Living and Learning : I know who I am (identity)
As part of our themed Community Week, we have been thinking about our own identity. We wrote acrostic poems (where the title starts each line) about ourselves. There was some insightful self observation and reflection.
Welcome Miss McKechnie
We said goodbye to Mrs Drake last week and have a new member of the Key Stage 1 team to welcome now. Miss McKechnie will be working as a teaching assistant in Miss Parling’s class, 1K, most of the time, but she might be in other classes too.
Living and Learning: Community Week
| Living and Learning statement – I respect my community and other communities. |
| Whole school events
Out about in the community photo competition Get out in the community in an active way on the way to and from school. Email (scholesoffice@spherefederation.org) a picture of their active travel, maybe by a landmark on their route to school, for the chance to win a voucher (2 x KS1 and 2 x KS2). Entries to be submitted by 29.11.19. New charity Whole school homework 22.11.19 Talk Time: Which charity should our school support? Review on Thursday 28 November and vote in class for one charity per class. School Council will discuss chosen charities from each class and vote on final choice (meeting 29 Nov AM) The winners will be announced in assembly Fri 29 Nov PM. Identity day – Friday 29 November Children are invited to dress in clothing that represents part of their identity, for example uniform from a club they attend, a team they are part of or support or something that represents them. |
Living and Learning: Identity
Our Living and Learning theme this half-term is Identity. Pupils will learn about what makes themselves and others special, valuing the similarities and differences between themselves and others and what is meant by community. This will be taught through our Living and Learning sessions and two focused weeks.
Anti-bullying week (11 November) ‘Change starts with us’
My Community themed week (25 November)
Our new school charity will be chosen as part of the My Community themed week. Every year, we nominate a new charity to support. This year, we have been supporting Cancer Research. We decide this on the basis of a Talk Time homework, and then school councillors make the final decision.
Our Living and Learning long term plan details the learning for each year group across the year and you can keep up to date with our weekly Living and Learning statements on the parent noticeboard in the playground and also on the school calendar. We will begin and end this half term with a focus on manners.
I apologise when I need to.
I say please and thank you.
Golden Stars
Well done to our most recent Golden Stars!
Goodbye Mrs Drake
It was Mrs Drake’s last day in Key Stage 1 today. We had a little party to say goodbye. We will miss you Mrs Drake (although you can still see her if you go to Out of School Club)!
Geography : virtual field work
We have been looking for physical (cliff, hill, coast, forest) and human (city, house, road, factory) features today. We couldn’t see these in our immediate environment, so we looked at photographs around the classrooms. We used clipboards and worked in pairs, discussing what we observed.
Adjective day!
What a fun-filled day talking about adjectives all day! Thank you for the brilliant costumes.
We have learnt a catchy song :
Adjectives can tell you more
About a noun and that’s for sure
Ad-jec-tives
Geography topic – ‘Where in the world am I?’
We have been enjoying learning facts about the world : the seven continents and five oceans. We find singing is a great way to learn these facts. Join in at home – they are very catchy and we often find that children spontaneously burst into song or adults singing the songs as they walk around school!
Children in Need
We enjoyed an hour of physical activity for Children in Need on Friday. Thank you for all the contributions which went towards our total of £318.11.