1BN had a really busy time during their Arts Fortnight, creating lots of amazing pieces of art work in the studio. After our walk to the woods, we made woodland pictures inspired by our trip. First the children used sponges, brushes and stipple brushes to paint the background then once this was dry we added the details such as trees and plants using pastels, pencil crayons and felt tips. We did some observational drawings of tulips looking carefully at the shapes, colours and size. Then we transferred our tulips onto long rolls of paper, keeping everything the same but making them much bigger.

During the second week we read the story Bog Baby and then created our own little creatures. We made our creatures using Plasticine, which as a challenge as we needed to make them 3D and able to stand up and sometimes they kept falling over. We used polystyrene tiles, ink and rollers to then create a print of our own Bog Babies. We rounded the two weeks off with our amazing celebration, sharing all our amazing work and having a go at some of the activities with our family members.

This week we kicked off our Arts Fortnight by going on a walk to the local woods. It was a glorious afternoon for our walk and having already mapped out the route we were going to take in last weeks Geography lesson, we successfully found our way there. On the way we also linked to our Geography by talking about the different human and physical features that we could see such as the house, school and roads and the woods and stream. During the rest of the week we have worked in the art studio to create some pieces linked to our walk in the woods and we can’t wait to share them with our families during our arts celebration next Friday.

In Maths this week we have been sorting into equal groups. We used lots of practical resources including counters to make equal groups, ensuring that each group had the same number. Then we played a game with a partner using dice. We each had two dice and the aim was to roll the same number with our dice then we got a pint because they were equal. This is going to help us when we start to multiply and divide numbers.

This week we have been thinking of adjectives to describe the sandwich from the story. The children came up with lots of great adjectives including disgusting, smelly, stinky, gross, revolting, muddy, mouldy and slimy. We then out the adjectives into sentences. Take a look and let us know how you think we did!

A big thank you to all the parents that came to our Great Fire of London house burning on Tuesday. The children were so proud to show you all their hard work from this half term including their music, DT and Art as well as lots of their writing in their books. A huge thank you must go to Mrs Whittaker for doing such a great job with the fire.

The children have been busy getting ready for our Great Fire of London house burning celebration next week. In DT we have designed our Tudor houses in our books with our partners then we have painted our boxes white ready to add a roof and some detailing once they are dry. Everyone is looking forward to our celebration next week although some of the children are feeling a little sad that they will have to burn their house after all the hard work that they have put into them.

Mystery Reader

We were very excited to welcome a Mystery Reader into 1BN yesterday afternoon and the children were all so surprised to open their eyes and see this Mum sat ready to read us all a lovely story. She read them a story called The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson who is one of our favourite authors. Please email the office if you (or any grandparents) would like to come into 1BN to be a Mystery Reader.

Today was World Poetry day and 1BN learnt a poem by the author Julia Donaldson called Handy Work. The children can name lots of stories that Julia Donaldson has written and we talked about how she is known for her rhyming stories. We also talked about how poems can rhyme but they don’t always. The children learnt the poem using actions to help, we think they did a great job at learning it so quickly. They also had a go at writing their own Handy Work poem.

On Thursday the children were given the opportunity to take part in the colour run for the festival of Holi. Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring. It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna. Parents came along to join in the fun and everyone got into the spirit of the event, looking so colourful by the end.

Indian Dancing

The children also took part in some Indian dancing on Thursday in our dance studio. They were given belts that made a great noise as they danced and also a Bindi to wear on the centre of their foreheads. The children listened really well to their instructions and enjoyed putting the moves together to create a dance.

On Tuesday the children enjoyed going onto the MUGA to take part in some relay races for Pancake Day. The children were split into teams and raced across the pitch with a frying pan and pancake. The following day some of the children enjoyed sharing what toppings they had on their pancakes at home on Tuesday evening and there was a wide variety including lemon, sugar, strawberries, syrup, biscoff and, of course, chocolate spread! During Lent the children will be learning all about Shrove Tuesday, Lent and Easter and what these mean to Christian people.