Today was our Sharing Assembly. It was fantastic! We all remembered our words and spoke clearly into the microphone. We sang two songs, 'Caterpillar Boogie' and 'Hello to all the children of the world' and some of us demonstrated gym balances at the front of the stage. Thank you to all our grown ups for coming to watch. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
This week we also had our sports afternoon. We took part in lots of different activities like jump rope and speed stacks and worked with the other children in our colour group. It was lots of fun!
On Thursday we let our butterflies go. We opened the top of the net and let them go above the meadow. Some of the butterflies didn't want to come out so Miss Howells put her hand in the net and they climbed onto her finger. She said that it felt tickley! Some of the butterflies then flew between the flowers on the meadow, they liked the blue flowers best.
In English we finished our fantasy stories. We made sure to follow our plans and thought carefully about what wow! words to use to keep the reader interested.
This week everybody in Beech Class is a Learning Owl so Plop is going to enjoy a whole week out and about in the classroom next week.
Next week in Topic we are going to be learning about homes in the past so this weeks home learning is to ask a friend or relative what their house was and record your findings in your own way.
Friday, 15 July 2016
Friday, 1 July 2016
The life cycle of a butterfly 01.06.16
This week in Science we have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. We found out that a caterpillar sheds its skin several times before building it its chrysalis and that metamorphosis is the name given to the transformation from caterpillar to a butterfly.
The caterpillars in our classroom came out of their chrysalis's this week and now they are beautiful butterflies. Our butterflies are called painted ladies.
In English we drew our fantasy settings onto our glass jars, using special glass pens. We thought about what we would be able to see in our fantasy settings and generated WOW! words to describe these.
In Maths we been learning how to find a quarter of a number. We found out that you have to share the number into four equal groups. "A quarter of 16 is 4."
In Dance we thought about the next part of our splash dance. We thought about how we could travel along the bottom of the swimming pool and what we might do when we needed to take a breathe and added these to the movements we generated last week.
In Computing we explored using the text tools on clicker 6 to change the font, colour and size of our writing.
In PSHE we watched a video about changes and thought about how our learning has changed during our time in Year One.
This week Plop is going home with Miss Howells. He is looking forward to telling her all about his adventures this term and can't wait to see some of the children at the Strawberry Fayre tomorrow!
Next Friday is our sharing assembly so this weekend Miss Howells would like us all to learn our words.
The caterpillars in our classroom came out of their chrysalis's this week and now they are beautiful butterflies. Our butterflies are called painted ladies.
In English we drew our fantasy settings onto our glass jars, using special glass pens. We thought about what we would be able to see in our fantasy settings and generated WOW! words to describe these.
In Maths we been learning how to find a quarter of a number. We found out that you have to share the number into four equal groups. "A quarter of 16 is 4."
In Dance we thought about the next part of our splash dance. We thought about how we could travel along the bottom of the swimming pool and what we might do when we needed to take a breathe and added these to the movements we generated last week.
In Computing we explored using the text tools on clicker 6 to change the font, colour and size of our writing.
In PSHE we watched a video about changes and thought about how our learning has changed during our time in Year One.
This week Plop is going home with Miss Howells. He is looking forward to telling her all about his adventures this term and can't wait to see some of the children at the Strawberry Fayre tomorrow!
Next Friday is our sharing assembly so this weekend Miss Howells would like us all to learn our words.
Monday, 27 June 2016
Towers 25.06.16
This week in Science we received a letter from Legoland. They wanted our help to build a new sky scraper for their model village. It was going to be the tallest sculpture they had ever built and had to pass the 'earthquake test.' We thought about what shape we were going to use and how we would make it strong and sturdy and then used cocktail sticks and midget gems to construct our towers. We had to really persevere as the taller our towers got the more wobbly they became!
In English this week we read a book called 'Molly goes to Rio' about a little girl who travels to Rio de Janiero in a magic suitcase. We thought about how we would get to Rio and what would be special about our fantasy object. We had lots of good ideas like a magic broomstick, a disappearing pot hole and a glowing gem stone. We also thought about what fantasy setting this would take us to and used WOW! words to describe it. Miss Howells was really impressed with our work and our fantastic pictures!
In Maths we used our addition and subtraction skills to add and subtract two digit numbers and solve problems. We thought about what resources and manipulatives we could use to support us in our working and explored using different strategies.
