Living and Learning – I know how to cope with change
KS1 have been thinking about the range of emotions that we all feel. Having emotions makes us human. We have explored a range of videos and scenarios in which we try to identify what other people might be feeling. Our motto has been: ‘Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.’ How might you feel, if it happened to you? Such focused learning has helped us to identify with others. We have shared about changes in our lives that have made our emotions roller coaster. For example: moving school, becoming a big brother/sister, moving house have all been topics of change. Top tips on how to cope with change were shared:
Tell a trusted adult how you feel.
Take a deep breath and be brave.
You won’t feel sad forever.
You will make new friends.
Such super stars!
Egg rolling competition
Thank you for providing the decorated hard-boiled eggs for our egg rolling competition this week. It was very egg-citing seeing which one rolled the furthest in each class. Well done to all the winners.
Have a happy and healthy (ish – with the obligatory chocolate) Easter break and we will look forward to see you on 15th April.
Topic – computing
We have thoroughly enjoyed our computing topic this half term.
We learnt about commands, algorithms and programs. After designing and planning our games, we made big versions of them this week and played them using the BeeBots. It was great!
Help at home by playing an algorithm game – giving precise instructions to do something (with a blindfold if you’re brave…).
Science – plants
KS1 have been learning about plants and growing in science this half term.
We have observed closely as peas and beans germinated in front of our eyes. We’ve planted some herbs and watched a cutting from a willow tree sprout roots (which we have now planted).
We predicted what the seedlings will look like after the holidays – watch this space!
Help at home by planting something, nurturing it and watching it grow.
Egg rolling 2C
See our photographs from our egg rolling competition today. Thank you everybody for getting involved!
Well done Ella for rolling your Incredible Hulk egg the furthest, enjoy your prizes!
Have a wonderful Easter break everybody!
Egg-cellent Easter disco
We had an egg-citing time at the Easter disco on Friday. We played an Easter-themed corners game, musical statues and finished off with the obligatory conga and sweets.
Living and Learning – I can talk about how I am feeling
Our Living Learning statement this week is ‘I can talk about how I am feeling.’
During this session, KS1 identified and discussed different emotions. We discussed vocabulary linking to these emotions and how to recognise such feelings in ourselves and in others.
The children recognised that everybody experiences a range of different feelings and this is completely normal and okay. We can experience and recognise these through thoughts, facial expression and body language.
We talked about how we can deal with our emotions and manage them effectively.
In class, children watched a pixar animation where they were asked to spot different emotions and explain why they thought each character was feeling a certain way.
Help at home: by discussing feelings often with your children and find techniques that help children to understand and regulate these emotions.
Road safety
This afternoon, the Year 2’s had a very important visitor in school. The visitor was from Leeds City council and spoke to the children about road safety.
First, the children spoke about different parts of a typical road: a road, kerb and pavement. The children then spoke about what type of traffic they might see on the road and path, and added images to a map.
They were given scenarios both within a car and whilst walking or riding on the pavement, and discussed how to stay safe.
We know that we must wear a seatbelt whenever we are in a moving vehicle. We must never distract our driver to ensure the journey is safe.
We also know when we are crossing the road, we have to follow the rules: stop, look and listen.
Help at home: by talking to your child about road safety at home.
Living and learning : solving problems
We have been discussing ways to solve problems. It is important we learn how to work and play with other people. Problems will always arise in life and we have been talking how we can approach and solve problems.
Help at home by talking through problems and possible solutions.
Computing
Our Topic this half term is computing. We are learning about what a computer is and the functions and abilities that computers have.
Each Topic, we learn different vocabulary.
In class, we are using Beebots. These are robots that have the appearance of a bee. They can move around when programmed with an algorithm. The children have experimented over the past few weeks, using the Beebots. They know how to get them to move in the way that they want (after lots of trial and error).
First we must press ‘CLEAR’ to ensure that the Beebot does not follow any prior instructions.
Then we command an algorithm into the Beebot and press ‘GO’.
We have also been designing our own games. We have practised working out the correct algorithms needed to complete our games. We’ve also set our peers challenges whereby they need to ‘debug’ an algorithm to complete our games. So far, we have planned and designed our games in our books.
We can’t wait for next week, where we can see our games come to life, using the Beebots!