“Learning, loving and encouraging through Christ.”
We wrote our letters to Santa, telling him about what we have done this year to ensure we are on the ‘nice list’ and asking for a present. We then went to Sandra and bought our stamps to stick on our letters. Finally we went to the post office and posted our letters.
In literacy we watched this video looking at what happens to our letters after we’ve posted them. The children then wrote instructions about how to post your letter and a recount about the journey our letters go on.
This week we began reading the Christmas Jolly-Postman.
One of the characters inside the story is Humpty Dumpty, who we had to send a card to because he was in hospital.. again. Miss Durham lead an exciting experiment that enabled the children to use what they’ve learnt about material properties this term to test which would be the best material to stop Humpty from getting hurt again. The children had to then test their materials and explain why it worked – or in most cases didn’t!
Well, what a week we have had!
Our topic this term has been ‘A Day in the life’ and this week we explored this topic in relation to jobs that people have. We were lucky enough to visit La Vinci. Lehel’s dad kindly invited both Badgers and Otters class to visit his restaurant. He told us all about the job he does, how he has to continue to learn and train and do tests on H&S, then he told us about how he shops for the ingredients, prepares them and finally makes the pizzas. All the children loved making their own pizzas – and enjoyed eating them even more 🙂
If that wasn’t enough we were also lucky enough to have a visit from New Romney Fire Brigade.
They bought in the fire engine and explained in detail all the equipment they had, and how they used it. They let the children hold some items and we were even allowed to go into the cab too! Thank you so much, we had such a great afternoon. The children then did some lovely writing about their experience.
This week we looked at 3D shapes, we hunted around the school to find shapes and created our own using lots of different methods!
The children showed lots of perseverance as they tried to make cubes and cuboids out of play-doh and spaghetti.
Finally, I will see you on Friday at the school Christmas fair!
Many thanks for your ongoing support,
Miss Sisk and Mrs Hall.
This week has been all about 2D shapes, we have been on hunts and learnt lots about different shapes, how to sort them and explain why!
We used lots of different methods to learn about shape, from finding them in the environment to using bee-bots to describe and name them.
This week has also been road safety week, we made different houses from the Jolly Postman and then learnt about how to cross the road safely.
This week we were lucky to have a visit from Maddison’s dad, who came to Year 1 to tell us all about his current job as a nurse and previous career as an illustrator.
To make this visit even more exciting he told us about his visits in the community, how to clean wounds and protect himself. But he also taught us about our hearts, how they pump blood around our bodies to spread oxygen, but even more amazing… he bought in a cows heart!!! It was enormous and an amazing experience for the children!
Thank you so much 🙂
Congratulations to Riley, Sienna and Joseph for earning your Golden Hedgehogs this week.
Last week we celebrated Children In Need by decorating biscuits and wearing spots.
We also started to plant bulbs in the outside area in preparation for spring. The children really enjoyed getting muddy and are looking forward to seeing what grows.
Mathletics competition
How many points can you collect this week?
You can earn points for completing activities linked to your learning in class or by playing against ‘the world’. Good luck.
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