This week we continued our life cycle topic. As we have caterpillars in the classroom we looked at the lifecycle of a butterfly. The children were very good at showing their understanding on their whiteboards, they also talked to a ‘chatty partner’ about the stages of the life cycle that they had drawn. Then we made paper chain caterpillars like the one in ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story.
We have also been thinking about being ‘Global Citizens’ this week. We decided that it is up to all of us to do our bit to look after our lovely planet. Mrs Kennedy put lots of different objects into a recycling bag and we used it as a ‘Talking Bag’ this is when we use the objects to help our discussion, we touch, explore and look at them to help us to begin our conversations and get some ideas. We also had the story ‘George Saves the World by Lunchtime.’ In the book George helps his Grandad to save the world using the 4 R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle and repair. We then wrote down our own messages to others on how they can help to look after the environment.
On Friday, we began to turn our role play area into a garden centre. There were six committees and they all worked hard doing different jobs. You can see the committees below. There was a Sign Making Committee too but there doesn’t seem to be a photograph of them, they did an excellent job and Mrs Kennedy is about to set it up using all the work that the children produced.
We have had quite a few children with successes outside of school this week. G got a certificate from Crazy Golf, K was in a rugby tournament and F won the Golden Boot at his football training. C was also awarded this large trophy in her Judo class. Well done to all of you!
Have a lovely long weekend, see you all on Wednesday, from P1B and Mrs Kennedy
