Too much noise in Year 1
Insight into the future
Out in the community
Donisthorpe Hall is a local care home and as part of our learning about who makes up our community Year 1 visited the residents and took part in their weekly concert and dance. Looks like everyone was having a great time and the positive response from the residents has meant we’ve been invited back!
Who do you think you are?
Some impressive homework this week – here are a couple of examples which both happen to be trees. One tree is a family tree and the other tree has a characteristic on each leaf.
Which way?
Programming starts early in the new computing curriculum. Year 1 had a go at writing algorithms today. Ask your child what an algorithm is. They should be able to tell you that it is like a set of instructions. There was a bit of a challenge today – we had to work out a route, on a grid, which took us from school to home but we had to visit all of the local shops on the grid on the way. You could only go forward, right or left. Once the children came up with their algorithm, they then had to test it out to see if it worked. There’s a lot to learn about programming without even logging onto a computer.
Here are some photos – ask your child to explain what we were doing.
What happened?
Look at these gorgeous babies! Who are they? Year 1 didn’t think that the teachers were the only ones who could have a baby photo competition. We’ve had our own mini competition for a bit of fun and these are a few of the photos that we looked at.
What a cute bunch – I’m not sure what happened between then and now?! Have a look and see if you can guess which Year 1 children (still cute of course!) are in the photos. Just a bit of fun but an important part of learning about who we are.
Similarites and differences
After looking at our own identity and subsequently how we are all different, Year 1 spent time with a friend in the class finding out about each other. This involved a lot of discussion to find out their similarities and differences that weren’t immediately visible.
Communicating without speaking
Visitors from Dales (Deaf Across Leeds Enablement Service) taught us a range of different sign language today to raise awareness of people who have a hearing impairment. From general greetings to the alphabet and numbers, signing proved to be a new skill all the children enjoyed learning.
Kidzaware
Kidzaware, a local charity who provide educational programmes about disabilities, visited today as part of our learning about diversity. We met puppets, learnt a song, used signing and generally became more aware of a range of disabilities and appropriate ways to interact.
Robot Rumpus
You might have noticed a new addition to your families as a robot may have come home from Year 1. There were some very imaginative and creative robots designed and made in Year 1 this week to finish off our mini topic. Here are a few of them:
