Being healthy themed week 12-16 July 2021
This week the whole school have a themed week. Our key message for this themed week is to find out how to be healthy; both physically and emotionally.
Year One have been finding out all about the importance of maintaining a healthy diet, getting enough exercise and sleep, oral and general hygiene.
Sleep
In class, the children offered suggestions to each other to help with any difficulties surrounding sleep.
I’m scared of the dark!
Would it help if you had a little torch next to your bed?
I can’t get to sleep because I get too hot!
Would it help if you took your covers off or use a fan?
My mind is too busy when I try to go to sleep.
Would it help if you read or listened to a book?
There is too much noise for me to get to sleep.
Would if help if you close your door or try relaxing into your happy place?
We listened to this audiobook together. Here is the link for you to enjoy at home.
Welcome to Sweet Dreams (tutti-frutti.org.uk)
Exercise
The class have learnt all about the importance of including exercise into their daily routine and how much time they should exercise each day.
Did you know ………
Exercise is good for your heart. It helps your heart pump blood all through your body.
Exercise can put you in a good mood.
Exercise helps your body to stat at, or reach, a healthy weight.
We have been challenging ourselves with some fitness exercises and recording our results. Today, some of us beat our previous scores!
Rugby
The children all enjoyed a rugby session this morning.
Healthy eating
Using the guide above, the class were able to identify different fruit and vegetables and explain why fruit and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. We found out about the sugar content in a variety of food and drink products and suggested healthy alternatives.
More healthy activities to follow!
We are designers!
Year 1 have been very busy with their design and technology learning. Over the last few lessons, the children have been generating, developing and communicating their ideas ideas in different ways. By knowing that products are designed, the class then explored how products can be made stiffer, stronger or more stable.
Frames
What shapes can you see in this freestanding structure?
After looking closely at the swing structure, the children began experimenting with triangles.
How can we attach the straws?
A triangle is a VERY strong shape!
How can we make the frame of the swing?
We most certainly have some designers of the future!
Balanceability
Today, the children began their balanceability sessions. In small groups, the class worked hard in learning the skills required to ride a bike independently. It was great to see all the children enjoying these sessions and gaining more and more confidence.
These lessons will continue throughout the week so we have asked the children to attend school in their PE kits all week.
Sports day
We are very much looking forward to the class taking part in their first sports day! Here are some details about the event.
This year’s sports day will take place on Thursday 15 July 2021, at Roundhegians Rugby Club (entry via Chelwood Drive). Reception and Key Stage 1 events will take place at 1.30pm.
If weather conditions mean we have to change the date, the reserve date is Tuesday 20 July.
Due to current restrictions, spectators (Year 1 and Reception classes only this year) are restricted to a maximum of one parent/carer. To restrict the spread of the virus, your child will still take part in competitive events, but within bubbles, so distanced from other classes. All children will be rewarded for taking part.
For sports day, our teams will be: green, blue, white and red. Please see the team list below to see what colour team your child is in. If possible, please could your child wear a t-shirt to wear to match their team colour.
Please could you ensure your child has their water bottle and a cap/hat at school; it would also be useful if you could apply sun cream before your child comes to school.
Normal lunch time and end of school collection arrangements will still apply on this day.
In the event of bad weather, updates will be sent via Twitter and posted on the website.
Bikeability sessions
Next week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday), Year 1 will be taking part in their bikeability learn to ride sessions (that should have taken place this time last year!).
Here’s a reminder about the sessions.
Your child has the opportunity to take part in exciting cycling activities with the Cycle North Team, as part of the Leeds Bikeability Plus programme.
Specialist instructors will be in school leading Balance Bike and Learn to Ride sessions and every child will have a 45-minute session each day, 3 sessions in total.
What do Balance sessions involve?
Children will start out on special pedal-less balance bikes and take part in a series of fun activities aimed at building the confidence, spatial awareness and dynamic balance skills that will help your child to cycle. When ready, children will then progress onto pedal bikes with an aim to learn how to ride their bike independently without stabilisers.
