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P1K Learning Reflection

P1k Learning Reflection for week ending 27.4.18

Weight

   

      

Nathan – if we put two shells the same in each one then the scales are the same

Holly –  if the arrow points in the middle you know it’s the same

Sophia – We are measuring the weight

Maddie –  in ‘snake and cake’ we changed the shape

Sophie – They were the same shape and weight at the start, when we changed the shape they were still the same weight

Emma – We had lots of feathers and the 1 stone was heavier

Sophia – Stones are heavy and feathers are light

Enchanted Forest

P1k are busy turning their classroom into an Enchanted Forest to help save Fairyland. They have decided the first thing we need to make is a huge tree!  We explored textures around the classroom and school grounds, collecting crayon rubbings from the different surfaces, some were: bumpy, smooth, patterned, rough, prickly, dented, soft and fluffy. The children then worked on their cutting skills to cut the crayon rubbings into leaf shapes, this was tricky because the children were trying to cut a curved shape and not a straight line!

Holly – We made the pictures have patterns

Nathan – Some things are rough

Maizy – the pattern on the lap top trolley had lines

John – it made stripes

Sophia – The ground made a dotty pattern, the ground is rough

Andrew – The lego felt bumpy and made a dotty pattern

Rayyaan – the wooden bench made lines

Comments on using scissors safely and trying to cut a curved shape

Maizy – you had to concentrate on not going straight

John – don’t run with them

Emma – walk with them

Nathan – with the sharp bit at the bottom and your hand on them not with the sharp bit at the top

Aakruti – you have to hold them properly

Poppy – Put them down on the table when you collect your scrap paper

Sophia – you can put them in their cubby when you are finished

   

   

 

 

P1K Learning Reflection for Week ending 20.4.18

PATPAL

Holly – we taught Mrs M to count on a Rekenrek

Arya – we played cover up you can count in your head or see the counters to help

Nathan – takeaway using dice, you take the small number from the big number

Rayyaan – We showed different ways to make a number you can do 6 and 4 or 7 and 3 to make 10

Maddie – domino number patterns to see how many ways we can make a number

       

Measure

P1K found different sized foot prints in the class. After lots of speculation about who or what left the footprints the children explored different ways they could measure them.  They decided to use: beach glass, dominoes, lego and counting teds. The children started to notice that they were getting different results because they were using different materials to measure with, see the table below:

   

   

After lots of discussion and exploration the children found they best way to measure was:

  • Dominoes were the best non-standard unit because they were all the same length
  • To measure the length you don’t go around but from end to end
  • Be careful there are no gaps when placing the dominoes.
  • Measure the longest part

The children then practised their measuring skills further by measuring the length of all sorts of things around the classroom using cubes.