Living and Learning – Rights and Responsibilities.
KS1 have been discussing ‘Rights and Responsilities’. We have the right to be educated (by coming to school). We also have the responsibility to learn (through our attention and effort).
We mimed different responsibilities that we might have at home or at school. The class enjoyed guessing what the miming represented. The children are proud of being responsible for various things.
Golden Star
Well done to our most recent golden star!
Outdoor Maths – QR codes
The year 2 children enjoyed some outdoor maths this afternoon using QR codes. They had to use their knowledge of tens and ones to follow a treasure hunt type activity, using iPads to read the QR codes. You can only move on to the next question if you get them correct in the right order. It was great fun but also involved lots of learning!
Harvest Festival – a big thank you!
Thank you for all the kind donations to our Harvest Festival today. Henry, from the Salvation Army, was overwhelmed by the generosity of the families at Scholes. Thank you for each and every donation.
Living and Learning – strengthening community links
Following the success of our visits last year to the Elmet Elderberries (a local community group for older people in Scholes), some year 2 children went to visit today. It is really beneficial to listen to stories and ask questions – talking to real people and linking perfectly with our Time Travel topic.
Living and Learning- Reflecting
Our 8Rs for learning have an animal and action to go with them. (2KL are demonstrating their glee at creating them as a class).
One of the 8Rs for learning came to life today. The animal for ‘Reflecting’ is an owl. We had the most adorable baby barn owls come to visit! Pixie and Paddy are 30 days old. They will certainly help us to reflect on what and how we’ve learnt in the future.
Golden Stars
Well done to our two recent golden stars.
Class novel – Stone Age Boy
All the year 1 and 2 classes are reading and using Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura as a stimulus for learning over the next couple of weeks. Although it is more of a picture book than a novel, it contains so much information that we will be using it as a focus for several lessons.
We will be re-telling the story, learning about life in the Stone Age and creating cave paintings using sticks and stones.
Help at home by talking about the past, present and future. Talk about major events in history including that of our own lifetimes and the more distant past. How was life different when you or your older relatives were young compared to that of your child?
Living and Learning – remember and reflect
This week’s Living and Learning focus was based on 2 of the Rs for Learning – remember and reflect.
We talked about how our routine helps us remember what we are learning and how an organised classroom (or bedroom) helps us remember where things are.
We reflect on our learning in many ways. These are mostly verbal in key stage 1 – by showing thumbs up/down for example. We also talked about what the highlighting of LOs (learning objectives) mean.
We love reading!
All year 1 and 2 classes visited the library this week. It was great being able to choose a book each to add to our book corners in our classrooms. I chose one about hedgehogs because 1,2V’s class mascot is Spike the hedgehog!
Help at home by being a great role model and reading regularly to, and with, your child. Show them that you love reading!
