Mrs L READ | Christopher Pickering Primary School

YEAR 1 – Computing

By Mrs L READ27th October 2023

This week our focus was following the rules we talked about last week, which were:-

Hold your device carefully

Stop using your device when someone is talking to you

Only use the apps you’re asked to

Take turns with your partner

The children worked in pairs on the app https://ncc.io/drag to complete puzzles and mazes, using their trackpad skills.

They were able to follow all the rules and all really enjoyed working together with their partners, as they were able to help and share each others successes.

YEAR 1 – RE

By Mrs L READ27th October 2023

This week we have been looking at promises.

First, we learned that a promise is an agreement to do or not do something.

The children spoke about some promises they had made. Some said they had made ‘pinkie promises’ to their friends and parents, and some said they had made promises at their Beaver and Rainbow groups.

Then we read ‘Abraham and Sarah’ which is a story from the bible. It tells of how God made Abraham a promise. He promised to give Sarah and Abraham a child and many descendants if they moved from where they were living to a new land. They did, and they had a son called Isaac. God kept his promise to them, proving he was dependable and faithful.

Finally, the children made their own promise vouchers.

Ronnie promised to always share.

Bella promised to always do her homework.

Savannah promised to never chat back to grown-ups.

Chester promised to sleep in his bed all night.

Albie promised to never touch the ball when his coach is talking.

All the children thought carefully about their promises and they understood the importance of keeping them.

Year 1 – RE

By Mrs L READ21st October 2023

This week we have been looking at values.

We learned that values are group of things that are important – such as honesty, good manners, kindness, determination.

I reminded the children of our school’s RESPECT values:-

Resilient, Enthusiastic, Safe, Perseverance, Empathetic, Confident and Tolerant. We discussed the meaning of each of these values.

We discovered that many values come from holy books, like the bible, which Christians and Jews believe in, and that it is a sacred text.

Last week we listened to the 10 Commandments last week and this week we listened to the story of The Good Samaritan. Both of these are stories from the bible.

The children were ‘shocked’ and ‘sad’ that people left the man at first. We shared our thoughts on what we would do if we saw someone we didn’t know, hurt and in need of help – Mason said “I would give my coat to keep them warm”, Jessica said “you could call for an ambulance” and Harley said “you should always help any people if they’re hurt”.

The learning we took from this lesson was, that although people may have different beliefs and different gods, places of worship and bibles – we should all share the same values and be kind to everyone regardless.

Year 1 – Computing

By Mrs L READ21st October 2023

This week our focus was about using computers safely in our school setting.

First, we looked at why we have rules in school and how those rules help us.

After some discussion, we found at that rules enable us:-

To stay safe

To make sure we are all happy

So that we can learn

To help us to be good people

Next, we looked at how we can apply this understanding to rules needed for using computer technology safely. Our 4 main rules in Year 1 are:-

Hold your device carefully

Stop using your device when someone is talking to you

Take turns with your partner

Only use the apps you’ve been asked to use

Finally, we recapped on all we had learned during our technology lessons.

We know that technology is something that has been made to help others, that we have different types of computer technology, that we can name the different parts of computers and that we have used a mouse and keyboard to draw pictures and write words.

Year 1 – RE

By Mrs L READ11th October 2023

This week we have been looking at rules and why we need them.

We discussed that ‘rules keep us safe and make sure that everyone is treated fairly’.

The children knew that school, family and sports clubs often have the same rules.

Tilly told us that “don’t hurt anyone, have kind hands”, is a school rule, but we all agreed that this is also a family and a sports club rule.

We then listened to the story of Moses and how God gave him the 10 Commandments. The commandments were the rules for all people to follow and live a good life by.

When we looked at the 10 commandments, the children could understand their importance in life today, even though they were from the Bible that was written a long, long time ago.

Year 1 then designed a poster of a rule which was most important to them. We decided that ‘be kind’ and ‘always try your best’ were the most important rules to follow.

Year 1 Computing

By Mrs L READ11th October 2023

This week, Year 1 continued to develop all their new skills learnt over the past two weeks.

We are now all confident using the track pad and are able to use the keyboard to type our names.

We explored the tool bar more this week, finding out that as well as change colours and type, we could make shapes, fill with colour and use a spray paint effect.

This week we also discussed and looked at saving our work, so we can work on it again. We understand that we need to save it as something sensible so that we can easily find it again.

