Today we became History Detectives! We examined evidence to predict what we thought the pictures were before they were burnt in the fire. We also explored the different tools used to put out fires and learned how they worked.
Yesterday, our playground turned into a giant investigation zone! The children searched high and low to find jigsaw pieces, each one revealing a different possible cause of the Great Fire of London.
Once we pieced the clues together, we had some brilliant discussions – was the fire started on purpose, or was it just an unfortunate accident? After hearing all the evidence, our class held a jury vote…
 Verdict is in: 1C officially believes the Great Fire of London was an accident!
The children were so engaged and thoughtful – we were so impressed by how they worked together like real historians to reach a conclusion.
As well as Integrity last week, we also spent days looking at Respect, Courage and Compassion.
Respect: We talked about class rules and we devised a set that we all thought would help our classroom run harmoniously. We sorted some statements into “Resepectful Behaviour” or “Not Respectful Behaviour”.
Compassion: We created a “Compassion Bingo” card filled with what we thought were the most important acts of kindness. We also looked at the art work of Keith Haring and created some inspired pieces.
Courage: Finally, Mrs. Southgate unleashed our inner cowgirls/cowboys and taught us some line dancing. It was a new skill for all of us but we had so much fun. We were courageous when we performed it to all of the classes in KS1 out on the playground. Yeehaw!
What a wonderful day we had on Monday to launch our new expedition, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes: How can I be a hero in my community?”. We started the day by discussing our hero choices and why we had chosen our hero. We talked about what our dream powers would be and what we would do with them. We also talked about the real-life heroes we meet out in the world and that not all heroes wear capes and masks.
We have created a video to share with you, reciting the poem of “If I was a Superhero…” by Sally Grey. https://youtu.be/6VWHaOkkJGg
After lunch it was time for our Superhero Training Camp, we had to jump over hurdles, crawl under nets, creep around cones and not fall into the boiling hot larva.
To finish our day, we painted some tudor houses that we will use when we begin our GFOL learning.
We had lot’s of fun in our first PE session today. We have been climbing, running, jumping and rolling using different equipment. Look what we got up to …
What a beautiful day we have had together. We learned our first letter, m’. In maths, we learned that we can subitise. This means we can say what we can see and not need to count groups of objects to three. We also had our first PE lesson. We learned the rules in PE to keep us safe and how to move around the space without banging into each other. WHAT A DAY! We all agree- your children are amazing and we are so happy to have such a wonderful class of children.
As part of our “INTEGRITY” focus, we also learned a poem. We made a video to share it with you; we hope you like it!
On our very first day of Year 1, we have been learning all about Integrity (one of our new character traits). We started by going on a Story Trail. We followed clues to take us to find the story. We read aloud tales like “The Boy who Cried Wolf”, “Jack and The Beanstalk”, “Goldilocks” and “Pinocchio”. We talked about whether the characters were honest and what happened if they told the truth.
Hello Future Year 1 Superstars!Â
I just wanted to send you a big smile and a warm wave as you head off for your summer holidays! You have worked so hard in Reception, and now it’s time to rest, play, and enjoy all the sunshine, ice cream, and fun adventures summer brings.
I’m so excited to be your teacher in Year 1 and can’t wait to learn, laugh, and explore with you in August! We’re going to have a brilliant time together.
Have lots of fun, stay safe, and don’t forget to smile every day. I’ll be counting down the days until we’re in our new classroom together!
See you soon!
Love,
Mrs. Crawford & Miss. Myers
As part of our Day 2 for Transition, we explored BSL and Deaf Awareness. To inspire us, we watched Mr. Chandler’s BBC retelling of the story “The Enormous Turnip”. This story was accompanied by an orchestra so in 1C we created our own! The children learned he song and tried out different types of instruments.
The children then split into mini-crews to sequence pictures from the story. They worked very well as a team!
We then were visited by Mrs. Anderson from the Deaf School and she talked us through her experience of being Deaf. She also gave us some very helpful pointers on how to successfully communicate with hearing impaired people and we learned some BSL.