In Topic we thought about what we are like at present. We drew an outline of ourselves and wrote sentences to describe what we are like; Our favourite colour, number of brothers and sisters, age etc. We then read each others descriptions and saw if we could guess who's work it was.
In Computing we recorded our audio clips of our 'Jack and the Beanstalk' story. We practised our narration and sound effects and then used the MicPro app on the IPads to record each part of the story.
Exciting News!! - This week our live caterpillars built their chrysalis and our now transforming to butterflies. We can't wait to see what they look like!
This weeks Learning Owl is William. He has been chosen for persevering with a problem and working independently. Well done William, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
This weeks home learning challenge is to create your own addition or subtraction game.
In English this week we read a book called 'Molly goes to Rio' about a little girl who travels to Rio de Janiero in a magic suitcase. We thought about how we would get to Rio and what would be special about our fantasy object. We had lots of good ideas like a magic broomstick, a disappearing pot hole and a glowing gem stone. We also thought about what fantasy setting this would take us to and used WOW! words to describe it. Miss Howells was really impressed with our work and our fantastic pictures!
In Maths we used our addition and subtraction skills to add and subtract two digit numbers and solve problems. We thought about what resources and manipulatives we could use to support us in our working and explored using different strategies.
In Topic we thought about what we are like at present. We drew an outline of ourselves and wrote sentences to describe what we are like; Our favourite colour, number of brothers and sisters, age etc. We then read each others descriptions and saw if we could guess who's work it was.
In Computing we recorded our audio clips of our 'Jack and the Beanstalk' story. We practised our narration and sound effects and then used the MicPro app on the IPads to record each part of the story.
Exciting News!! - This week our live caterpillars built their chrysalis and our now transforming to butterflies. We can't wait to see what they look like!
This weeks Learning Owl is William. He has been chosen for persevering with a problem and working independently. Well done William, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
This weeks home learning challenge is to create your own addition or subtraction game.
Friday, 17 June 2016
Green Day and Busters Visit 17.06.16
We have had a very exciting week in Beech Class this week!
On Wednesday it was Green Day so we all came to school wearing something green and we didn't use electricity all day. We did lots of different activities across the day and we all had a packed lunch in the hall. This year green day coincided with world wind day so we all made a kite and flew them on the field. It was really fun but we had to make sure we weren't standing to close to each other so our kites didn't get tangled! In learning through play we made wind turbines and windmills out of junk modelling and made green day posters and leaflets.
Today we had a surprise visitor inelebration assembly...Buster! He came to thank everybody for taking part in his walk to school event and award Beech Class with the golden boot. We were all really excited to meet Buster and felt very proud of ourselves for being the class to walk to school the most.
In Maths this week we have been learning about measure. We helped the athletes who are going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero by measuring the length, capacity and weight of different pieces of sporting equipment. We learnt that length is measured in centimetres and metres, capacity is measured in millilitres and litres and weight is measure in grams and kilograms.
In English we have been learning about Fantasy books. Fantasy books are books that are not based on reality - they can have fantasy characters, settings and objects.
In Dance this week we have been thinking about summer. We thought about what we like to do in the summer when the weather sis hot and started to put movements together to make a splash dance.
In Creative Writing we looked at a book called 'The Journey.' It is different to normal fiction books as it didn't have any writing. We looked at the illustrations and talked about what might be happening in the story. We then thought about what we would draw if we had a magic crayon and where it would take us. Miss Howells was really pleased to see lots of us using our imaginations.
This weeks Learning Owl is Tommy. He has been chosen for using his independence skills in English this week. Well done Tommy, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
Our home learning challenge this week is to design our own fantasy setting
On Wednesday it was Green Day so we all came to school wearing something green and we didn't use electricity all day. We did lots of different activities across the day and we all had a packed lunch in the hall. This year green day coincided with world wind day so we all made a kite and flew them on the field. It was really fun but we had to make sure we weren't standing to close to each other so our kites didn't get tangled! In learning through play we made wind turbines and windmills out of junk modelling and made green day posters and leaflets.
Today we had a surprise visitor inelebration assembly...Buster! He came to thank everybody for taking part in his walk to school event and award Beech Class with the golden boot. We were all really excited to meet Buster and felt very proud of ourselves for being the class to walk to school the most.
In Maths this week we have been learning about measure. We helped the athletes who are going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero by measuring the length, capacity and weight of different pieces of sporting equipment. We learnt that length is measured in centimetres and metres, capacity is measured in millilitres and litres and weight is measure in grams and kilograms.
