Year 1/2 Library visit
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.
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.
Super Mathematicians
This week, year 2 are learning all about their times tables.
We have learnt how to work out our 2 times table, 5 times table and 10 times table.
Now, our challenge is to know these off by heart! Without thinking or working out the answer!
A game we enjoy playing to help us do this is Hit the Button. Click on the name of the game to play. It’s free and will help us with our learning!
Living and Learning: I can make things better.
This weeks living and learning statement is ‘I can make things better’. We talked about the different things that this might mean.
Jack suggested that, “We can try and help school be better by tidying up after ourselves”.
Brooklyn said that, “We can make school better by not throwing rubbish on the floor and by making good choices”.
Harley thought that we could make other people feel better by asking if they are okay or asking them to play.
Dexter felt we could make learning better by making good choices.
Leah said, “We can make arguments better by trying to calm them down”.
We discussed how to make things better when we have had an argument or upset somebody. Eliza said, “You can tell them you don’t want to fall out”. Dexter said you could say sorry. We then talked about how you have to show that you are sorry as well as saying that you are sorry. This might be by doing something nice for that person or as Harley suggested – “Not doing it again”.
Living and Learning: I know love is important
Living and Learning: I respect my community and other communities
Today we talked about the living and learning statement ‘I respect my community and other communities’.
We talked about what a community is and how we can show respect to our community and to others. Jack told us that we can respect the community by keeping it tidy and throwing rubbish in the bin. Brooklyn and Willow told us that we have to look after the things in the community and not break them.
We talked about needing to respect people in our communities and in other communities. Leah told us that some communities might have a different language to ours and that we need to respect their language. We made posters about how to respect or community and other communities.
Living and Learning: I respect myself and others
Cricketing superstars!
Year 1 and 2 have had an experience of cricket: they enjoyed a cricket workshop from Chance to Shine.
The children learnt new skills from their coach including how to catch and how to hit a ball using a cricket bat.
Here are some pictures of our workshop in action.
30 November 2018
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due on Thursday 06 December. You will find an activity for the children to complete in their homework book.
Year 1:
We’ve been working on our subtraction skills (using a number line) and finding the difference between two numbers. Here are two clips to help explain finding the difference: Video 1 Video 2
Year 2:
We’ve been learning different methods to work out addition and subtraction calculations. We’ve learnt to use tens and ones (a rod of ten for each ten and cubes for the ones), drawing it pictorially (draw a stick for ten and a dot for one) or by using the column method. Have a look at our calculation videos which show some of the methods we use.
Living and Learning: I know who I am
This week our Living and Learning statement is ‘I know who I am’.
We talked about everyone being part of St James’ school and Year 1/2 class. We also talked about the other groups we belong to – for example, we live in Leeds which is in England.
We talked about some of us being born in different places and having links to other places. We also talked about clubs outside of school and teams that we support. The children made posters to show who they are.