Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Using the loss or change cards I asked the children to place their cards along a continuum from very difficult to cope with, to more easy to cope with.
Got the children to work together so they could learn to come to one decision as there is no right way of doing this.
Then invited the children to write a feeding on a post it to describe how the person might be feeling in that situation.
In class we shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Showed a PowerPoint slides of boyfriends and girlfriends/couples
Created a space for a continuum across the classroom, with labels saying ‘Agree’ and ‘ disagree’ at either end. Told the children that I
Going to read out a number of statements and for each one they had to stand somewhere on an imaginary line between the two extremes, according to their personal opinion about the statement.
Once he children have placed themselves in response to each state I asked a few children to explain why they are standing where they are.
This week the role play area became a restaurant. Orders were taken on notepads, food was prepared and served, telephone calls were taken, reservations were made, food was paid for and change given.
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
We sang the song : changing as I grow.
We looked at the PowerPoint pictures of a baby, toddler, teenager, adult to elderly person. In talking partners children had to describe two changes they can visibly see happen to an elderly person. We all shared ideas. Drawed out from the children how our bodies might change and asked them to think about what other changes might happen, e.g bodies become slower, old people run less but might get wiser and kinder.
Made a point that change is a natural process as we get older and we have no control over it.
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
In groups using the life circle cards children had to sequence from left to right to show the changes that happen as each living thing grows up. Reinforced the idea that every living thing has a life circle and grows from young/baby to fully grown/adult.
We talked about how the children have changed since they were babies (physical changes as well as developmental changes I.e what they can now do they couldn’t when they were a baby).
This half term our focus in Religious Education lessons is on Hinduism. Year 3’s big question is How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything?
This week Year 3 were privileged enough to receive a visit from Manisha, a practising Hindu. She shared a story abut how Ganesh got his elephant head and answered lots of questions about the religion in greater detail.
Year 3 then selected information from a range of sources to create a plan for their acrostic poems about Ganesh. By working collaboratively, Year 3 were able to discuss and improve their lines of poetry.
After completion of their poems, each pair spent time with their peers to assess each others work and offer suggestions for improvements. Then after rehearsing, each pair presented their poem to the rest of the class.
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