In English we have been learning about Fantasy books. Fantasy books are books that are not based on reality - they can have fantasy characters, settings and objects.
In Dance this week we have been thinking about summer. We thought about what we like to do in the summer when the weather sis hot and started to put movements together to make a splash dance.
In Creative Writing we looked at a book called 'The Journey.' It is different to normal fiction books as it didn't have any writing. We looked at the illustrations and talked about what might be happening in the story. We then thought about what we would draw if we had a magic crayon and where it would take us. Miss Howells was really pleased to see lots of us using our imaginations.
This weeks Learning Owl is Tommy. He has been chosen for using his independence skills in English this week. Well done Tommy, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
Our home learning challenge this week is to design our own fantasy setting
Friday, 27 May 2016
May Day Dancing 27.05.16
Yesterday we performed our May Day Dance at the Community Tea and today we performed it for our friends and family. We remembered all the steps and moved in time to the Music. Miss Howells was very proud of us! Thank you to everyone who came, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
This week in English we used the facts and information we had collected about Space to write our non-chronological reports. We thought of interesting headings that would catch the readers attention and summarised what the report would be about in our introductions. We then used sub-headings to organise our facts and some of us added captions and diagrams.
This week in Maths we have learning how to collect and record data. We asked our friends what their favourite thing about Bekonscot Model Village was and recorded their answers as a tally. We then used our tallies to create a pictogram or bar graph and labelled the most and least popular choices.
In Science we predicted what would happen in our plant investigation. We thought about how limited sun/ water and air might effect a broad bean seed and recorded our ideas as diagrams. Mrs Byrne was very impressed with our fantastic ideas and the lovely presentation of our work!
In Topic we thought about what music/ sound effect we could add to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We split the story into five parts and thought about what we would say and which sound effects we could add. We can't wait to practise our parts of the story after half term and record it on the IPads.
Plop has been very busy this half term so is having a well needed rest over the half term. He is very pleased with all of the children for working so hard and using the Learning Owl skills in their work and can't wait for his next adventure. Well done Beech Class!
This weeks home learning challenge is to research Christopher Columbus and record your findings as a poster of fact sheet.
Well done Beech Class on another Fantastic half term! Have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Tuesday 7th June.
This week in English we used the facts and information we had collected about Space to write our non-chronological reports. We thought of interesting headings that would catch the readers attention and summarised what the report would be about in our introductions. We then used sub-headings to organise our facts and some of us added captions and diagrams.
This week in Maths we have learning how to collect and record data. We asked our friends what their favourite thing about Bekonscot Model Village was and recorded their answers as a tally. We then used our tallies to create a pictogram or bar graph and labelled the most and least popular choices.
In Science we predicted what would happen in our plant investigation. We thought about how limited sun/ water and air might effect a broad bean seed and recorded our ideas as diagrams. Mrs Byrne was very impressed with our fantastic ideas and the lovely presentation of our work!
In Topic we thought about what music/ sound effect we could add to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We split the story into five parts and thought about what we would say and which sound effects we could add. We can't wait to practise our parts of the story after half term and record it on the IPads.
Plop has been very busy this half term so is having a well needed rest over the half term. He is very pleased with all of the children for working so hard and using the Learning Owl skills in their work and can't wait for his next adventure. Well done Beech Class!
This weeks home learning challenge is to research Christopher Columbus and record your findings as a poster of fact sheet.
Well done Beech Class on another Fantastic half term! Have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Tuesday 7th June.
Friday, 20 May 2016
Bekonscot Model Village 20.05.16
This week we went on our school trip to Bekonscot Model Village. We walked around and looked at all of the models before doing a quiz. We had to look very carefully at the different buildings to find the answers. Mrs Griffiths team completed the quiz first!Our favourite things were:
"The wall of death ride in the fairground. There was a bike going round and round in the inside."
"The coal mine. The coal was going along a conveyer belt and fell into a pit."
"The rugby pitch, the players were doing a scrum."
"Looking at the funfair. There were lots of different rides."
"Watching the man jumping through the ring of fire in the fairground area."
"I liked playing in the playground."
"I liked the football pitch. The score was 0-0."
"Looking at all of the different houses."
"Looking at the horse racing, the police man was chasing a man who had stolen a hand bag."
