P1B have had a busy couple of weeks! Our transport topic is well underway, we started by investigating trains. All of the children have really been enjoying it. We have made a train and created a train station and cafe in our classroom. We have also got a train set in the class which has proved to be very popular too.
Some excellent writing on our train information board.
Some bridge building as part of our trains topic. We also worked in pairs to make bridges using junk, plastic cups, lollypop sticks, glue and selotape. The children had to plan with their partner and they worked well together. Almost all of the bridges met the criteria – a train must be able to go along the top and a boat must fit underneath. It was so busy that I didn’t get a chance to take one photo!
Here are some bridges built during play using wooden blocks.
Train oil pastel pictures.
When I asked the children what they would like to learn about trains, many of them said they want to know more about how they move, we began looking into this by looking at forces, rolling and friction to investigate wheels and the best surfaces for a train to run on. We tried our train on different surfaces and found that a smooth flat one was best and that tracks were even better.
We also investigated rolling and tried to roll different shapes and sizes of objects.
We have also looked at the history of trains and will be looking more closely at steam engines next week.
In maths we have begun to look at numbers to 20 and beyond. We have been counting objects up to 20, ordering the numbers forwards and backwards and filling in the missing numbers.
We used Numicon to learn about place value – using the parts to see that ‘teen’ numbers are 10 plus some units.
In outer maths we have been data handling. this week we were sorting objects, making up our own criteria to get them into categories. This was a big hit and the children have sorted lots of things around the classroom! They did a great job.
Finally, some lovely photos of the children playing in the snow last week 🙂 It was great fun!
F won the ‘Golden Boot’ for his excellent football skills – Well done!
Enjoy your weekend, P1B and Mrs Kennedy
