This term Year 2 have all excelled in their Design and Technology lessons.
First the children developed their sewing skills, next they created their own puppet design, deciding which colours they would use and how they would decorate it, then finally they made their puppet… just look how amazing they look!
What superstars all of Year 1 have been this term during our ICT lessons.
They were able to use their already learned trackpad skills when we discovered Scratch Jr – an amination programme.
“Scratch Jr is an introductory programming language that enables young children (ages 5-7) to create their own interactive stories and games. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Children can modify characters in the paint editor and use the programming blocks to make their characters come to life.”
First, we explored how a project would look by investigating backgrounds and sprites.
Next, we used the programming blocks to make our sprite move – we had great fun finding out that we could make them jump, spin and even grow and shrink! We also found out that some blocks have numbers on them that we can change so we don’t have to use the same block lots of times.
After that, we discovered that we could have more than one sprite and that they could each have their own programmes! This was very exciting for us to create and we enjoyed watching each others animations.
Finally, we customised our very own sprites and we created our own ‘Space Race’ project, where we decided exactly how each sprite would move by creating an algorithm.
We are looking forward to Year 2 when we explore the Scratch Jr programme further.
KS1 enjoyed investigating money last week.
First, we created our very own shop with all our favourite things!
Next, we looked at all the coins and then decided how much each toy should be. We found out that that coins all had different values, some of us had used coins at home before, so together we were able to order them.
Finally, we had to select the correct coin to purchase our toy, we had great fun playing with our purchases!
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Year 2 are now on their final Jigsaw piece which is ‘Changing Me’.
We have been thinking about changes that happen that are out of our control, like growing older and changes to us this means.
As part of this, some of the children, brought in photographs of older member of their family, how they are now and how they used to be.
They were excited to share them with their classmates and this enabled some great discussions.
Year 2 have started their fifth Jigsaw piece in PSHE this term, we are thinking all about Relationships.
We will be having discussion about:- families, keeping safe, friends and conflicts, secrets, trust and appreciation and celebrating special relationships.
Last week we explored keeping safe and physical contact.
First, we chatted about how physical touch is important to humans, that it can help us to feel loved, protected and safe. We spoke about how it’s ok to not like some kinds of physical contact and that asking permission and respecting each others voices is important.
As a class, we discussed some of the touches that we don’t like e.g. fighting in the playground, pushing and shoving, a smack or a thump, smothering hugs from a relative or family friend.
The children understood that it is okay not to like some forms of physical contact/touch and also that different people prefer different types of touch e.g. some people like being tickled and others don’t.
We spoke about how we can all make sure that our hands are ‘kind hands’ that don’t hurt other people. We ensured that everyone knew they have the right to say, “please stop, I don’t like that”, and that they knew who they can talk to if someone touches them in a way that they do not like.
After that we had an amazing lesson… first we drew shapes on the back of our partners had, trying to guess it and also saying how it felt…
…then we shared hugs…
…and high-fives!
After that, we drew around our own hand…
…then, we drew around our friend’s hand…
…and finally, we wrote in our books about the touches we like and the ones that we don’t.
This week Year 1 had a fabulous RE lesson, which was all about Our Wonderful World.
First, we listened and sang along to Louis Armstrong – ‘A Wonderful World’.
Then, we learned about The Seven Natural Wonders of the World and we were amazed by their breathtaking beauty.
We talked about how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful world and how important it is to take care of it.
Finally, we discussed all the ways to help keep our planet safe, like recycling, saving water and protecting nature.
What a busy Tuesday afternoon!
Miss Blakeston’s class all came prepared with an array of fabulous easter decorations ready for a craft afternoon. They all displayed their creativity as they set to work … kindness and teamwork were also shown, helping each other out and sharing their own resources with their friends.
All of the children were so proud of their creations!
This term Year 1 have been using their laptop skills to enable them to digitally paint.
They have used a variety of tools (shape, line, fill, undo, colours) create their own digital painting in the style of an artist.
The artists we have taken inspiration from are:-
Piet Mondrian
Henri Matisse
Wassily Kandinsky
George Seurat
All of the children have produced the most amazing work, take a look…
This week, Year 1 have continued with their work on the laptops. We are still using the paintz.app, but this term we are focusing on Digital Painting.
We will be looking at a different artist each week and creating our own masterpiece, inspired by their work.
The children became artists, as they created their own fabulous masterpieces, inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian.
The children observed that his work just used primary colours and squares and rectangles created by using lines.
We realised that the line and fill tools would be perfect for us to use. The children were able to make the shapes with lines and then ‘pour’ the primary colours in.
Just look at their fabulous work!
This week, Year 1 have been thinking about internet safety, how to use technology responsibly and why we have rules.
The children shared some rules they know about.
“You mustn’t go on unsuitable things” Eve.
“Have a break from screen time” – Bailey.
“Tell a grown up if you hear any bad words” – Charlie.
“Only go on your tablet after you’ve had tea” – Gracie.
“Keep passwords secret!” – Benjamin.
We shared talk about all of these and also discussed only going on games, apps and programs that our grown up allows us to, either at home or school. We also chatted about telling a grown up if we see or hear anything that makes us sad or worried.
After that, we thought about the rules we have when using computer technology at school, such as:-
Year 1 will be continuing to work on the laptops after half-term, remembering these rules.