In Maths this week we have been learning how to multiply and divide. When you multiply you add the same number again: 2+2+2+2+2 = 10 5 x 2 = 10 and when you divide you share objects/ numbers into equal groups: 16 divided by 4 is 4.
In English we have been learning about Non-chronological report. These are reports that are not written in time order. We used books, fact sheets and the IPads to find out facts about Space and recorded our findings as facts. We then thought about what sub-headings we could use and used these to organise our facts.
In Gymnastics we explored different ways of stretching and curling our bodies. We had to remember to point our toes and engage our core muscles.
In Topic we looked at a map of the UK and used this to name the countries and capital cities. The countries are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the capital cities are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
This weeks Learning Owl is Akeem. He has been chosen for approaching his learning with a positive 'I can do it' attitude and persevering with a problem. Well done Akeem, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
This weeks home learning challenge is to record 5 things that you do outside.
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing lots of our friends at the disco and fun run!
"The wall of death ride in the fairground. There was a bike going round and round in the inside."
"The coal mine. The coal was going along a conveyer belt and fell into a pit."
"The rugby pitch, the players were doing a scrum."
"Looking at the funfair. There were lots of different rides."
"Watching the man jumping through the ring of fire in the fairground area."
"I liked playing in the playground."
"I liked the football pitch. The score was 0-0."
"Looking at all of the different houses."
"Looking at the horse racing, the police man was chasing a man who had stolen a hand bag."
In Maths this week we have been learning how to multiply and divide. When you multiply you add the same number again: 2+2+2+2+2 = 10 5 x 2 = 10 and when you divide you share objects/ numbers into equal groups: 16 divided by 4 is 4.
In English we have been learning about Non-chronological report. These are reports that are not written in time order. We used books, fact sheets and the IPads to find out facts about Space and recorded our findings as facts. We then thought about what sub-headings we could use and used these to organise our facts.
In Gymnastics we explored different ways of stretching and curling our bodies. We had to remember to point our toes and engage our core muscles.
In Topic we looked at a map of the UK and used this to name the countries and capital cities. The countries are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the capital cities are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
This weeks Learning Owl is Akeem. He has been chosen for approaching his learning with a positive 'I can do it' attitude and persevering with a problem. Well done Akeem, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
This weeks home learning challenge is to record 5 things that you do outside.
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing lots of our friends at the disco and fun run!
Friday, 13 May 2016
The Seven Continents 13.05.16
This week in Topic we have been learning about the world around us. We found out that the world has seven continents and five oceans.
The Seven Continents are:
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
The Five Oceans are:
Indian ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
We explored continent bags which were full of pictures, photos, books, artefacts and recorded what we found out in our own way.
In Creative writing we wrote a story about a journey to a new world. We thought about what lands we might find in Space and who we might meet there. We created a story plan and then used this to write our stories. Miss Howells was really pleased to see us using our imaginations.
In Maths this week we have been subtracting a one digit number from a two digit number. We had to remember to start with the biggest number and explored using different strategies to support us in our working. Today we did subtraction word problems. We thought about the important information in the problem and used this to write our number sentence.
We have thought of a word problem together, can you solve it?
There were 17 crabs on the beach. 9 crawl away. How many are left?
This week we practised our May dance with Oak class. We can't wait to perform it to our grown ups in 2 weeks time!
This weeks Learning Owl is John. He has been chosen for really challenging himself in his learning this week. Well done John, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
Our Home Learning Challenge this week is to record what we think Beckonscot Model Village is going to look like.
The Seven Continents are:
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
The Five Oceans are:
Indian ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
We explored continent bags which were full of pictures, photos, books, artefacts and recorded what we found out in our own way.
In Creative writing we wrote a story about a journey to a new world. We thought about what lands we might find in Space and who we might meet there. We created a story plan and then used this to write our stories. Miss Howells was really pleased to see us using our imaginations.
In Maths this week we have been subtracting a one digit number from a two digit number. We had to remember to start with the biggest number and explored using different strategies to support us in our working. Today we did subtraction word problems. We thought about the important information in the problem and used this to write our number sentence.
We have thought of a word problem together, can you solve it?
There were 17 crabs on the beach. 9 crawl away. How many are left?
This week we practised our May dance with Oak class. We can't wait to perform it to our grown ups in 2 weeks time!
This weeks Learning Owl is John. He has been chosen for really challenging himself in his learning this week. Well done John, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Plop!
Our Home Learning Challenge this week is to record what we think Beckonscot Model Village is going to look like.
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