Year 1 - Autumn 2 - Week 2
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 2:11pm
We’ve had another fantastic week of learning in Year 1!
In RE, we continued to look at the Christian creation story and how he was careful in selecting what to add to our world. After, we thought about what we would like to add and what could make our world a better place. We were shocked to learn that we all had similar ideas with lots of ideas linking to our Collective Worship value, ‘Peace’. This meant that we could also identify and celebrate what makes us unique and special and recognise that we are all different but similar in lots of ways and how that is okay.
Before we started our new history topic, we took time unpick what the words ‘past’ and ‘present’ means. We talked about how some elements of the past we can remember, such as the death of Queen Elizabeth II but how other periods in the past, such as when she became queen, we couldn’t remember as we were not born yet. We then came up with different ways in which we could find out about the past such as talking to someone from the past, researching on the computer, reading books, and even looking at real life objects known as artefacts.
In Maths, we continued with our number bonds within 10. We started the week by writing number facts for given numbers before working together to write our own number sentences using dice. To finish the week, we looked at ‘adding more’ starting with a base number before adding an additional number, from a dice. To help us, we used our number lines and tens frames to help us.
In Science, we started looking at the 4 seasons and the weather associated with each season. We focused on our current season, Autumn, taking ourselves on an autumn walk around school and collecting items to create our own autumnal art and also to compare it to other seasons in the future. We discussed how the weather is damper this time of year, and how the lots of trees lose their leaves.
We have started to learn our Nativity songs this week ready for our two performances on the 6th December. We will continue to practice our songs and will receive our parts next week.
On Friday, we marked Rememberence Day in our class. We paused and reflected on the day and discussed why we wear a poppy and remember people who have fallen in war. Throughout the week we have reflected on this importance day, creating a poppy wreath for the church's memorial.
We ended the week on an absolute high, watching the school’s Kindness Video. We loved seeing ourselves, friends and families on the screen and couldn’t believe some of the teachers incredible (or questionable) dance moves!
'Love Reading for Kids' have released their early November newsletter. This includes a first look at their Christmas Books and Gift Guide which is full of great ideas for all readers. Books really do make the best presents so please do take a look!
Reminders
- Tickets for the school Nativity performances are now available on School Spider. The performances will take place on Tuesday 6th December at 9:20am and 1:20pm.
- Please can you ensure your child brings a water bottle into school.
- Children may wear Pudsey head bands or badges next week for Children in Need but must wear their full school uniform.