Outdoor learning for Science
On Tuesday, 1A had a fantastic afternoon learning about the environment. This half term, we are learning about the environment and how to look after the Earth. We know some things are harmful to the environment like pollution and throwing litter on the ground. Some things are helpful for the environment like planting trees and flowers. We can also help by recycling any litter and waste.
In the afternoon, 1A had a look in the wildlife garden. We spotted lots of insects and homes that they might live in. We saw lots of beautiful flowers emerging and spotted lots of ‘bug hotels.’
Design Technology (Food) – Fruit Salad (2C)
In 2C, we also enjoyed our spring term DT food session!
Beforehand, we read the recipe for fruit salad and discussed how we would stay safe by washing our hands, being careful with the equipment and following instructions.
We worked together to prepare the fruit and enjoyed a lovely bowlful with some yoghurt!
Help at home by reading and following recipes together – feel free to share photos for show and tell!
Design Technology (Food) – Fruit Salad
Today, we did our spring term DT food session. We made a fruit salad and we had a brilliant time. We had to use lots of different skills including washing, cutting, claw grip, bridge hold, mixing and peeling. The children listened really carefully and made sure they kept safe during the cooking.
We washed our hands to make sure we didn’t spread germs.
We used the claw grip when we were cutting.
We made sure the knife was pointing away from us.
We listened to the adults carefully and followed their instructions.
We used lots of different types of fruit. When it came to eating, everybody (well most) loved it and there was lots of clean bowls!
PE – yoga
We’ve been channelling our inner zen for the last couple of weeks in PE by doing some yoga. The children have really enjoyed it and it has helped to support our mindfulness that we are learning in our Feelings First lessons too.
We start with some breathing exercises, move on to individual poses and then partner work. We finish with some meditation or breathing exercises again.
Help at home by having a go at some yoga too!
Living and Learning-Safer Internet Day
Today is ‘Safter Internet Day’ so of course we have been learning about how to keep ourselves safe on the internet.
The poem for today (if the pic is blurry) is helping us to understand some important safety rules:
The Safer Internet Day Poem
Going online can be so much fun,
You can play, and chat, and find out.
But when things change and you feel unsure,
Then that’s when it’s time to shout…
“Something has changed, I need some help,
What’s happening doesn’t feel good.”
Things will get better when a trusted adult knows,
And your feelings have been understood.
To help us with our learning Hazel from D:Side came to educate us about the internet last Friday. Hazel had some amazing facts about the internet:
2 billion people go on the internet every day.
This helped us to realise that there are a lot of strangers on the internet. We should only use the internet to talk to trusted friends that we know or play games with known friends. We discussed that some adults may go on the internet, pretend to be children and pretend to be our friend. We should say NO to friend requests. We need to:
Stay smart-Always ask a trusted adult if we’re unsure of anything.
Stay safe.
Stay kind.
Think before you click.
Another interesting fact is that:
Utube has 30,000 hours of new content uploaded every hour.
With this large amount added hourly it is not thoroughly checked or filtered to ensure the content is suitable for children’s eyes and ears. Kids Utube however has more checks. It is strongly advised that children watch videos under the supervision of their adult/s.
A huge thankyou to D:Side for educating us in a fun and interactive way.
Help at home: Check the settings of games that your children play, are they set to ‘peaceful’ or ‘creative’ modes to limit violence? Are the settings set to not allow strangers to play?
Mad about animals
In KS1 this half term, we have been learning about animals. We have learnt about mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. We have been learning facts about these animals and their features. These are things that make the animals unique and identifiable.
We identified each animal and sorted them into groups.
AJ – ‘I think a lizard is a reptile because it has dry scales.’
JJ – ‘A fish has scales and a tail and fins.’
Help at home by discussing animals with your child. What features does it have? Ask ‘Can you tell me what type of animal this is and why?
Reading and Writing : Bog Baby
We’ve been reading The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis and using it for our reading and writing learning.
It is a lovely story and has enabled us to retrieve information and start to infer the characters’ feelings from the pictures and text. We’ve also talked about wild animals and nature.
We’ve orally rehearsed sentences and been using conjunctions to make them more interesting. The children have also written some sentences, sometimes using conjunctions too.
Help at home by talking about The Bog Baby story. What would you do if you found a beautiful little creature? There is a video version here, read by the author. (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.)
Learning about toys from the past
Today the KS1 had the pleasure of having a lovely visitor in school. Sue! Sue is a long-known resident at Scholes Primary school. Today the children were able to ask Sue all about the toys she played with when she was younger.
Here are some of the questions we asked:
2C
What companies made toys back then?
What was your favourite toy to play with and why?
1/2B
What material were your toys made from?
What were toy shops like?
1A
Did you have a slide or did you go to the park when you were younger?
Did you have colouring books?
See some of Sue’s answers below.
This half-term we have been learning all about toys from the past. We’ve learnt how to spot older toys and the materials they were made from.
Help at home by discussing toys you played with when you were younger and try to identify differences between toys then and now. It would be brilliant if you could get older family members involved such as grandparents or even perhaps well-known neighbours.
Maths fluency
This week Year 1 have been learning to make 5.
4 is a part, 1 is a part, 5 is the whole.
3 is a part, 2 is a part, 5 is the whole.
2 is a part, 3 is a part, 5 is the whole.
We know that when we add, we can switch the numbers around. They are commutative!
In our Maths learning we have been writing add equations by creating fact families.
3 + 2 = 5
2 + 3 = 5
5 = 3 + 2
5 = 2 + 3
Help at home by writing simple add equations and asking your child to write it commutatively.
1,2B Abbey House Museum Trip
We visited Abbey House Museum to enhance our history topic learning. Seeing how things have changed, looking at artefacts helps to bring learning about things in past to life.
We enjoyed our workshops all about toys. We learnt about how old toys were often made from different materials to modern toys.
Experiencing the Victorian street was so exciting and helped immerse us in what it must’ve been like in the past.
Of course, the coach journey and lunch were actually the most exciting parts. Thank you for your voluntary contributions and to the family members who came as extra adult helpers too.
