DT – fruity bars!
What a fantastic first few days back at school we’ve had in 2C.
On Tuesday, we completed our last cooking lesson in Year 2. This time around, on the menu was fruity flapjack bars.
We peeled, chopped and mixed the ingredients before baking for 30 minutes. It was great to see all of the children try the food they prepared. Most of the children enjoyed the fruit bars!
‘I loved it. It was awesome!’ – MG
‘ I didn’t like it so much because I didn’t like the ingredients mixed together.’ – TS
Take a look at what we got up to, and our delicious finished product!
Well done for a brilliant half term 2C!
What a fantastic half term of learning we’ve had in 2C!
It’s been a jam-packed 5 weeks due to bank holidays, but what a pleasure it has been. A huge well done to all of the children for producing some fantastic pieces of work.
A highlight has definitely been History, where the children have been extremely engaged with our learning about Nelson Mandela and Leonora Cohen.
Here are a few photographs to sum up the half term. Lots of sunshine and outdoor learning!
1A-Who is your hero?
A hero is brave and kind.
My hero is Kevin Sinfield because he raised money for his mate Robbie Burrow.
I’m a paramedic. I want to be a paramedic when I grow up. This was my Granny’s watch from when she was a midwife.
I’m a police officer. They catch the baddies!
We have had a brilliant day discussing what is means to be a hero and discussing our hero outfits. Thankyou so much to parents and carers for providing such brilliant costumes.
Have a wonderful holiday. See you in school on Monday 02 June.
Hero day!
We have had a wonderful day today. We had some suffragettes, nurses, vets, footballers and many more. Thank you to all parents and carers for helping the children to come up with these brilliant outfits.
History, heroes and strong beliefs in 1,2B
We have been learning all about real life heroes in our history topic this half term. We practised voicing beliefs, like Nelson Mandela and Leonora Cohen did. Have at look at some ‘speeches’ below.
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We also dressed up as real life heroes today – thanks for all the great costumes. There were sporting, emergency services, suffragettes and teacher heroes!
Y1 maths – place value and counting to 100
Over the next few weeks, year 1 children we will be focusing on place value and counting bigger numbers. Knowing your way around a 100 square is an important part of this area of maths. The Top Marks website has some great games and this interactive 100 square is perfect for counting in 1s (forwards and backwards), 2s, 5s, 10, odd and one more/less.
We are partitioning numbers into tens and ones.
Help at home by talking about numbers up to 100 in terms of how many 10s and 1s they have.
Living and Learning-I know the importance of a healthy diet.
After looking at a balanced meal and the ‘eat-well-plate’ last week, we have thought about the importance of eating ‘5-a-day’ this week. 5 is the amount of fruit and/or vegetables that is recommended for us to eat daily (as a minimum). We have been reflecting on how easy or hard it might be to get to the 5! Our learning has also helped us to realise what makes a portion.
A portion means a handful-Frankie
You can drink a glass of apple juice. That’s one portion!-Fletcher
Just one or two raspberries doesn’t make a portion-Myla
PE-Throwing and catching skills in KS1
All classes in Key Stage 1 have been working on throwing and catching skills this half term. These skills will lead to great control and contribute significantly in netball and basketball games later on in life.
Each class begins with set games and skills to learn. As always, it seems that each class develops a game and creates a new one. Children are so creative and we encourage their positive participation.
There has been much joy and determination to succeed when playing ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes.’ In this game we throw the ball in the air and try to touch our head then catch the ball. We then go onto the next, building up the body parts each time. As you can imagine, we have had some rogue balls!
‘Chase Tag’ has involved us throwing and catching with a partner until an adult shouts ‘chase.’ We then run to tig our partner, gently, with the ball. With our partners we have aimed our balls to ‘clash’ in the middle. This then lead to a ‘piggy in the middle’ style game, and a mini team game. All throwing, catching, bouncing, dodging and thinking strategically.
We have all loved it!
A few pics of 1A enjoying PE:
Heroes day – Thursday 22 May
We are celebrating our ‘Heroes’ history topic by having a dress up day next week (if your child doesn’t want to dress up, they can come in school uniform).
We are going to dress as a real life hero (no superhero costumes, please). Here is the Heroes day letter and some ideas below.
I know the importance of 5 a day
This week KS1 have really being getting into our school motto, ‘Scholes is happy and healthy’. But what does it mean to be healthy?
We can keep our bodies healthy in lots of different ways. It is important to keep active and fit.
We do this each week by taking part in WUSU, PE and swimming. Lots of the children also take part in after school clubs.
Our diets are equally important to keep our bodies healthy. We know we need to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. 
Our fantastic school library service has also brought us some fantastic books about keeping active and healthy. We are really enjoying making our way through them!
Help at home by discussing what it means to eat a healthy diet and encourage children to help prepare food where appropriate.