We are continuing with our topic of 'Africa' and the book handa's surprise. In maths we have been working lots with fruit. We measured the length of different fruits using rulers and on Thursday we learnt about measuring in ml. We followed a recipe to make fruit juice drinks. We had to read the scale on the measuring jug carefully. Afterwards we got to drink them they were delicious!
At the beginning of the week we had a visit from a zoo keeper. Anna spoke to us about her job and what she does on a daily basis. The children had all written questions to ask her and found out lots about being a zoo keeper. By the end of the session she had inspired lots of the children who then said they would like to work as a zoo keeper when they are older. We are continuing with our topic of 'Africa' and the book handa's surprise. In maths we have been working lots with fruit. We measured the length of different fruits using rulers and on Thursday we learnt about measuring in ml. We followed a recipe to make fruit juice drinks. We had to read the scale on the measuring jug carefully. Afterwards we got to drink them they were delicious!
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This week we tasted fruits from the story Handa's surprise. Our favourite fruit was the spiky, juicy pineapple. Our least favourite was the green, creamy avocado. In literacy we then wrote descriptions of the fruits using our senses. In art this week we continued on the theme of Africa, mixing our own powder paint colours and using different stroke movements to create colourful elephants, zebras and giraffes. With help from our art specialist Mrs Matthews the children were encouraged to dip, dab, mix and paint. Our paintings are now hanging in our classroom for everyone to see!
What a fantastic way to end our topic. We have all had a brilliant day celebrating our learning. A big thank you to all of the effort made with the outfits, the children looked great! We started off our day with a visit from a theatre company who helped bring the Great Fire of London alive. Annie gave the children a very interactive workshop where they recreated the fire with ribbions and actions. The children loved all of the different movements and rhymes Annie taught them. We then had a go at writing our names with a quill and ink just like Samuel Pepys. We found it very tricky to write with them! This afternoon we had a visit from the firemen who helped us set our Tudor houses on fire. We joined them close together just like the houses were in 1666 and watched the fire spread very quickly. The children sang the rhyme 'London's burring'. Beforehand we talked about fire safety. The firemen did a great job at keeping us very safe. We then all had a turn at using the fireman's hose to put the fire out. The children have learnt so much about the Great fire of London and have been absorbed throughout the whole topic. I have enjoyed hearing about their visits to London to go up the monument and trips to see Pudding Lane. We had a busy day looking at how houses would have looked at the time of the Great Fire of London. We know that most houses were made of wood, this contributed to the fire spreading so quickly. We looked at the structures of Tudor houses and how they look on the outside. We then had a go at covering our cereal boxes with sugar paper and decorating them with paint and black paper, we tried to recreate the pattern of the beams.
We also made bread, just like the type that would have been made in Pudding Lane by Thomas Fayror. Last week we wrote instructions and we had to follow them carefully to make the bread. We couldn't wait to tuck in! In PE with Mr Childs this week the children have been learning to balance, travel up and down and climb. They had lots of fun and were very tired this afternoon. Year 1 have been continuing to learn all about the Great Fire of London. A particular favourite has been a game we have been playing on the interactive whiteboard, based on the fire, in which the children learn at the same time as having fun. Several children have asked if they can play the game at home so here is the link if you would like to have a go. http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game Please note that it is not, unfortunately, iPad friendly as it uses a flash player.
There was excitement this morning in Year 1 when we were in the middle of a lesson. We were just enjoying finding out a bit more about the Great Fire of London when Mrs Stagg rushed in to say she had Mr Southerwood the caretaker on the phone. It turned out that Mr Southerwood had been digging in the woodland area and had found a box with Samuel Pepys written on it. He knew that Armstrong class were learning about Samuel Pepys and thought that we might like to take a look.
When we got to the woodland area we found a box with soil and leaves on it with a label which read ‘Property of Samuel Pepys’ – so exciting! We could hardly wait to open it and talked about what we might find… Inside was a very dusty bottle of wine and a small waxed cheese – if you don’t know why, ask the children! We sat and learnt more about Samuel Pepys while we ate the cheese! As you may already know in Year 1 we have started our new topic, The Great Fire of London. They have found out lots of interesting information about the terrible event in 1666. We have been thinking about what we would save if we would have been in the Great Fire, we made 4 areas in the classroom with different objects; a teddy, a photograph, a £5 and an Ipad, we stood by the object we thought was most important, as you will see by the picture lots of children chose the Ipad! In literacy we then wrote lists about the important objects to us.
We are currently making our classroom display and in art we have been recreating the fire, with Tudor houses and lots of flames and fire. We looked at how the houses would have looked at the time of the Great Fire. We know that they were mostly made of wood, which made the fire spread quicker. We look forward to sharing more post with you about our new topic over the next few weeks. On Thursday the children celebrated 'Passover'. Pesach (Passover in Hebrew) is a time where Jewish people remember the time of slavery In Egypt. We learnt about how Moses helped the Jews, asking Pharaoh to release them but he refused. Moses warned that he would send terrible plagues if he didn't let them go. He sent plagues of frogs, flies and darkness. Finally Pharaoh let the Jews leave. They left in such a hurry that there was no time for the bread to rise which is why we ate crackers called Matzah, which the children loved.
On the evening of Passover the Jewish people celebrate with a Seder plate. We decorated plates with the different foods and looked at what each of the foods on the plate symbolised. The children weren't so keen on the parsley dipped in salt water! We also made our own Torahs where we scribed our names in Hebrew and tambourines which the Jewish people used during the celebrations. The children have worked incredibly hard this half term and have been very busy. I an really proud of how they have settled in. Take a look at a few of the pictures from the RE day and some from throughout the first half term. , |
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