In Year 1 in Science, we have planted our very own sunflowers. We have learnt about what things we need to help plants grow healthily. We know that plants and flowers need sunlight, warmth, water and care to help it grow the best it can.
We are going to take it home as part of our home school project and record the progress of the growth.
Who’s sunflower is going to be the tallest?
In Year 1, we made chocolate nests. We thought about what we used to make them and wrote lists to know what ingredients we needed, if we were to make them again. We then wrote instructions to explain to Reception and Year 2 about how to make them.
Pupil Voice
” I liked Safety Week because I learnt about keeping safe near water and how to spot dangers.”
Mosara Year 3
” I know how to stay safe at home. I also learnt that you do not tell strangers where you live.”
Taisa Year 1
” It was lots of fun learning about staying safe. I learnt lots of new things – you can not have a Minecraft account if you are under 13 years of age. Also if someone is rude to you on a chat during a game you must tell an adult and report the user. I also know to not share personal information online.”
Basil Year 4
More From You!
” I learnt about the dangers of smoking and how smoke damages your lungs.”
Omar Year 5
” My class learnt all about Mindfulness. Mindfulness colouring helps you relax.”
Ellis Year 2
” Breathing in and out slowly helps your body calm down and relax.”
Arinze Year 2
” I know that the Pastoral Team in school are there to take care of us, keep us safe, make sure we feel safe and happy and to help solve our problems.”
Mohammed Year 6
” School has taught us lots about staying safe like, crossing roads, being safe online, not opening doors to people, safe adults in school wear a pass or signing in badge and never share personal information with strangers.”
Basil Year 4 and Mohamed Year 6
” If children have a problem in school there are adults they can talk to – Teachers, Miss Akers, trusted adults and friends. “
Mosara Year 3
” Jigsaw and the teddy help us find a calm happy place and we do deep breaths to give our minds time to be quiet and to relax our heads.”
Taisa Year 1
” I enjoyed creating a Jigsaw Charter about Rights, Rewards, Responsibilities and Consequences in school.”
Mohammed Year 6
” Jigsaw Mindfulness helps us think about a nice, calm place.”
Basil Year 4
As part of International week, we have been exploring the different cultures and countries that our families are from. We have discovered that we have children from all around the world from the continent Asia to Africa to Europe. We have learnt lots about the different countries and we are currently writing fact files about the countries and cultures in our class. We have enjoyed sharing some special items, pictures and clothes from our cultures.
We are looking forward to our ‘Celebrating Differences’ party on Friday!
We showed the children two pictures and asked which one is the bully. The first picture was of a big bully-looking character, the second was of a 5-6 year old. This showed a bully doesn’t have to look a particular way.
In Connect us, the children played Huggy bears. When the teacher called out “Huggy heard – three” children hugged each other in groups of three. This reinforced how it feels to be part of a group.
For Tell me or show me, the children had to share their ideas on what they thought a bully is like. All the children had student ideas on what bullying is.
In Year 1 we have been learning about the different weather which is associated with each season. We have looked at different tools that measure the weather. This week we have made rain gauges to measure how much rainfall we have in a week.
We have been learning the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We used our story map and came up with actions to re-tell the story off by heart. We have been innovating our stories and this week we are going to write the story using our new ideas.
Last Thursday we started our jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.
We then played the corner game. In one corner of the class we wrote Yes and in the other class we wrote No. A statement was read out such as “I like pizza”, and then children then went to either side of the room. This showed the number of differences between children.
The children were shown two pictures that had similarities. This allowed the children to focus on what is the same rather than focusing on differences.
We started today’s jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.
Then we sat in a circle and played a game called ‘Switch’. A statement was read out which applied to more than one child in the circle. Those children then switched places with each other amusing them to see what they have in common with each other.
The children then were shown two pictures that had similarities. This allowed the children to focus on what is the same rather than focusing on differences.
The let me learn section of the lesson involved the children sitting pairs and identifying 3 similarities with their partner. They then used Jigsaw Jack to share these in the circle.
Last Thursday we started our jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.
Then we sat in a circle and played a game called ‘Switch’. A statement was read out which applied to more than one child in the circle. Those children then switched places with each other amusing them to see what they have in common with each other.
The children then were shown two pictures that had similarities. This allowed the children to focus on what is the same rather than focusing on differences.
The let me learn section of the lesson involved the children sitting pairs and identifying 3 similarities with their partner. They then used Jigsaw Jack to share these in the circle.