Year 1 - Summer 2 - Week 3
Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 5:43pm
Yet another fantastic week, here in Year 1! We have had a busy week developing our comprehension skills in English and learning all about money, coins and notes, in Maths. To celebrate Summer’s Commonwealth Games, we took part in a whole school “Lap of Hope”, after having written “Power Pledges” to share our hopes for the world we want to see. As well as this, Year 1 had the most amazing end to their week, attending our school Summer Fair and having endless amounts of fun on the many different stalls!
Our unit on Joseph continues and, this week in RE, we explored the theme of dreams. Using our green thinking hats, we wondered how all those around Joseph felt, hearing Joseph speak about his dreams and then seeing them come true. We agreed that, for some, this would make them feel happy and comforted knowing that positive things were coming. However, for others, dreams that were not so positive would have upset and worried them. This led us into a brilliant discussion about the kinds of dreams we have for ourselves that we hope will come true. We enjoyed sharing our dreams for the future with the class and it was so wonderful to hear all the wonderful aspirations the children have for themselves. From becoming actresses and footballers, to archaeologists and scientists, there were plenty of big dreams! We hope that, like Joseph, our dreams come true as well.
This week, our little scientists had the most fantastic afternoon led by Mr Kaye, from Formby High School Science Department. Feeling like real scientists in a lab, the children put on their protective goggles, ready to carry out some exciting experiments. The children began with a density experiment, testing the density of different liquids. Slowly layering up the liquids in their test tube, the children had to ensure they put them in the correct order, with the heaviest at the bottom and the lightest on top. This created a fantastic rainbow liquid and we were amazed to see the different colours layered on top of each other. We then had lots of fun taking part in a chromatography experiment. We carefully positioned Skittles around a petri dish and added water. We watched in awe, as the colours dissolved and four different coloured sections appeared in the water. For our final experiment, we made hoverboards! Using a CD, bottle top and balloon, we had so much fun blowing up the balloon and releasing the air when on the bottle top, to make the CD hover across our table. It certainly was an afternoon to remember!
As always, well done for your hard work this week, Year 1! Have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Year 1 Reminders
- During Summer 2, PE will continue to take place on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure children come to school in the correct PE kit on these days.
- Children should bring only a small and healthy snack, such as fruit or a cereal bar, to have during their morning break time. Please ensure that grapes are cut in half.
- As the weather is getting warmer, please ensure children bring a water bottle to school.
- Friday 1st July – Year 1 trip to Tatton Park