What we did in 1G week beginning 22/01/18

In Art this week, we used natural materials both indoors and outdoors to recreate some of Andy Goldsworthy's sculptures. Look at how they turned out, they look great!

In Science, we have been exploring the features of each season and today was about animals during  Winter. We looked at ways in which they survive the cold weather including hibernation, migration and adaptation. We drew and sorted different animals according to which survival skill they used.

 I would like to see what the children can remember so comment below with your answers!

1. Name 2 animals which hibernate.

2. Name 2 animals which migrate.

3. Name 2 animals which adapt.

On Friday morning, we had a practical handwriting lesson which involved developing our fine motor skills and building our finger muscles. We rotated around activities such as;

• rolling letters out of Playdoh to spell our names;
• flicking marbles through various sized bridges;
• painting letters in small dots using cotton buds;
• threading cheerios onto string necklaces.

Superstar of the week 18/01/18

This superstar was chosen for being a good role model for sensible, kind behaviour and for some lovely independent writing in our traditional tales topic.

Songs to help us with our learning!

Class 1G children love to sing and we can remember lots of important facts through music, actions and jingles.

This blog page will be updated regularly with new songs to support our topics in class. Enjoy!

Phonics Songs

Tricky Words Song Phase 3

Even More Tricky Words!

Tricky Words Song Phase 4

Geography Songs

Seven Continents Song

Maths Songs

Addition and Subtraction

Maths Games

Alien Addition

http://www.arcademics.com/games/alien/alien.html

100 Square Splat

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Homework

Just a reminder that homework is usually given out on a Tuesday and needs to be returned by the Friday of the following week. This allows the children 10 days to complete the task set. 

(They can hand it in as soon as it is completed even if this is before the due date).

Last week the children were asked to label the 7 continents of the world to consolidate the Geography work we had completed in class.

Here is a link to a song which they might like to help them remember them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

This week, the children will be given a  maths addition problem to solve, showing their working out in different ways.

Here is an example of how to represent their answer if your child gets stuck.

Please encourage your child to complete their homework as much as they can themselves.

Superstar of the week 11/01/18

Our first superstar of 2018 was chosen for trying hard and not giving up, even when she finds things tricky.

What have 1G been up to in the New Year?

What a busy start we've had to 2018! With lots of new topics beginning in most subjects, the children have been learning lots of new skills and absorbing fresh information.

The children are now beginning to understand that History is a subject which involves the past. They have been sorting items into past and present and are recognising different ways in which we find out about the past. Historical sources such as Samuel Pepys buried diary which told us many things but especially details about the Great Fire of London.

Here is a link if you and the children would like to find out more about Samuel Pepys and his diary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/samuel_pepys/

Here the children were exploring examples of some of the objects which were found buried in London and were linked to the time of the Great Fire. They had to think like historians, asking relevant questions about them and using the clues to try and answer them on post its. 

In Maths we have focused on understanding place value (tens and ones). We used the 'base 10' equipment to represent and make 2-digit numbers.

We have also been revisiting our addition skills using ten frames to help us to count larger totals.   The idea is, when we count the total, we don't need to start counting from 1, we can count in tens for every full ten frame we make. This will speed up our counting and further consolidate our place value knowledge.

In RE, we are thinking about the ways the bible tells Christians that Jesus was a good role model and friend.  To begin this topic, we have been identifying what makes a good friend and have told our friends which friendship qualities they have by designing friendship clouds for each other. 

Everybody has one of these so ask your child what their friend said about them.

Over the last two weeks, the class earned 40 minutes of discovery time.

As we have been learning about traditional tales in Literacy, we decided to hold puppet shows using characters from a variety of traditional tales. The children worked in small teams to retell these stories and some groups were able to perform them to the rest of the class at the end.

This term in Science, the children are exploring materials. They have been identifying a range of materials and some of their properties and are able to recognise that a range of objects can be made out of the same material.

We went on a material hunt around the school building and found lots of examples.

Challenge: Which materials can you spot in your house and what have they been used for? (object)