Children who can already ride their bike without stabilisers, will take part in fun cycling skills sessions.
Balance bikes, pedal bikes and helmets will be provided for all children. If your child has their own pedal bike and they would like to use it, please bring it in for their sessions and remove any stabilisers beforehand. Bikes can be ‘parked’ outside the Year 1 classroom.
The sessions are planned to take place outside, so please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather, and preferably wear trousers or tracksuit bottoms and appropriate footwear.
PE kit is ok to wear on these days.
We hope the children enjoy these fun sessions to develop/improve this important skill.
Please contact us (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org /jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org) if you have any queries.
Online learning
All the Year one adults have continued to be amazed by the attitude and resilience of the children as they have adapted to a very different week of learning at home. Well done to all the children. We’d also like to say a big thank you to adults at home who have supported the children alongside your own commitments at this time.
It has been great to see their smiley faces and their confidence to contribute to lessons in this different way.
Thank you for sharing their home learning with us. Here are a few examples.
Super writing inspired by this picture from Pobble365.
Reading at home
Great science learning based on our fluency text.
PE outside in the sunshine
Phonics, spelling practice and generally keeping busy
Finally, this has been our Living and Learning statement for this week.
While we have been restricted to our homes this week, one of our class members has been demonstrating this statement perfectly.
Live Zoom Lessons
All of the Year One team have been very impressed with how well the children have coped with another unexpected session of home learning. Our live Zoom lessons began on Monday and we were able to get straight on with learning. The children have shown readiness, resourcefulness, resilience and, best of all, they are still smiling!
We are very proud of all the class!
Here are a few examples of some learning this week.
Down on the farm
On Tuesday, Year 1 enjoyed a day out at Hesketh Farm.
We were very proud of all the children and it was an absolute pleasure to take them out.
Living and learning: Body image
Body image has been our topic in Living and Learning.
Body image describes our idea of how our body looks and how we think it is perceived by others. This can include our thoughts and feelings about our height, weight, shape, skin, colour, and our appearance.
First of all, Year 1 thought about how we are similar and different.
What could be different?
- our birthdays
- our hair
- our skin
- our names
- our eyes
- if we wear glasses
- our clothes
- anything else we might wear such as a watch or a bobble in our hair
- our voices
- the size of our body
- inside of our body
- our houses
- our memories
- our religions
- our families
We then thought about the things we can change and how, and what we can’t change.
All the children were given the opportunity to talk about they like about their bodies.
I like my hair.
I like my eyes.
I like my body. It helps me to do things.
I like my heart because it holds all my memories.
You might like to read this book, Your body is awesome , at home with your child which gives a great final message.
Design and Technology – What is a structure?
Year 1 have been gaining an understanding of what is meant by the term ‘structures’ by looking for them in their environment. We began our lesson by looking at some bridges and other structures from around the world.
What is a structure?
A structure is a combination of materials and/or parts to create a 3D shape.
After discussing the definition of the word structure we moved on to looking closely at cylinders. The children were given the task of creating cylinders using paper and tape.
My cylinder won’t stand up on its own!
You need to try using some tape to make it more stable.
Try putting the tape along the join.
It is still wobbly. How can I get it to be freestanding?
Try putting on some more tape and make sure it is stuck down properly.
You could try rolling the paper up tightly.
Thank you
Some of the children worked on constructing some freestanding structures using different building materials.
Below is the vocabulary the children will be learning during the current DT topic. Please revise these words (and their definitions) at home.
| design | a plan or drawing showing what something will look like before it is made |
| design criteria | the things a product must have to be successful |
| design brief | a description of what a new product should do |
| base | the bottom part of an object; the part on which something rests |
| evaluate | to decide, after careful consideration, how good or bad something is |
| structure | a combination of materials and/or parts to create a 3d shape |
| stable | something that is unlikely to fall down or collapse |
| freestanding | something that stands up by itself |
| plan | to think about and decide how you’re going to do something |
