Leeds Art Gallery
Year 1 and 2 have had a super exciting day today. We visited Leeds Art Gallery and we saw lots of different kinds of art. There were many artists who had a variety of skills. Leonardo Da Vinci created some amazing pieces.
- Ava shared that she loved the way he had used shading.
- Dexter explained that Leonardo’s art showing the anatomy of a human looked so realistic that it made him feel shocked.
- Mikey liked the way in which Leonardo used his maths skills when measuring up the length of a horse’s leg.
We love colours!
Look at our amazing colour mixing skills. We’ve been learning all about primary colours and the processes we can go through to make new colours. Take a look!
Living and Learning: I can say something good about myself.
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
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.
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
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
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.
Safety week
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
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!
