This term in Primary 1, our class topic will be Weather. We will be undertaking a range of activities including,
- Taking daily temperature readings and using information when making graphs.
- Measuring daily precipitation (rainfall).
- Learning about the seasons and how these link to the weather.
- Building an Antarctic weather station in the role play area.
- Talking about extreme weather, how to protect ourselves from the elements and making weather safety posters.
- Learning about evaporation and dancing to the Water Fycle Boogie
- Sorting clothing into whether groups.
- Learning about the 3 states of water and carrying out related experiments.
- Melting ice in the water tray and learning about arctic animals.
- Updating the daily calendar, talking about the weather of the day and learning the weather (les temps) in French.
- Reading factual books about weather and seasons.
- Using maps, atlases and Google Earth to learn about the weather in other countries.
Our focus for RME is Islam. We will be:
- Learning about the origins of Islam and the 5 main beliefs that Muslims live their life by.
- Designing prayer mats (shape focus)
- Learning about special books such as the Qur’an, the bible and other important books in our lives
- Learning about places of worship, including the church and the mosque.
- Building mosques from Lego and junk
- Experimenting with writing our names in Arabic
- Learning about special festivities in the Islamic calendar, such as Eid al-Adha, Eid ul-Fitr, Hajj and Ramadan
- Concluding out topic with a tasting banquets, making decorations, learning songs etc.
Photos of both topics will follow, as the term progresses.
