Author: Miss Young

This week in KS1 we have been looking at how everyone needs to be cared for. Everyone has the right to be cared for and in school, we all make sure we care for one another.

The session started off with a discussion about the life cycle of a human and the biological differences between male and female. We know that just like other mammals, it is the woman that carries the baby and produces young offspring.  Throughout a person’s life, their needs change and therefore so does the type of care they need.

We know that different people need different types of care. For example, babies need more care from adults because they are not yet independent whereas adults are much more likely to be able to care for themselves and know their basic needs.

We also talked about the different types of needs we might have:

• playing
• loving
• medical
• listening
• physical
• emotional
• social

We finished our session by discussing how we can care for members of our classes. We used the sentence stem ‘I care for _____ by ______.’ The children came up with some wonderful responses.

‘I care for xxxxx by asking if they want to play with me at playtime and letting them join in.’ 

This week in Year 2 we have been learning how to tell the time. We have really focussed on how to recognise: o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour. We have practised looking at clocks often, showing times in intervals of 15 minutes. We know that the ‘long’ hand shows the minutes and the ‘short’ hand shows the hour.

We know that:

‘When the minute hand is pointing to the 12 it is o’clock.’

‘When the minute hand is pointing to the 6 it is half past.’

‘When the minute hand is pointing to the 3 it is quarter past.’

‘When the minute hand is pointing to the 9 it is quartet to.‘

The children have shown lots of enthusiasm about learning the time! Help at home: by talking about time often at home. E.g. ‘It is 8 o’clock, it is now bedtime.’

Why not also try using a teaching clock at home so that your child can practise the time? Teaching Clock (topmarks.co.uk)

Year 2 had a fantastic day at The Carriageworks theatre today watching a performance of Zog, the classic story by Julia Donaldson. We have used the story to work on our reading fluency, reading with prosody and also writing. It has also shaped discussions about resilience – keeping on trying even when things are tough.

This week’s Living and Learning statement is, ‘I know the importance of 60 active minutes’.

In KS1 we have been discussing the importance of exercise and how we need to keep active to keep our bodies healthy. The NHS guidance states that children and young people should  ‘aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day across the week’. We know that the exercise we need to do to achieve this, should increase our heart rate.

At school we provide opportunities for at least 30 minutes of exercise per day. Some of these include:

• Daily WUSU
• 2 weekly PE sessions (including swimming)
• Play times x2
• Lunch time play
• Go Noodle, Just Dance and Supermovers in class
• After school clubs

Help at home – GoNoodle and Supermovers are both educational, active resources that are available for free online. Walking to school (where possible) will also help towards achieving active minutes.

This week’s Living and Learning statement is ‘I know that being physically active is mentally and physically healthy’.

In KS1 we have been discussing the importance of having 60 minutes of exercise per day.

We keep active in school every day through WUSU, PE and play during break and lunch times.

One child in 2C said ‘I walk to school every morning. This is part of my exercise.’

We also talked about the importance of rest and that we need both exercise and rest to keep our bodies and minds healthy.

We calculated how long we spend being physically active each day and how we can make small changes to stay active for longer.

 

This week, Ks1 had the pleasure of taking part in a Zoom call with one of our favourite author and illustrators, Bethan Woolvin. The Zoom call was ran by the author of ‘Meet the Weather’, Caryl Hart and Bethan who illustrated the book.

During the zoom call, we read the story, sang, danced, drew some pictures and even got a tour around Bethan’s studio. It was great!

This week’s Living and Learning statement is I know the importance of ‘five a day’. 

In KS1 we have been exploring what counts towards our five a day. We know that having our five a day can help towards a healthy diet and helps to keep our bodies healthy. We know that a portion is about a handful of either fruit or vegetables. We learnt how we can achieve our five a day, by making some small changes to our diet.

Top tips:

• add fruit to your cereal
• drink a glass of fresh juice
• have salad with your salad, wrap or pizza
• include a portion of vegetables with your evening meal
• have at least one piece of fruit per day