After completing our lesson this week, we were all able to place our laptops in the charging station and carefully plug the lead into the correct hole.

Year 1 – RE

By Mrs L READ6th October 2023

Year 1 have previously looked at what belonging and faith means to ourselves and others.

We have discovered that there are different religions, with different gods, different places of worship, different festivals and different rituals.

Year 1 had already learnt that Christian’s celebrate Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day, so this week we looked at two different festivals from different faiths.

The Hindu festival of Holi –

Holi is a festival celebrated by people who belong to the Hindu religion. It takes place in March.
It marks the start of spring and is sometimes known as the Festival of Colour. It celebrates good winning over evil.
Everyone chases each other with dry powder paint and coloured water.
People sing, dance and have fun together, no matter who they are.
Bonfires remind people that the winter days are coming to an end and warmth and light are coming.

The Jewish festival of Passover –

Passover is celebrated by Jewish people, who remember how the Israelite people were freed from slavery by Moses over 3000 years ago.
Passover is celebrated for seven or eight days.
On the evening before Passover begins, there is a special service called a Seder where there is a special plate with different food that symbolises different things.
At the Seder meal, three matzot breads are placed on top of each other. The middle matzah is broken and the biggest piece is hidden.Children hunt for the matzah and to win a prize.

We discussed both festivals, the children loved the ‘excitement and fun’ of Holi, but thought the Passover story of Moses parting the Red Sea was ‘amazing’. The children understood that although the festivals were very different, they were equally important to the people of that faith.

Click the links below to share with your child their learning about Holi and Passover festivals:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTfYhG2mOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF84Wx0dGTg

Year 1 – Computing

By Mrs L READ3rd October 2023

This week, Year 1 have continued to develop their trackpad skills and we also thought about what we would use the keyboard for.

We found out that keyboard is used for writing on a computer and that, on all keyboards, the keys will always be in the exact same place.

Our task today was to type our name using the keyboard.

Once on the paintz.app programme, together we were able to click on the tools to draw a text box. The children were then able to use the keyboard to type their name.

Most of the children could do this independently and we learnt that holding down the ‘shift’ key makes a capital letter.

We then had chance to explore all the tools… we found that you could draw a circle/square with one, another enabled us to fill the shape with colour and one gave a spray paint effect … we had fun finding out what all the tools were able to do.

After our screen time, we took a much needed break in the fresh air.

The children had a good understanding of why it is important to do this.

Year 1 Computing

By Mrs L READ29th September 2023

This week, Year 1 have been working on developing their trackpad skills.

We now understand the main components of a computer – screen, keyboard, mouse, trackpad – so we looked at different mice and how some look different but all perform the same function, such as the trackpad.

All of the children were able to switch on their laptop, log in using their QR code and find the artist app that we were going to use – with a little help of course.

At first, some found it a bit tricky to select colours and use the trackpads to draw … but all of the children showed determination and perseverance, and were able to produce some masterpieces! The children, and myself, were very proud of what they had achieved.

We even walked around at the end, like we were at an Art Gallery, to look at everyone’s amazing creations!

|Year 1 RE

By Mrs L READ24th September 2023

Year 1 have been thinking about what the word belonging means.

We might belong to schools, families, groups and faiths … we looked at the different symbols that represent these.

Some of us belong to different clubs, but we all belong to Christopher Pickering Primary School.

We looked at the Christian, Muslim and Sikh faiths… how they all have places of worship and a God that they pray to.

We discussed the Christian church, Olivia went to church for her baby brothers christening, she remembers that the vicar “made a cross with the water on his head”.

We looked at different places of worship, the children thought the Muslim mosque looked very fancy, some recognised a Christian Church and we discovered that Sikhs worshiped at a Gurdwara.

We spoke about praying, Mason knew that “Mrs Marson says a prayer at the end of assembly, we put our hands together and close our eyes”.

We thought of when we might pray, if you’re sad, missing your Dad or if some one in your family is ill. We all shared some special prayers together.

We also looked at clothing that different faiths wear, learning that Sikh boys cover their heads with a Romala and that Muslim girls wear a Hijab.

We looked at the similarities and differences between different faiths. The children discovered that both Christian and Sikh children have places of worship where they can go to pray to their own God.

People may have different beliefs and Gods that they worship, we may wear different clothes and pray in different ways in different places, but everyone is special.