Year 1 Class News

Living and Learning: I can say something good about myself.

Posted on Friday 08 March 2019 by

The Living and Learning statement this week is ” I can say something good about myself”. During circle time the class took turns to tell Bob the Bear something good about themselves. Below are some of the things that some of the children said.

Kara shared that she tries to help people when they need help and Eliza described herself as helpful. Leah tries to help people even if they are not her friend. Mikey told us that he is nice to his sister. Daisy feels that she is good at knowing what to use to help her learn.

World Book Day 2019

Posted on Thursday 07 March 2019 by

We have had a great day today. We have looked at lots of different books and reviewed them. This afternoon we took part in a whole school competition to cover our classroom  doors with our favourite story. Take a look!

Watch us while we work.

Posted on Thursday 28 February 2019 by

This afternoon we worked on some learning tasks with our parents and carers. The learning jobs we had a go at were activities that we could do at home to practise some important skills. There were spelling activities and number bond jobs along with some multiplication tasks. Take a look.

 

Dinosaur Drawings

Posted on Wednesday 27 February 2019 by

We have been working really hard during our art lessons to perfect our drawing skills. We have been focusing on using different types of lines and shading.

We started off thinking about shapes that we can use to make drawing easier for us. We then use this knowledge to sketch our lines carefully to mimic the shapes of the dinosaurs.

Check out our amazing progress!

Leeds Playhouse Workshop

Posted on Monday 11 February 2019 by

This afternoon, we had an exciting visit from Leeds Playhouse. The workshop was based on our class novel – Katie and the Dinosaurs. Using our creative minds we put ourselves into the shoes of our story characters. We walked through a magical door to the land of the dinosaurs. 

Survival skills were essential in preparation for our journey with the dinosaurs. 


Our senses helped us to become immersed in the magnificent jungle where the dinosaurs roamed.


This was a brilliant experience that will help us to add more excitement to our writing.

Living and Learning: I can make safe choices.

Posted on Friday 08 February 2019 by

Our Living and Learning statement this week is about being safe. In our living and learning lesson we talked about strangers – most are nice but some are not.
We discussed how to identify ‘safer strangers’ so that children are able to make a safe choice about who to approach if they find themselves needing help.The class agreed that ‘safer strangers ‘wear a uniform and an identity badge. We looked at some examples; Police officers, Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics and shop assistants.
After looking at some pictures of safe situations and unsafe situations, the children sorted their pictures according to whether they thought the situation on the picture was safe or not.  Some of the things we looked at were safety in the kitchen, safety with plug sockets, safety in the playground and scissor safety. The children were very good at identifying which situations were safe.

Safety week

Posted on Friday 08 February 2019 by

We have had lots of exciting visitors this week. Our focus was how to make safe choices and look after ourselves.

We learnt about staying safe around strangers as well as safety at home and in school. Road Safety was also covered by a workshop that explained how we should behave on the road.

The NSPCC brought buddy in to see us and we found out about or right to speak out. We also learnt the Childline number song.

Dogs Trust came into our class with Peg. We found out about dogs and how to read their behaviours.

D-side taught us all about our own bodies and what we need to do in order to look after them. We talked about a healthy diet as well as how sleep can affect our leaning.

This has been a very informative week and we will continue to think out making safe choices.

 

Staying Safe: Road Safety

Posted on Monday 04 February 2019 by Mr Roundtree

This morning, the road safety team from Leeds City Council came to visit us to tell us all about crossing roads safely and how important it is to always wear a seat belt.

It was great to see that so many of the children already knew lots of ways to stay safe on the roads – nice one, Foundation and Y1 & 2!

We thought about the different vehicles that use a road.
We talked about the importance of crossing a road at a safe place and always with an adult. Noah said it was a good idea to hold hands with the adult you were crossing the road with – great advice!

 

Year 1/2 Library visit

Posted on Thursday 31 January 2019 by

We had an exciting afternoon in year 1/2. Our class visited Wetherby Library today and we returned our books. We each chose 2 books that we would like to read. Eliza rushed straight over to the history section to find her perfect book.

She said, “I love history, so I know that I’ll love this one. It’s about 100 women who changed history.”

Jack found a lovely poetry book as he shared that he “loves reading rhymes”.

We are looking forward to reading all of our new books.

Living and Learning: I know what a drug is.

Posted on Friday 25 January 2019 by

Our Living and Learning statement this week is ‘I know what a drug is’.

We talked about what a drug is and then discussed lots of things that go into our bodies. They were added to the outline of a person and then as a class we chose one to discuss. We talked about injections and whether they make us feel good. We decided that injections given by a doctor or nurse don’t feel good but they are good for us because they stop us getting ill. In pairs, the children were given pictures of things that go into our body and had to discuss whether they are good or bad (harmful) for our bodies. We then discussed the answers as a class.