Year 1/2 | Christopher Pickering Primary School

Year 1 – RE

By Mrs L READ23rd September 2024

Last week, Y1 looked at what the word belonging means.

We discovered that we might belong to schools, families and groups…some of us belong to different clubs, but we all belong to Christopher Pickering Primary School.

This week we looked at different faiths that people can belong to… Christian, Muslim and Sikh and we looked at the symbols that represent them. We found out that different faiths all have different places of worship and different Gods that they pray to.

We discussed the Christian church, Skyla goes to church with her family on a Sunday and they “sing songs and pray”, Matilda knew that “Jesus died on a cross”, and Forrest remembered that “he came back to life a couple of days later”.

Ivan was able to share with us that he is a Muslim, “my family are all Muslims too”.

We looked at different places of worship, the children thought the Muslim mosque looked very fancy, some recognised a Christian Church and we discovered that Sikhs worshiped at a Gurdwara.

We spoke about praying, Thomas knew that “Mrs. Marson says a prayer at the end of assembly, we put our hands together and close our eyes”.

We also looked at clothing that different faiths wear, learning that Sikh boys cover their heads with a Romala and that Muslim girls wear a Hijab.

We looked at the similarities and differences between different faiths. The children discovered that both Christian and Sikh children have places of worship where they can go to pray to their own God.

People may have different beliefs and Gods that they worship, we may wear different clothes and pray in different ways in different places, but everyone is special.

Why do I have senses?

By Leonnie Carrick23rd September 2024

To explore our 5 senses we explored each one carefully. We first started with touch.

The children first discussed that we use our hands to tell if something is soft, rough, smooth etc. To explore this we passed round different objects.

I then asked the question “Can we only feel with our hands?”. A lot of the children first agreed and said yes. Then we discovered that you can still tell if something is soft/rough if it touches your skin on your arm/leg.

Smell

We then explored our sense of smell. The children could identify that we use our nose to smell.

We smelled vinegar which some children said was disgusting but most children loved the smell of the room air freshener.

Taste

Next it was time to explore taste. We tasted salt and sugar first with our eyes open. We talked about how clever our tongue is and how everybody likes different things because of our taste buds. We then did a comparative test to see if we closed our eyes, do our taste buds grow stronger? Some children agreed it did, but some said it tasted the same.

Sight

The fourth sense we investigated was sight. We discussed how some people may need help with their vision and that is why people might wear glasses. The children in the class were very excited to show off their glasses to the class.

Hearing

The final sense we explored was hearing. The children knew we used our ears to hear and that just like sight, some people may need extra help so that they can hear. We discussed all the different things we use in school that we listen and respond to everyday!

Y1 – RE

By Mrs L READ15th September 2024

Year 1 have been thinking about what the word belonging means.

We might belong to schools, families and groups, such and swimming, rugby or Rainbows. We looked at the different symbols that represent these…some of us belong to different clubs, but we all belong to Christopher Pickering Primary School.

Thomas said “at football we all have the same Tigers badge because we belong to that club”.

We found out that belonging is “a feeling of safety, support, acceptance and inclusion at being a member of a group”.

All of the children agreed that belonging to a group made them feel special and happy.

Y1 – Music

By Mrs L READ15th September 2024

In Music this week, Y1 listened to ‘Hey You!’.

The children used their listening skills to find the ‘pulse’ of the song. Then they first clapped along and then sang. They all listened to see what instruments they could hear, identified the intro, verse, chorus and hook and they learnt that the style of music was ‘old school hip hop’. All of the class loved this style of music, Penny said it “made her body move” and Ivan thought it sounded “funky”.

The children were all excited to play the glockenspiel along to the music, carefully following the beat.

Y1 – PE

By Mrs L READ15th September 2024

This term, Y1 are focussing on Playing Games and Running.

We have already learnt techniques about running safely and effectively, changing directions, listening to instructions and following rules of the game.

This week in our running game, we had runners and defenders, the aim of the game was for the runners to collect the objects while avoiding the defenders … it was wonderful to see the great team work that was shown by all the children.

