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 year 1, we have been looking at non-chronological reports. Linking to our English book ‘The Rainbow fish’ we were eager to find out more about fish! We learnt the facts using simple signifiers that helped us remember them!
We focussed on the different features of a fact file such as an introduction, sub-heading, pictures and captions.
In pairs we read the facts and placed them under the correct sub-heading in order for it to make sense for the reader.
We then presented our facts to the class to check they made sense.
Well done year 1!
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!
This afternoon in Y1 we have been learning what coding means in computing – we found out that all of our favourite computer games we play on at home are all made by coding and that it is basically giving characters and objects instructions to move!
We were able to programme a range of sea creatures to move left, right, up and down! We understood we needed to give the computer very clear instructions or the creatures wouldn’t move properly.
We have been learning about Christopher Columbus as part of our topic, ‘Explorers of the Sea.”
First, we looked at some sources of evidence.
We looked at diary entries, paintings and drawings.
Next, we ordered some information on a timeline.
Finally, we wrote our own timelines using the evidence and resources we had looked at.
This week, Year 2 have been discussing secrets.
We talked about which secrets we should keep and which secrets we shouldn’t keep.
We shared our ideas with our friends.
We thought of lots of secrets that we were happy to keep, such as birthday surprises and parties.
Then, we talked about secrets we shouldn’t keep. Year 2 thought they should tell an adult if they knew a secret about somebody being unkind or mean.
Finally, we drew some pictures to represent our ideas and completed to some sentences.
In Science, we have been learning about habitats and the animals that live in them.
As part of this unit at work we have investigated food chains.
We began by talking about which plants and animals other animals ate.
We looked at lots of different pictures of animals and plants from a variety of habitats.
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Next, we sorted our pictures into food chains.
Finally, we drew our own scientific diagrams and created a food chain with explanations using the key words we had learnt.
In Year 2 we are learning songs all about pirates and the sea!
To help us learn “The Pirate Singalong” we put some actions to the words.
We learnt the rhythm and pitch once we knew the actions then performed the whole thing!
Today, Y1 were History detectives – we used a range of sources of evidence to find out about George Stephenson, his achievements and why he was nicknamed ‘Father of the Railway.’
We learned that he invented the first locomotive called ‘The Rocket’ and that this changed Britain in the Victorian era as it meant that more people could travel. Holidays by the seaside became more accessible and it meant that those people who previously couldn’t afford to go on holiday could! This changed Britain and the seaside which we are going to learn more about this in other lessons. We all realised that George Stephenson is a significant individual who invented something that has changed our lives today and he is still remembered for the work that he has done.
Lucas said ‘George Stephenson looks like a clever, rich man because he is wearing expensive clothes.’
‘The carts with the people on look very full and the train looks very slow, not like today.’ pointed out Scarlett
‘He must be famous if he is on money’ said Frankie
Year 1 are very excited to be learning about non-chronological reports over the next few weeks.
We have spent this week looking at the features and how they are set out.
We have discovered that non-chronological reports are non-fiction.
They have a title, an introduction, sub-headings, pictures and a conclusion.
We learnt lots of facts about sharks this week and can not wait to write our own non-chronological reports!
