Our poem last week was all about conkers. We have collected 657.
All these conkers have helped us count big numbers in 10s and the left over 1s. We also used them to partition 10 in different ways.
We have now returned them to nature on the field now, for the animals to eat and maybe some will grown in to trees themselves!
We planted more seeds in the wildflower garden this week, which will hopefully add to the beautiful display we enjoyed this spring and summer.
There are Corn Chamomiles, Corn Marigolds, Corn Poppies and Night-flowering Catchflies.
A big THANK YOU to the Garforth and District Lions for donating the benches for us too.
I am respectful is one of our school rules. We watched this video and talked about the ways we can show respect and be respectful of others.
I can show respect by listening to others.
I can show respect by sharing and taking turns.
I can show respect by looking after my things.
It’s always worth listening to Winnie the Pooh’s messages too!
Last week in our Living and Learning lessons, we were talking about what rights and responsibilities are.
We discussed how a right is an entitlement to have or do something and talked about the rights that we all have, such as the right to an education.
We also discussed that rights come with responsibilities too – and we matching some together.
We have the right to be listened to.
We have the responsibility to listen to others.
Help at home by asking your child if they can tell you some different rights and responsibilities.
We are loving collecting conkers in our class. There were audible gasps and squeals of excitement when we passed 100 today – we have 130!
It’s really helping us to see the importance of counting in 10s and counting 10s and 1s.
Help at home by collecting something and counting the 10s and 1s.
We are using a book to help us learn about the Great Fire of London – Vlad and the Great Fire of London. It is written from the point of view of a flea and a rat! We will be discussing and answering questions about the story and then writing sentences to show our understanding.
In one of hour history lessons this week, we worked with a partner to discuss how people might have felt and what they did during the Great Fire of London. Year 1s and 2s are often doing different learning, but today we worked with a partner from a different year group. It helps children to get to know everybody and builds our ‘class community’ feeling too.
We highlighted manners in our Living and Learning lessons last week (but the message will continue all year).
Small words can make a big difference.
We also talked about greeting other people and also how powerful smiling at other people can be.
Help at home by modelling good manners.
We have been reading several versions of Little Red Riding Hood in the first few weeks of September. Most of the children have heard the story before and we enjoyed comparing different versions. Bethan Woollvin has written several ‘twisted tales’ and we enjoyed her version – Little Red.
We decided Little Red is a fearless, brave and clever character in this story. We had to use our inference skills because the story does not directly tell us this.
We have also used these books to give us ideas to write sentences, discuss new words and read with prosody (expression).
What big teeth you have grandma!
Help at home by reading stories out loud to your child and showing a love of reading.
Last week’s Living and Learning statement is ‘I use the 8 Rs to help me learn.’
In KS1 we have been discussing each of the 8 Rs and how they are important in supporting our learning. They are:
Being ready is one of our school rules. We are learning our new routines really well and getting better and better at being ready.