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Today was a special day across the whole school as we spent it remembering the life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. In the HUB we engaged in a range of activities that helped us to reflect upon her amazing reign. We watched when ‘Paddington Met The Queen’ which made us really giggle and then followed instructions to make a marmalade sandwich. There were mixed reviews as to the taste of these but it we did a great job using our skills to make them!
We waited with patience and respect in the school hall to sign the book of condolences. Our names are now recorded within Christopher Pickering History as part of this very significant event.
We discussed why Union flags have been flying at half-mast across the national during the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Flags are lowered to half-mast as a symbol of respect and mourning so we made our own mini flags to show our respects.
During our creative choice session, Amelia made a beautiful crown to show people that she is remembering the life of Queen Elizabeth.
As Scientists, this half term we will be learning about light.
This week, we examined what light is and how we need light to see. We played the feely-bag game and some items were really hard to determine when we couldn’t see them! We explored how our sight changes when we sat in the dark den and went onto consider what a source of light is. We were able to sort sources of light into the categories of natural and man-made which led to lots of great questions being asked.
Flash the tortoise came to spend the day with us in the HUB. His visit generated lots of discussion, with fabulous questions being asked such as “What does he eat?” and “How big will he grow?”. We handled Flash with care and enjoyed making sure that he had enough to eat and drink as well as enough sunlight which is important for healthy shell growth.
As Musicians, we are learning to play the Glockenspiel! Rehearsals are currently underway and we plan to post a video very soon! Watch this space …..
For our computing lessons, this half term in the HUB we are learning about “IT around us“.
This week we explored what a digital device is and looked at how an input was needed to create an output. Brandon was able to model this for us by using a number function machine!
Our first unit this year is Place Value, a really important unit for us to conquer and build upon.
We have been making great use of our place value tools as we explore partitioning, recording numbers in words and finding more/less than a give number.
We have been working on our times table facts and have found some fun songs to dance and sing to that give us an extra bit of practise!
During our topic All About Me, we have been looking closely at our faces and hair colour through our mirrors.
We used our senses to observe different colours and textures to simulate our own hair.
We think we look really handsome.
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The Hub children have been exploring the important topic of Online Relationships.
The children worked together to answer questions about which behaviours are safe and which are unsafe whilst online.
The children then discussed why you need to ask permission for some actions you do online in order to keep yourself safe.
We can now give examples of when to ask permission to do something online and explain why this is important.