As part of our topic work we have been working on our weaving skills. The concentration was impressive. We have also created our Christmas cards using the same technique. They will be coming home soon for you to enjoy.
In small groups, we have created sand sculptures of things we might see at the beach or in the sea. We used different tools to create texture and pattern.
Today is national ‘No Pens Day’ so Mrs Wright has hidden all of our pencils and pens and we are enjoying a day of speaking, listening and practical lessons. In maths, we used practical equipment to represent numbers and number fans to demonstrate our understanding. We enjoyed talking through different maths problems with the class …
This week, year 1 visited Bradford Industrial Museum. As part of our topic ‘All Dressed Up,’ we wanted to learn how cloth is made from wool. We got to complete the process ourselves – sorting the wool, carding, spinning and finally weaving. We learnt about the life of children in the mills over 100 years …
In maths, the children have been exploring number bonds. Using practical apparatus, they investigated pairs of numbers that add together to make numbers within 10. The children enjoyed investigating these number facts and worked well to record their findings using the addition and equals symbols. Great work, Skylarks!
Using a plastic bag to represent the stomach and a leg from a pair of tights to represent the intestines, Red Kites class learnt about the journey of food through the digestive system. The food journey demonstration went from the mouth right to the other end of the digestive system. It was a fun way …
Today in Puffins, we have been learning all about the Mayan calendar. We started our session by looking at what the Mayan calendar (the Haab and the Tzolk’in) is, it’s different components and, how we believe it worked. We then compared it to the calendar we have nowadays, highlighting similarities such as, both use/used numbers, …
As part of our topic on Celebrations this week we clebrated Diwali. We read the story of Rama and Sita, created a Diwali dance, made divia lamps and made Rangoli patterns. We even decorated the home corner for Diwali. Mrs Marshall very kindly come in to help and dondated many new artfacts for the children …