lighter. We also mixed the colours we didn't have. I think they look fantastic! 

 Can you spot yours? 

We have also made our own map based on the story 'A New Home for a Pirate'. We listened carefully to the story and talked about all the events that happened. We then had to create our own maps based on the story. We dipped them in tea to make them look old! We have learnt lots of map skills! 

This weeks home learning was fantastic! A very big well done to everyone who brought in a model of something you might find on a pirate ship! Here is a picture of your wonderful creations...