Art in maths – Symmetry
It’s time to get arty in maths this week as we look at symmetry. Today we donned our aprons and used paint to create symmetrical pieces of art. First we tried creating a symmetrical image ourselves, then we painted one side of the paper and folded it in half to make sure it was symmetrical.
Here’s our gallery of symmetry.
Writing!
Reception children are writing everywhere!
Free physical activity after-school clubs
You may have noticed on the latest menu of after-school clubs, for the Spring term, that our physical activity clubs are FREE! This is one of the ways we are spending Government funding given to all schools for PE and school sport, encouraging children to take part in a range of physical activities. In order to maximise the long term impact for our school, both pupils and staff, we are looking at the most sustainable ways to invest the funding. Further details of some of the projects we are involved in will shortly be posted on the website.
In the meantime, if you have any feedback about our after-school clubs please speak to Mrs O’Malley.
06 December 2013
This week’s homework is talk time.
We all take light for granted every day and Year 1 have been investigating different sources of light. This week, we have discovered which were the best sources of light with some fair testing. We would like you to discuss the following question before Wednesday 11 December:
“Is it right that some people live without electric lights in their homes?”
06 December 2013
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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air |
drown |
trains |
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hair |
crowd |
schools |
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pair |
allow |
lessons |
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chair |
flower |
bushes |
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fair |
vowel |
hisses |
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hairy |
mouse |
quizzes |
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proud |
watches |
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ground |
wolves |
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knives |
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halves |
Here are this week’s spellings. They will be tested on Friday 13 December.
06 December 2013
The homework this week is a moral talk time homework and is due in on Wednesday 11 December.
We all have electricity in our homes but should we be more aware of how much electricity we use?
In our mini-topic, we have been learning about electricity. We now want you to think about how much we use electricity and the cost of this both economically and environmentally. Children should be considering how we could use less electricity in our day to day lives and also other sources of energy we could be using (solar power, wind power, etc).
06 December 2013
This week, we are learning to spell words which have a silent h. Can you think of anymore?
| 1. | when |
| 2. | what |
| 3. | where |
| 4. | which |
| 5. | white |
| 6. | ghost |
| 7. | honest |
| 8. | Christmas |
06 December 2013
This week is talk time homework.
Should everyone have the right to electricity in their homes?
Although we all have homes with electricity, not everybody does! Do you think it is fair that not everybody can access electricity? Discuss this with somebody at home and we will have our own discussion in class next week.
Money well spent!
Year 1 decided to spend their profit (£24) from their stall at the Enterprise fair on some new books to be enjoyed by the class. We chose a mixture of fiction, by the author Julia Donaldson, and non fiction. There was even a snake book for Filip. It was great to see the enjoyment these books brought to the children – definitely money well spent.
What can you do in a minute?
Year 1 timed themselves doing lots of different things in one minute. Have a go at home.
How many star jumps can you do in a minute? Alex can do 99!
How many times can you write your name in a minute? Ben can write his name 16 times.
How many times can you hop on one leg in a minute? Humairah can do it 104 times.