PE – dance
Year 1 and 2 are doing dance and yoga in PE this half term. We have started with dance and have talked about moving at a low, medium and high level and using our bodies to make interesting shapes. We are listening to different types of music – from Kate Bush to The Planets by Holst. Dance is just another way of moving our bodies (to music) and we have really enjoyed it!
Watch us while we work 1,2B
We had a very full classroom yesterday. Thank you for coming to see what your children are learning and how you can support them at home.
Orally rehearsing (talking!) is so important and modelling how to make sentences and phrases interesting helps children to implement this in their writing.
Counting, grouping and partitioning everyday objects at home can also help consolidate their understanding of number and patterns.
Geography – Fieldwork
This week 2C went on a trip into the local area. We walked into Scholes village and surveyed 5 locations. Our first stop was the outside of School. We noticed it was very clean and felt safe.
There was no litter outside of school. We also visited the library, St Phillips church, the Peace flame and the village hall. The village hall had the most litter outside of it but there was not much. The litter we did spot, we picked up!
Thank you to our adult volunteers for coming along on this trip!
Living and Learning
Our Living and Learning statement this week is ‘I can assess my own risks.’ This week, KS1 went on a Geography trip into Scholes. We did some fieldwork and collected data about our local area. Before we went on the walk the children discussed what risks we might come across and how we could stay safe.
One of the risks we talked about what cars coming past us. We could stay safe by wearing a high visibility jacket (so that we could be seen), stick with our partner and watch where we are walking (on the path).
We assess our risks every day. Another risk we assess regularly is the safety of our school playground when it has been raining. We know it can be quite slippery after it has rained. To keep safe, we walk and don’t run and we stay off the equipment.
Help at home by discussing what risks children might face and how they can be avoided in order to keep safe.
Lotherton Hall trip
We had a fantastic time at Lotherton Hall on Friday! 2C started off over in the Deer Park. We had a snack and discussed the local woodland and how this is well suited to the deer and their needs.
We then headed over to the Wildlife park and spotted lots of fantastic animals including penguins, capybara, flamingos and wallaby.
After lunch, we looked at the bats, armadillo and cloud rats before enjoying a workshop all about animals and their habitats.
Thank you to the brilliant adults that took time out of their days to join us on our school trip. We wouldn’t have been able to go without you!
We can’t wait for our next school trip already!
Lotherton Hall- 1A
1 A and the whole of KS1 have had a tremendous time at Lotherton Hall today! We all enjoyed our Science workshop, learning about animals and their different habitats. We especially enjoyed finding the animals on our scavenger hunt list.
We saw every single one of the animals on the above list. We were thrilled to find each one.
The children’s behaviour was exemplary. We are so proud of them all. The highlights for the children were: the animals, eating lunch and the park!
A HUGE thank-you to the adults who came with us on the trip. We could not have done it without you.
1,2B Lotherton Hall Trip
We’ve had a fabulous day at Lotherton Hall today. We visited the Wildlife World and learnt all about different animals and their habitats. We saw penguins, wart pigs, so many birds, bats, rats and wallabies.
We also had fun on the adventure playground and of course, eating our snacks and lunch!
1A Geography Topic
Our new topic is well and truly underway and this half term we are practising being Geographers. To begin our topic we discussed the difference between the land and the water on our planet. We used atlases to find land and water on different maps.
We have also been learning about the United Kingdom and we now know which four countries make up the UK. We have also learnt the four capital cities and the seas that surround the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Song has been a great tool to help us remember all the new information we have learnt.
Help at home: You could listen to the United Kingdom Song with your child. You might want to learn some of the words and the sign language featured in the video. Look at Google Maps, other maps or atlases to find the UK and the seas that surround it.
Physical Education-dance
This half term, in PE, we are looking at dance! Last week, the whole of KS1 watched a dance pro video to help us understand the different levels in dance. We then went into the hall to recreate the levels and begin our own dance motif. The freedom of space and the connection with our bodies was enjoyed by everyone! We even put our moves to music: ‘Running up that hill’ by Kate Bush was our selected track.
Help at home:
Here’s a link to the levels video. Why not have a go at home? Make up a dance that includes all 3 different levels. You could dance to your favourite track.
Reading
We have read Here We Are (Notes for Living on Planet Earth) by Oliver Jeffers this week. We have enjoyed reading and discussing the book, picking out the main themes and messages.
We will link the book to our geography learning about our local area and science learning about plants, animals and habitats too. We will be learning about our locality, Scholes, and the city and country we live in.
Help at home
- read the book again and talking about the key messages
- talk about our local area – particularly what you like and dislike about it
- help your child learn their address
- read other books by Oliver Jeffers
There is a link to listen to it here. (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.)