Where does energy come from and how is it used?
Today Year 1 began their energy journey.
We used pieces of LEGO from our STEAM Park to make creations and discover their function and how they could relate to energy.
We looked at different energy sources including wind turbine and solar panels.
Today we started our STEM week in year 1.
The aim of the week is to introduce the children to the fundamentals of STEM while working together to solve fun challenges and building models using LEGO DUPLO bricks.
In year 1, we are looking at energy, where it comes from and how we use it.
Today the children explored the STEAM Park pack and discussed different sources of energy in our community. We then worked in teams to make our own wind turbine using the building card.
May has been a really busy month in school but the children have still found time to impress staff with their excellent reading.
This month we were on the look out for children who have a great attitude to reading and make an extra effort with their home reading.
A special mention to Lucas in Year 1 who not only has a great attitude to reading he helps his little sister too by teaching her how to read!
Well done to Sienna in Year 4 who reading extra books at home as well as her home readers!
Lastly to Jack in Year 6 who reads so regularly at home he has become a word millionaire!
Check out some of the fun lunchtime clubs going on over the past half term.
At Harton we love lunchtime clubs!
Year 1 have been exploring fruits and vegetables as part of our Design Technology topic.
We have sorted, named and tasted lots of fruits. Once we had tasted the fruits we decided which ones we would like in our own fantastic fruit salad.
As part of our activities we carefully and safely chopped our fruits, we even designed our own packaging labels.
Well done done to all year 1 who took part in the KidSafe programme. We are all very proud of how sensible the children have been and they have all really enjoyed the sessions.
Well done year 1!
During today’s session KS had Yukky feelings due to his parents/carers arguing, KS had overheard the arguing many times and has become increasingly upset and he even thought it was his fault.
Children gave KS strategies to help him get rid of his Yukky feelings i.e., talking to another trusted adult about the Yukky feelings he was experiencing.
Today has been the last Kidsafe session in school. We have re-capped on the previous four sessions with the children and evaluated with the them about what they had learnt and what they had enjoyed about the Kidsafe programme. The children will al receive a certificate for their fantastic effort and completing the programme.
In today’s session we talked about “Our Bodies”.
We talked about the importance of the private places we all have on our bodies. We introduced two sets of rules, (the second set being specifically for children) to help keep our bodies safe for e.g., ‘Your private places are special, look after them and keep them safe and you are the boss of your body and your private places’.
We also discussed good and bad/yukky secrets. We used our puppet KS to role-play a good secret and a Yukky secret.
We again talked about the trusted adults the children could tell if they ever had Yukky feelings.
We all look fabulous in our pink and blue clothes today for the Together Forever Trust. A special charity close to our hearts.
During today’s session we talked about keeping safe whilst using computers etc., the session aims to provide children with simple and effective skills to keep themselves safe whilst accessing computers or viewing films and computer games etc.,
Topics covered :
KS scenarios around computer safety, dealing with inappropriate images/material on the Internet, where else children may see/read unsuitable material i.e., mobile phones, D.V.D’s, games, television etc., film classifications U, PG, 12A, 15 and 18 and why they are there, computer game classifications 3+, 7+ etc., and why they are there and how peer pressure can impact on what children watch and play.
An explanation of film classifications is found on the cover of videos and D.V.D’s, and further information can be found at www.bbfc.co.uk. Computer game classifications can be found at www.pegi.info.
The children were fantastic and gave KS the monkey some really sensible ways to deal with his problems. We are really impressed with the children in year 1 and how mature they are when it comes to dealing with these sensitive situations.
