Making friends

By Mrs K SMITH3rd May 2022

This week in PSHE Year 1 have been talking about their friends and how we are kind to them.

We started our lesson by giving each other compliments and saying the things we like about each other.

We like each other because they ‘have a nice smile’, ‘make me laugh’, play with me’ or ‘kind to me’.

We did a circle time talk about how we think we are good friends.

The children in year 1 think they are good friends because they play together, are kind to each other, care about each other and make each other happy.

We also talked about things we do to be good friends such as playing with others or making friends feel better when they are sad.

Year 1 know lots of different ways in which to be good friends to each other.

Bug hotels in Design AND TECHNOLOGY

By Sophie Dale7th April 2022

Investigate 

First we needed to understand what the need and purpose is for a bug hotel. Our first enquiry was ‘What are bugs/insects and why do we need them?’. We then looked at a variety of insects and why they are important for nature. We discussed how without them nothing would be able to survive (even if the children did not like them!).

We then focussed on ‘What is a bug hotel?’. From the design brief the children were excited but were still not sure what one might look like. We looked at lots of different bug hotels that were all manmade and freestanding (stands up by themselves). We thought carefully over the following questions: How the parts have been joined together? What materials have been used? and why have those been chosen? We then drew two of the structures we explored and labelled it.

Focussed Practical Task

The children loved exploring how to build a variety of freestanding structures using different materials.

They made the base bigger! This made the structure stronger.

This was not a strong freestanding structure. I asked the children how could you make it sturdier?

We folded paper in different ways so it would stand up.

We used tape to build joins.

 

We practically explored putting straws/hay into a plastic bottle.

We practised using a hammer and nails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design

The children could not wait to become designers. Before we could start designing we went on a walk around the school grounds to source natural resources. We had already collected manmade resources such as yogurt pots, milk bottles etc. Once the children knew what to use they worked in small groups to design their bug hotels sharing ideas on what materials would be best/ the purpose of each section. Finally, the children picked their favourite design and explained why.

Make

The children had so much fun putting their knowledge from the focussed practical task into action.

Using a variety of materials.              

Using a hammer and nails (supervised by an adult).

 

The final outcome.

Evaluate

Finally the children evaluated the end product thinking about what they liked, disliked and whether they stuck to their design brief.

Victorian fabulous finish day

By Sophie Dale6th April 2022

Year 1 had a fantastic fabulous finish day being immersed into the world of the Victorian era and what it was like for children in the past. 

As soon as the children arrived into the class they were greeted with a new Victorian name (unless they already had one) and a very strict teacher.

The children were shocked to learn that children used to have punishments that were not very nice:

If a child answered a question wrong they used to wear a Dunce cap to embarrass them in front of the class!

Lottie pretending to be in trouble and receiving the cane from her teacher.

 

The children also practised writing without a pencil and paper. Victorian children would use slate to write with.

We all agreed that we much prefer how schools are today! The children were so excited to go tell their grown ups what they had learnt.

Enquiry 5 – What is my life like compared to Beatrix Potters?

By Sophie Dale6th April 2022

Year 1 loved being Historians by putting themselves into the shoes of Beatrix Potter to find out what life was like her for during the Victorian Era. We know to be successful Historians we need to look at different sources of evidence. We discovered that she was taught by her very own governess at home by looking closely at a painting. Using this piece of evidence the children asked lots of questions and came up with their own conclusions:

Millie- But when did she play with her friends?

Olivia- That would be so boring!

Teddy- Would they be as strict as Victorian schools?

We then had fun acting out a day in the life of Beatrix Potter. Here are some of the things we learnt:

She was woken up by her maid/governess using candles if it was dark.

She would then be served breakfast prepared by servants which was a huge meal consisting of ham, bacon, eggs and fish!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cup and ball.

Beatrix Potter had toys such as a skipping rope.

We then compared this life to ours in the 21st century.

IMG_0995[1] – Eric telling us who wakes him up and what he uses instead of a chamber pot!

IMG_0998[1]– Layla explaining what she has for breakfast compared to Beatrix Potter.

 

 

Year 2 have been creating pictures in the style of Piet Mondrian in computing!

By Mandy Graves30th March 2022

We looked at some pictures created by Piet Mondrian and noticed that he uses lines and blocks of colour.

We used 2Paint to create our own versions of Mondrian’s art.

Year 2 have been learning about and re-enacting Palm Sunday

By Mandy Graves30th March 2022

Year 2 have been learning about the importance of Palm Sunday and what it means to Christians.

We read a story about Palm Sunday then re-enacted Jesus arriving into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. We had a very excited crowd waving palm leaves to welcome Jesus.

We also wrote the key words and phrases on a palm leaf template.

 

medicine safety

By Mrs K SMITH24th March 2022

This week Year 1 have been talking about when they are ill.

Our adults at home look after us if we are not well and give us lots of cuddles.

Our teachers look after us too if we do not feel well at school.

Sometimes we need medicine to make us feel better.

We looked at some different types of medicines that we have in our houses.

We found out that medicines can be dangerous as well as making us better.

We looked carefully at each picture and box. We found that they all have instructions on them telling you how to take them and how many times you can take it.

We all decided that our adults at home give us the right amount of medicine because they read the instructions to keep us safe.

The Monkey King

By Mrs K SMITH20th March 2022

This week in RE, Year 1 have been listening to the Buddhist faith story ‘The Monkey King‘.

We really enjoyed the story and how kind the Monkey King was to his followers.

We talked about how Buddhists listen to this story and it helps them to be kinder to each other just like The Monkey King was to his followers and how the King was kind to The Monkey King after he saved the monkeys.

We thought how we could be kind to each other just like the monkeys in the story.

We also talked about how Buddhists cherish this story as it is a value of their faith and one they believe represents their God.

We had chance to act out the story of ‘The Monkey King’ and enjoyed retelling each other what happened.

 

Year 1 fieldwork

By Sophie Dale17th March 2022

Year 1 are becoming confident geographers. At the start of the lesson we re-capped the 7 continents and understand that we live in Europe. We then used Digimaps to explore the United Kingdom, England and finally looked at Hull the city where we live. After, we looked at a variety of maps and photographs to identify our school. We were really interested to see how things look as a ‘birds eye view’ on aerial mode compared to ground level.

Next we set off on a walk around the school site to identify different features within school.

When we got back to class we started to put our features onto a key which will later be placed on our sketch map next lesson.