We were listening to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Someone asked, why did the beanstalk grow so tall? This got us thinking about when Jack’s mum threw the seeds out of the window , where did they land ?We decided to try planting seeds on different things and we’re going to watch and see what grows.
After making pancakes we wrote recipes for them. We looked at some recipes and how they were laid out and what we had to put in a recipe. Some lovely recipes followed.
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Today we applied our knowledge of counting and capacity when following a recipe. We needed to add full cups, half cups and a number of spoonfuls of ingredients to our bowls before giving them a good mix. Most of us thought the pancakes were ‘yummy’ 👍🏻
We have been applying our knowledge of measure during our play experiences 🤩
You will find optional Fairtrade homework in your child’s homework folder. This is an opportunity to complete an acrostic poem for an upcoming competition. Fairtrade was discussed today in class. Your poem will be set out as follows;
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Good luck 🙂
Mrs Stephenson
Today we spoke about being kind to each other through our words. We sat in a circle and passed two apples around. To the first apple we said unkind words such as- ‘I don’t like you,’ ‘you’re stinky,’ ‘you’re ugly.’ To the second apple we said lovely things such as ‘you are beautiful,’ ‘You smell nice,’ ‘You are lots of fun.’
We talked about how the apples would feel on the inside (even though they looked fine on the outside). Mrs Stephenson then cut the apples in half. The one we were kind to looked bright and healthy on the inside, the one we were mean to looked dull and bruised.
We discussed that when we say unkind things to people, although they might look fine on the outside, on the inside they will feel really sad ☹️
To finish our circle time, we said lovely kind words to each other and all felt great afterwards 🤩
It has been a busy week in 1.4!
We continued with our Social Studies topic looking at methods of transport from the past in comparison with what we use today. We loved the old style bicycle and some of us really want to be taken home from school in a horse and cart!
During our literacy time we have been focusing on reading. We have been using our scanning skills to find different words in our books, sequencing our story in the correct order on storyboards and developing our confidence when reading aloud.
Numeracy & Maths has involved a mixture of ordering numbers and completing calculations. Mrs Stephenson likes to challenge our mental maths during class games. We are getting much faster with our answers. Sometimes we play against her (but we always win!).
We have also reorganised our room and we are really happy with the results. We took ownership of how the classroom would be laid out and where to place our resources so we could easily access them. We will upload pictures as soon as we can.
During our time in the ICT suite, we have been learning how to reply to e-mails. Mrs Stephenson has been sending us e-mails asking us questions and we have been responding to her. We would now love to send someone from home an e-mail. Please write an e-mail address in our homework diaries that we can contact and we will aim to do this after the February break.
Thank you 🙂
