Category : PSHCE

 In PSHE this week we looked at our rights and responsibilities as a member of the class. First we greeted everyone using a ball that we rolled across the floor saying each other’s names. This made us feel special and welcome!

We then said hi to Jigsaw Jack who wanted to find out how the children like to learn. They started with the sentence ‘I like learning when…’. A lot of the children mentioned our golden rules.

“When it is quiet and I can concentrate”                                       “When my friends are kind”

We then discussed 6 photographs and decided whether they showed happy or sad learning.

Finally, we re-capped our school’s golden rules and using our handprints agreed to try our best to follow them at all times!

Year 1 really enjoyed their first PSHE lesson meeting Jigsaw Jack!  We started off with a lovely game called ‘pass the smile’. We discussed how this made us feel happy, loved and excited! We then talked about how we felt about coming back to school in a new year group with new teachers. We shared all sorts of worries and emotions!  To help us understand the different emotions we were feeling we read ‘The colour monster’.

The children were then introduced to our wall of colour monsters and together we read all the adjectives used to describe the different emotions! We had fun finding our faces and moving them to match how we feel. The children are looking forward to doing this everyday! Well done Year 1, you have settled in really well to the new rules and routines!

In PSHE, Year 1 have been exploring the different life cycles of animals and humans. At first we looked at our own life cycle and discussed our different life experiences of having older/younger siblings and shared these with the rest of the class. We then ordered these as a whole class.

We discussed how we grow and the changes that happen to our bodies and how this is OK! It happens to all of us! We then discussed that it isn’t just humans that grow but animals also have life cycles. In groups, Year 1 worked hard to order different life cycles. Some groups had frogs, others had chickens or butterflies! It was so interesting to see how they changed and learn the key vocabulary such as frog spawn, froglets, chicks, cocoon etc!

In PSHE we had a brilliant discussion about the people in our lives who are special to us and why.

Here were some of our answers:

“My Mum because she gives me cuddles and looks after me”

“My Dad because he plays with me and helps me if I fall over”

“My Grandad and Grandma and they buy me sweets!”

It was lovely to share the special people in our lives with our friends!

In PSHCE this week, Year 1 have discussed what qualities each of us have.

We first got to tell Jigsaw Jack how special he is and what we thought he is good at.

Then, we talked about how good it feels when somebody tells you that you are good at something and how it’s also important to tell ourselves.

We found out that some of us are good friends, some of us are good at sports and some of us have special skills.

We listened as each member of the class told us why they are amazing.

We think our Year 1 children are just incredible!