Fabulous Homework
This week, we had a homework review and looked at our creative homework that the children had completed.
We had a lovely variety of homework. Here is a sample of our homework.
Sphero coding!
Recently, Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a visit to Wetherby library to participate in a coding workshop using Sphero balls and iPads.
The children used the Sphero app to programme their robot. They programmed it using drag and drop actions and even changed the colour of their Sphero. Sphero was sent flying across the library and the children learnt to weave the robot around a maze.
Living and Learning: I know how to stop bullying
Our living and Learning statement this week was ‘I know how to stop bullying’. We began the week by participating in “Odd Socks Day”. We looked at how it is okay to be different.
During our living and learning session, we started by talking about what bullying is. We used the word STOP to help us. STOP stands for Several Times On Purpose. We discussed that this means that if somebody is hurting someone’s body or their feelings on purpose and more than a few times it is bullying.
We used the word STOP again to help us remember that if somebody is being bullied, whether it is us or somebody else we need to Start Telling Other People. We thought of five people/ways that we could tell: mum/dad, teacher, grandparents, write it down and put it in the worry box, or a friend.
York Castle Museum Adventure
This week, Year 1 and 2 visited York Castle Museum to learn more about their topic: Time Travel – houses.
The children visited and heard diary entries from people who lived in the types of rooms they were viewing. They enjoyed trying to guess which type of house they were looking at.
Leah – “First, we saw some poor and rich Victorian houses that were fancy…After that, we looked at some old and new kitchens.”
The children also explored a Victorian street and spoke to some actors from the Victorian era – their favourite spots in the Victorian street were the police station and school.
Brooklyn – “I saw an old sweet shop. It didn’t have any Smarties.”
The children had a brilliant day with excellent behaviour by all – a member of the public commented to us to say how well she thought the children were acting, behaving and listening. Well done, Year 1 and 2!
Living and Learning: I can show perseverance.
Living and Learning: I can take part in democratic decisions
This week, our living and learning focus is I can take part in democratic decisions. Democracy is a British value. We use democratic decisions a lot in our class and the children understand that this makes whole class decisions fairer.
This week, the class were introduced to a new friend: a bear. The bear needed a name and Leah suggested that it would be a good idea to have a class vote to decide his name.
The children suggested five names between them: Bob, Skye, Oli, Builder and Rosie. The children closed their eyes and put up their hand to show their choice of name.
Bob was the most popular choice with seven votes so we named the bear ‘Bob’. Bob will be joining us for some of our living and learning lessons.
Living and Learning: I understand rights come with responsibilities
This week in our Living and Learning session, we discussed how, as children, we have rights. For example, some of the rights we have are:
- the right to an education
- the right to medical care
- the right to have the freedom of thoughts
- the right to be loved and respected
- the right to be heard
- the right to relax and have fun
Whilst the children understood that these were the rights (amongst other rights) that they had, they also thought about how these rights come with responsibilities.
Here are some of our ideas.
Time Travel – house in the past and now
Our current topic is Time Travel. We have looked at what is old and new (in relation to toys) and placed toys in chronological order. We’ve now moved on to looking at homes and how these have changed over the years. Last week, we took a trip around Wetherby looking at all the different houses around. Here are the pictures of our visit around Wetherby spotting old and new houses.
This week, we’ve looked at spotting which houses are Celtic, Tudor, Victorian and more modern. We have looked at the difference and talked about which we would like to live in and why. Here, we’re trying to sort the houses into groups.
Living and Learning: I use the 8 Rs to help me learn
In today’s living and learning session, we recapped the 8 Rs of learning. Here is what we could remember about our 8 Rs.
We talked about being ready to learn by showing that we are listening and we have eyes on the speaker so we can follow the instructions given.
We respond to feedback. We have stars and cool class tokens to show when we have made a good choice. This shows learning behaviour that we should try to do again. Warnings show that we have made bad choices and we should not make the same choices again. Next steps give us feedback on our learning and how we can improve.
Resillience – If we struggle with something we can “try, try and try again” just like our Christian Value perseverance.
Being responsible for our learning. It is our own responsibility to make sure we are getting on with our learning and to make sure we are not distracted by others. We need to make sure we have our PE kit and reading book in school.
We reflect on our learning. We thought about what we have done well and what we could improve on.
We remember what we have learnt and using this to help in other contexts.
Taking a safe risk involves putting our hand up and trying to answer a question when we think we know the answer.
Being resourceful is knowing what to use to help us or who to ask.
Travelling through time…
On Friday, Hobgoblin Theatre company came into school and took the children on a trip through time – from the stone ages up until modern day. Along the journey, the children learnt many fun facts about history including how Thomas Farriner starter the Great Fire of London and wiped out the plague as he did, how Henry VII had 8 wives and how the Vikings invaded Great Britain. After the production, the children participated in a workshop – learning to become actors and how to create freeze frames.
Here are some pictures and quotes from the children about their experience.
“After the show, I liked it when we moulded people into different shapes.”
“I liked making statues.”
“I liked the funny costumes.”
“I like it when the actors told Jack to go and make them cups of tea.”
