Year 1 - Summer 2 - Week 4
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 4:35pm
What a fantastic week we have had, here in Year 1! We have been busy mathematicians, concluding our topic on money and beginning to learn about time. We have enjoyed continuing to explore our focus text, “Goldilocks and Just the One Bear” and have had lots of fun using our multicoloured thinking hats, to plan our own versions of the story, ready to begin writing next week. Amongst this, our little scientists have loved exploring different materials to make their own umbrellas, made us all truly proud when competing in Sports Day and began the final stage of their Young Leaders Award, the action project!
In RE this week, we enjoyed our final lesson focusing on Joseph. Using our black thinking hats, we enjoyed retelling the story and discussing the different characters and events. We then used our yellow thinking hats, to reflect on lessons that could be learnt from the story, for example, forgiveness and trust. We spoke about why these lessons are so important and shared our experiences of when we have experienced them in our own life. To help us remember this special story, we then had lots of fun working together to create our very own Year 1 dreamcoat. Everyone carefully designed and decorated their own piece of “fabric”, before coming together to construct the coat, which is a truly beautiful reminder of the story of Joseph.
We had the most wonderful end to a very busy week and, on Friday, enjoyed a brilliant day at Tatton Park. As part of our Geography topic, “Why do we need farms?”, we took part in the fantastic workshop, “A Day in the Life of our Farm”, to experience first-hand what farms are used for, the work that goes into maintaining a farm and where our food comes from. The children had a fun-filled morning learning how to milk a cow by hand and visiting and feeding some of the farm’s animals. From cheeky, escaping piglets, to some very cute donkeys, we had a great time getting up close and personal with the animals. We felt so lucky to have been there to meet two new baby goats, who arrived during our visit! After lunch, we had a lovely afternoon exploring the gardens and learning where our fruit and vegetables come from. We were amazed to think about the journey that our food goes on, before it gets to our plates. It truly was a brilliant day with so much fantastic learning!
Yet another great week, full of smiles, fun and plenty of hard work. Have a lovely weekend everyone and we will see you on Monday!
Year 1 Reminders
- 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.
- Our school book fair is currently taking place in the school portacabin and is open from 3.05pm to 3.30pm each day after school until next Wednesday 6th All purchases made, result in more books for our class libraries! Please do support us if you are able to, and thank you to those of you who have supported this event already. Your support is very much appreciated.