Living and Learning – Internet Safety
- As part of our living and learning time this week, we have been looking at internet safety. We had a visit from D:side yesterday, who spoke to the children about internet safety. They explained how and why you need to stay safe on the internet as well as teaching the children three clear rules to follow whilst online:
- Ask an adults permission.
- Only talk to people that you know.
- Stick to places that are right for you.
Help at home by reminding your children of these rules before they use the internet.
PE: we love the gym equipment!
This term KS1 have been using the gym equipment in the hall during PE lessons. We have been climbing on the climbing frame, balancing on benches and practicing our best forward rolls! We have also been using our super strength to climb vertical ropes and ladders.
The children are fantastic at knowing what is safe and not safe when using the equipment.
1 – always have a partner.
2 – gymnastics can only be performed with an adult.
3 – climbing too high is unsafe.
Help at home: by encouraging children to discuss safety during PE lessons. Discourage attempting gymnastics without a mat or an adult close by.
Geography: investigating issues in our locality
This week in KS1, the children have been collating the results of their fieldwork around Scholes village. We discussed and recorded which was our favourite place in Scholes and made a graph to show these results.
In all classes, the Peace Flame was our favourite spot. This was because the noise level was low, it was calm but also because there was no litter. We decided that litter was our least favourite thing about Scholes but luckily there was not much.
We also looked around the school grounds for litter. We noticed that the playgrounds with more bins had less litter and the playgrounds with less or no bins had the most litter.
What is the issue to this solution?
‘We could pick it all up!’
Living and learning : Speak out, stay safe
We talked about how to keep safe this week. Speaking to a trusted adult is very important. This NSPCC video, featuring Ant and Dec, talks about speaking out can help us stay safe. It also introduces Buddy, a mascot for this important message. (This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.)
Maths: multiplication
This week in Year 2 we have been exploring multiplication. We are able to recognise equal groups, count how many objects are in each group and how many groups there are. We then use this knowledge to find the total.
We started by writing our equations out using repeated addition. We then wrote the equation as a multiplication.
(E.g. – 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 is the same as 2 x 4)
Help at home by arranging equal groups in the home for your child. You could use socks, coins or any other object that can be counted in 2s, 5s or 10s!
Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog (it’s along the play bar) and turn off autoplay – this
avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip
after clip.
Science – materials
In this weeks science, we have been completing comparative tests. We have been discussing diiferent materials and their properties. We then made predictions to decide if they would be absorbent or not.
We poured the same amount of water on each piece of material to test our predictions.
One of the materials (wrapping paper) we tested on both sides due to one side being shiny and the other dull.
Help at home by identifying different materials and discussing their properties.
Maths – fun online games
We use a website called Top Marks in maths. There are lots of fun games that help children use the maths they are learning at school. In 1,2B this week we have played Place Value Basketball.
Help at home by going on Numbots for maths facts or Top Marks for other maths games.
Geography and reading
This week, we have been using our geography and reading skills to edit a Jamboard of our local environment- school. We have been matching photographs from our local environment with the correct captions.
Science: You can’t use a floppy fork!
This half-term in Science, we are looking at materials in KS1. This week, we looked at some objects that could be made using different materials. We studied each object and their properties to work out which material was best for each object and why.
We tested; forks, plates and cups.
Here’s what we found out:
1A
‘The best material for a fork is metal because it is strong.’
‘The worst material for a fork is fabric because it is floppy.’
1/2B
‘The best plates are ceramic if we are at home because they are hard but plastic in school because they are safer.’
2C
‘Paper is not a sensible material for a cup because it leaks.’
‘Plastic is the best material for a cup because it is strong but will not smash if it is dropped.’
Help at home by looking at objects and what they are made of. What are the properties of the materials used?
Geography – local walk
Today, we visited 5 different places in our local area. We followed a route on a map to find local landmarks. This is because we are being geographers this half term and studying our locality. We looked for both human and physical features in our locality. We kept safe by wearing our high vis jackets, staying with our partners and listening to the adults.
Help at home by supporting your child to learn their address and postcode.
