Meet the mini-beasts...!

This is our new role play area. We are going to be coming in here to make lots of music and sounds! There is lots of recycling and things that you might find around the home that we can make our own instruments with! We have even labelled where everything goes to help us keep it nice and tidy...!

We made 5 bugs altogether. We worked hard in teams to make them out of paper mache and then we painted them with sponges! We were inspired by the bugs we saw in the garden and by the bugs we saw on James and the Giant Peach! 

Our own fantasy land! 

The wasp 'sunbathing' in the nice weather waiting to dry! 

We worked together to get the job done! The bugs were really big so it took lots of team work to get them painted!

Enjoying the sunny weather! 

Exploring the garden...

As part of our literacy learning we went out into the peaceful patch and pretended that we had eaten some crocodile tongues like James had in James in the Giant Peach. We imagined we were all tiny and wondered what life would be like in the garden if we were only a few centimetres high! We took magnifying glasses out to help us! We wondered who we might meet and how we would feel...

Literacy and Art - Giant mini beasts!

In Literacy we have been looking at fantasy stories and on Thursday we watched a clip of James and the Giant Peach. We thought about all the different adventures James might have had with the peach and on Friday we had a go at making our very own giant mini-beasts for the classroom! They aren't quite finished but they look brilliant and year one showed me how well they can all work as part of a team! Fingers crossed the paper mache has dried over the weekend and we can start painting tomorrow! 

Topic - What can you hear?

In topic we have been learning how we hear sounds, and thinking about all the different sounds sources there are! We started listening in the classroom and then we went on a sound walk outside and recorded what we could hear on a map. I think we have some excellent listeners in Year One as some children thought they could even hear the plants growing! 

Numeracy - Data Handling

We have been looking at how to record our data in lots of different ways this week. Here are some websites to practise answering questions about data.

Bar Charts

Pictograms

Welcome back...

Hello! I hope you have all had a lovely half term break and are all ready and raring to go tomorrow! This term is a short one, but don't worry because we are filling it with some very exciting things...

We will be looking at fantasy stories, sounds, music, magical bugs and more... so I think a very fitting name for this topic is 'Sounds Interesting...!' 

In Literacy this week we will begin looking at fantasy stories and what the word 'fantasy' means. We are going to have a lot of fun with this unit... I know you are all going to have some brilliant ideas with your wonderful imaginations! 

In Numeracy this week we are looking at lots of different ways to present data for example, making tables, pictograms and Venn diagrams. Our focus will be on mini beasts...but this link will become more obvious as the term goes on! 

In our topic time, we will be exploring different sounds. How do we hear sounds? What is sound? How do we make sound? How do we make music? We will be trying to answer as many of the questions we came up with at the end of last term as possible! 

There are some games on mycity for you, and here are some links to get you started. 

BBC Sound and Hearing

Sound and Hearing

What different sounds can you hear on your way to school tomorrow? Have a listen! 

See you tomorrow! 

Miss Burge

Science - Where did all the lights go?

In our topic we have been learning about light. We investigated which materials blocked the light and decided what we would make a pair of curtains out of. Today we went into the hall with a whole tray of things we thought were sources of light, but when we closed all of the blinds and turned all of the lights off we couldn't see them anymore! After a discussion we sorted the objects again based on our new learning. Our sources of light included a torch, the flame of a candle and the LED light on the microphone. We noticed lots of the things we thought were sources of light were shiny. We talked about how these materials reflected the light well and that's why we thought they were initially! What sources of light can you find at home? Have a look around your room when you go to bed, can you see any lights, or any objects that are reflecting light?