In Maths, we got moving with our favourite warm-up, Hollabaloo (click here if you’d like to join in at home!). We then practised comparing numbers by building them, drawing them, and making the correct comparison symbols (<, >, =).
Today in English, 1C have been learning all about tricky words – these are the words we can’t sound out using phonics. We went on a tricky word hunt around the classroom, looking carefully for all the tricky words we could find. The challenge was even harder because there were some words that weren’t tricky words – so we had to decide which ones to collect!
After our hunt, we practiced reading, making, writing, and using our tricky words in sentences. A special shout-out to Edith, who wrote some wonderful sentences – well done, Edith!
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!
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.
Today we visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington! We had learned a lot about the early advances of flight and we impressed our guides with our previous knowledge! We learned about some local Yorkshire heroes in the aviation industry such as Amy Johnson (our very own Amelia Earhart) and Sir George Cayley. We have seen and sat on some very cool planes.
In Year 1 this week, as part of our case study of The Vikings, we learnt that a sculpture is a 3D piece of artwork, that could be made of anything! We took this knowledge and had a go at making our own Viking longships… out of pasta and marshmallows! As tempting as it was to eat the yummy marshmallows, we resisted and used them as glue for our spaghetti structures. Once we figured out the shape, we had the difficult challenge of working out how to make them 3D. We were resilient and used our problem solving skills to recognise that more spaghetti in one place made it stronger, and we got very creative with our dragon heads for the front of the ships!
During our English Hook lesson this week, Year 1 got to experience what it would be like to be a viking warrior. In our writing, we are exploring a character description of a young Viking boy named Erik, who dreams of one day being a Viking explorer and warrior.
To get into Erik’s shoes, we had a go at archery to see how the fierce Vikings fought! We had the best time and all really tried hard, even when we found it tricky. We can’t wait to have another go!
In 3B, we have been learning all about the parts of a volcano and how they have been formed. The class were very excited to have a go at creating their own mini volcanoes using sourdough to erupt. We then used dyed sourdough to place over the erupted “lava” replicate the building of layers of solidified lava (igneous rock) over time after each eruption.
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