Y1 – ICT

By Mrs L READ15th September 2024

Year 1 were excited to start their ICT lessons this week, especially the thought of getting their hands on the laptops… but first we had to find out what exactly ‘Technology’ is.

We found out the word ‘technology’ actually means ‘anything made by people to help us’.

The children then searched our classroom to find items of technology. The children were able to find many things and say how they help us…

Poppy told us that “glasses help us to see better”, while River said “my bottle has my water in it for me to drink and stay healthy” and all the children were surprised when Avie said the chair was technology as it helps us to sit down!

Technology is absolutely everywhere in our classroom, so we had to go outside to find things that aren’t technology… trees and the sky aren’t technology as they are not made by people.

What are bodies and what can they do?

By Leonnie Carrick11th September 2024

Our first lesson of the unit is ‘animals including humans’ and we focused on the enquiry ‘What are bodies and what can they do?’.

To start our lesson we sang the song ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes‘.

We then drew round around Elijah and Reuben so we could then label human body parts. We had lots of fun!

Here are what some of the children said:

“We have a heart to pump blood around our body“- Mylie

“We have eyes so we can see“- Isabel

“We have a skeleton which is made of bones to make sure we can stand up and don’t fall over like jelly ”- Myles

“Our skin keeps protects everything in our body from falling out” Matilda

We then continued our learning through our continuous provision. We made and labelled the human body for our science working wall.

Computing Systems and Networks

By Miss P STATHERS24th May 2024

Year 2’s Computing unit this term has been exploring Computing Systems and Networks. They have learned about the topic IT All Around Us. In the first lesson they learned that IT is a computer or something that works with a computer. They then sorted different objects into two categories; IT and not IT.

In our second lesson they learned about how we use IT in school. They looked at the IT we have in our school and thought about the purpose of the IT we have. They then sorted several IT by their purpose.

In our third lesson, the children learned about IT beyond school. They thought about the features of different IT and sorted them into two categories; IT found outside and IT found inside!

During lesson four, the children learned about how information technology helps us. The children explored the roles of a barcode, scanner and till in a supermarket during the lesson and they learned about how these work together.

In lesson 5 the children thought about how to be safe using IT. They helped Jessica identify the rules she was breaking when using IT.

Finally, in lesson 6 they learned about how to use IT in a variety of ways and how to be mindful of the time they spend using IT.

RE

By Leonnie Carrick8th May 2024

Where do sacred stories come from?

During this lesson the children learned the meaning of the word ‘sacred’ which is a religious kind of ‘special’. We learnt that different religions have sacred texts which include great stories in them, that are shared within their community. This is so people learn the importance of being kind, respectful as well as having a sense of belonging.

I reminded the children of our school’s RESPECT values:-

Resilient, Enthusiastic, Safe, Perseverance, Empathetic, Confident and Tolerant. We discussed the meaning of each of these values and how these are common themes throughout the stories we read as a class.

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The first story we looked at was the Christian story ‘The Good Samaritan’. The children knew that this story could be found in the bible and enjoyed learning about this.

The next story we looked at was the ‘The crying camel’ which is an Islamic story found in the Quran. Arios said he loved learning about this story because he is Muslim and reads the Quran at home.

The final story we looked can be found in the Torah which was ‘The story of Moses’. This is a Jewish scared story.

The children could easily identify which symbol and story belonged to each sacred book.

Year 1- Computing

By Leonnie Carrick25th April 2024

Our new unit in computing is “Creating media – Digital writing”

Lesson 1- Exploring the Keyboard

This is the first lesson in which Year 1 have experienced using a computer to create and manipulate text. In this lesson we familiarised ourselves with word processor and thought about how they might use this application in the future. The children also identified the different keys, before adding text to their page by pressing keys on a keyboard.

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Lesson 2- Adding and Removing Text

In this lesson, the children continued to familiarise themselves with word processor and how they can interact with the computer using a keyboard. We focused on adding text as well as exploring more of the keys found on a keyboard (such as the numbers). Finally, we began to use the backspace button to remove text from the computer and learned how to create a finger space using the space bar key. We also briefly touched on how to do a capital letter using the shift button.