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Paralympics Group 1

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Group 1 have been learning about the Paralympics and some famous Paralympians. They learned about the countries around the world that practice Paralympics, looked at the different different flags and designed our own flags using our favourite colours. The young people could mark on the calendar the start and finish dates for the Paris Paralympics.  We looked at some of the differences between other countries and Scotland. We watched some para athletics and listened to some inspiring stories from Hollie Arnold MBE and Thomas Young MBE. The young people chose their favourite sports that we could watch and try including javelin, long jump and discus. They also enjoyed colouring in the logo of the Paralympic games, making torches and learning about the different medals. Some pupils made graphs comparing the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by the different countries. We also found out that Great Britain have won medals across all groups showing in the words of Usain Bolt “Anything is possible. Don’t think limit.”

Group 1 Underwater Activities

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Group 1 have had fun completing lots of underwater activities. They were enthusiastic using all the ICT enjoying underwater adventures using the interactive floor projector, osmo activities on the i pads and numeracy games on the smart board, some pupils completing times tables challenges! They also experienced underwater yoga and for literacy read the books Don’t Worry Little Crab and the Rainbow Fish. Making colourful puppets and acting out the story of Don’t Worry Little Crab the young people were good at identifying the character traits of the two crabs and comparing the story to personal experiences. During the Rainbow Fish we explored the character traits of a good friend and completed number mazes to reach the octopus. Finally we enjoyed a trip to Deep Sea World!

 

 

Group 1 Measuring Activities

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Group 1 have been enjoying taking part in different measuring tasks. We have been reading books about measurement discovering ancient measurement of length was based on the human body. Group 1 explored different types of measurements including lengths, mass and volumes. We spoke about the different units of measurements and had a scavenger hunt to find different packages with measurements on. We used the i pads to explore google maps finding out the distance to some of our favourite places or places we’d like to visit.  Fun was had using the trundle wheel outside and measuring rainfall in a beaker. The young people had fun making their own play dough counting cups. We then used our fraction work to try and split the play dough into equal parts using scales to see if we were accurate. One pupil used the play dough to help complete some equivalent fraction work. Fun was also had making numbers, letters and patterns with the play dough. We then used the measuring jug to make our own kinetic sand working hard to follow instructions and measure carefully.

Group 1 Earth Day Activities

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Group 1 celebrated Earth Day by taking part in lots of different activities. The Earth day theme this year was fighting plastic pollution. We got messy burying some plastic, an apple and some paper in soil, then writing down our predictions what we think will happen. We will find out in 4 weeks if our predictions came true! The book A Planet Full of Plastic was enjoyed by group 1, we read it and answered some questions before writing about what we felt the biggest problems with single use plastics were and thought of things we could do to help. We went on a litter pick in the local park and analysed the litter we collected before making and reading some graphs. We also looked at how plastic could enter the food chain. We explored the life cycle of plastic, made pictures from salt and glue and completed a scavenger hunt. We completed some recycling tasks and learned about plastic in our oceans.

Group 1 Spring Activities

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Group 1 have been busy completing Spring activities during their IDL time. We enjoyed observing and recording all the signs of Spring outdoors. We have been pairing baby animals with their parents and learned about the life cycle of a frog. Following instructions group 1 made their own paper frogs. We enjoyed acting out the Easter story and making our own story boards. Group 1 made Easter eggs and put their favourite things inside. We also explored symmetry in nature, made our own symmetrical butterflies using paint and completed some symmetrical patterns in class.

Group 1 Science Electricity

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Group 1 have been learning about things that use electricity. They have also learned about circuits, made a circuit clown with a light up nose and spinning bow. Next they used the circuit to explore whether different items in the class were conductors or insulators. We also added a switch to our circuit and explored adding more batteries to get a brighter bulb! They also explored electricity and it’s history to understand how life has changed because of electricity

 

 

Do Bigger Hands Hold More Cubes.

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Group 1 have been measuring different lengths this week. They have used cubes and rulers to measure their hand lengths. Next they counted how many cubes they could hold and investigated if bigger hands could hold more cubes. They stood in order of hand length then stood in order of how many cubes they could hold. One pupil also plotted the results in a graph.