In our Design Technology sessions Year 1 have been identifying and sorting fruits and vegetables and whether they grow above the ground or below below the ground.
We named fruits – mango, plum, pears, bananas, kiwi and oranges before we cut up safely to taste.
After tasting, we discussed the fruits we enjoyed. We thought the mango and pears were really tasty.
Once we tasted the fruits we planned what we would like to add to our own fruit salad.
Year 1 Science our topic this half term is plants. In class we have been exploring seeds, we looked at them under a magnifying glass.
In our school grounds and allotment we have been observing different plants.
All of the children planted a bean, we have kept a diary each week to see how our bean has grown and changed.
We have been finding out about wild flowers, we walked around our school grounds looking for examples of wild flowers. We found lots of daisies and dandelions, clover and buttercups.
For homework this week we would like the children to watch two short phonics videos. Follow the links to view the videos.
Set 3 ‘ea’
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/5Nx8byhm/8y9cYveF
Set 3 ‘oi’
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/GDJG3dYI/nFqw4jn1
Thank you!
We had a great time celebrating the King’s Coronation. Check out our super day! We even had a royal lunch!
This week in KidSafe, we gave KS (our puppet) a scenario where he was being bullied. KS had Yukky feelings and the children came up with strategies to help KS. One strategy was the telling of a trusted adult – children were asked to identify trusted adults in their lives to whom they could turn to for support if they ever had Yukky feelings. The children in year 1 were really sensible and gave KS lots of really good advice.
We also helped the children learn about their voices and saying “No” in uncomfortable or unsafe situations.
Today we celebrated the coronation of King Charles. Across the school the children have been finding out about King Charles and the history of coronations. We came to school dressed in red, white and blue then had our own coronation party!
Check out this video to help with phonics homework this week!
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/qCVumnTM/vFUy0xuC
Congratulations to our Reader’s of the Month for April.
The theme for this month was being responsible. The staff looked carefully at the children who take good care of our books, library spaces and return their books regularly; taking responsbility for their own progress in reading.
A special mention goes to Sapphire and Harry from Y5 for making 2 years of progress on their STAR reading assessment this month.
An extra special mention to Jude in Y5 who has made PHENOMENAL progress of 4 years in his reading age. He now has a reading age of 15 years 6 months! WOW
We hope the children enjoy their new books. Keep up the hard work.
This week in year 1 we will begin the Kidsafe programme.
Over the next few weeks children will be looking at the following areas:
Self-confidence and self-esteem; feelings/talking about feelings; dealing with bullying; respecting our bodies; communication skills; assertion skills: saying ‘No’; computer/internet safety; ratings on DVDs and computer games; how it feels to hear arguing; looking after our mental health and emotional well-being.
As parents/carers you are your child’s most important people in helping to ensure their safely. After each session we will send home a letter telling you what we did during the session so that you can talk to them about what they’ve been doing.
This week the KidSafe educator (class teacher) will play some getting to know you games with the children. These included talking about how children already keep themselves safe and the meaning of trust. Children will be helped to become more aware of their feelings so that if they are sad, scared or worried they will have the vocabulary to voice those feelings. We will call these sad, scared or worried feelings ‘yukky feelings.’
Well done to all of our Reader’s of the Month for March.
The children have impressed their teachers with their excellent effort in Reading and have made amazing progress and improvements.
A special mention to….
Stephen in Y3 who has improved his AR scores and now has an average of 93% in his quizzes.
Imogen from Y5 who has impressed her teacher with her wonderful attitude to reading by choosing challenging texts and pushing herself.
Lydia in Y2 for her perserverance in reading, she has made fantastic progress and her speedy reading has improved greatly this month!
