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Welcome to class 1BN at Allerton CE Primary School in Leeds. Here, under the careful guidance of Mrs Barnett and Miss Noble, we will blog to the Big Wide World.

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London’s Burning…Again!

This week we burnt the houses that we had made during our DT lessons this half term. The children had put such a lot of work into making their houses so felt quite excited but also a little sad that we were setting them on fire. We talked about empathy and thought about how people must have felt during The Great Fire of London if their house burnt down.

Mystery Reader

1BN welcomed another Mystery Reader this afternoon and it was a wonderful way to round off our half term before the holidays. Alisha’s Mum came into class to read a story called ‘The Most Powerful Night’ which was a story about ‘Laylat Al-Qadr’ and Ramadan. It was a lovely surprise for us all but especially for Alisha. If you would like to be a Mystery Reader, or any of your children’s relatives such as Grandma’s or Granddad’s would, then please email school to arrange a day and time that is convenient.

World Poetry Day

Thursday 21st March was World Poetry Day and the children in 1BN learnt the poem Handy Work by one of our favourite authors Julia Donaldson. The children found the different rhyming pairs in the poem such as cat and hat, floor and door and hair and bear. Please enjoy the video of 1BN performing their poem for World Poetry Day!

Mosque Visit

On Monday we visited the local Mosque – The Lingfield Centre. The children were very excited. Some children had lots of experience of this Mosque and some children had never been before. The volunteers at the Mosque were very engaging, asking lots of questions and telling us lots of new information about what they do there. Uhbuid was very informative! He showed us around and we even got to design our own prayer mat. We took our shoes off when we went in and spent lots of time in the prayer hall. All the children were very respectful and had lots to talk about on the walk back to school.

World Book Day

The children had a great day on Thursday as they dressed up and celebrated World Book Day! We had so many fantastic entries for the wooden spoon character competition and we enjoyed having a look at the entries from all the different year groups in the library today. Thank you for all your efforts with these as well as all the amazing dalmatian costumes, everyone looked fantastic!

First Signs of Spring

As part of our Science we have been walking around the school grounds this week, looking for the first signs of Spring. The children found daffodils and some buds on the trees then used ipads to take some photos of the things they saw.

London’s Burning

1BN singing London’s Burning as a 2 part round

Dick Whittington

In Talk 4 Writing this week, 1BN have learnt the story of Dick Whittington. We have used a story map and actions to help us remember and retell the story.

Making Scones

This afternoon 1BN have enjoyed making scones in our DT lesson. The children mixed flour, sugar and baking powder then rubbed in butter using their finger tips to make a crumb like texture. We mixed yoghurt and milk to add to the dry ingredients then kneaded the dough to get it to the right consistency. After rolling the dough out we used a cutter and put the scones onto a greased baking tray. After they had baked in the oven we enjoyed them with our choice of butter or jam. There were plenty left so we are looking forward to enjoying them again on Monday for our snack!

Forest School Fire Pit

On Thursday, Mrs Whitaker and Miss Archibald braved the cold and snow to take groups of children out to the fire pit. The children enjoyed toasting marshmallows and eating biscuits around the fire and keeping their hands warm on such a chilly day. Next time it will hopefully be dry enough for us to spend longer around the fire and sing some songs.

DT Alphabet Books

This week we have finished our DT project, making our own alphabet books. Mrs Hirst was our resident expert as she makes her own books at home as a hobby. She did a great job helping the children to sew their books together and the children have spent a long time on their front covers and also writing and illustrating their books. They are very proud authors!

Leeds City Museum

1BN had a great Wednesday morning this week when we took a trip to The Leeds City Museum. All the children walked from to school to the park and ride and got the number 7 bus into Leeds city centre. We walked to the museum and enjoyed looking around all the different interactive display and exhibits, there was so much to see and do which is amazing when entry to the museum is free. It was then time to get the bus back to school and, as we had missed our usual lunch time in the hall, we all enjoyed a packed lunch in the classroom which was an adventure in itself! A big thank you to all the adults who volunteered to help with our trip, without you these visits would not be possible.

Making our own books

In DT this half term the children in 1BN are making their own books. Thankfully we have an expert in our class as Mrs Hirst makes her own books as a hobby. As well as looking at some of the tiny books that Mrs Hirst made at home, she has helped the children to make their own book by sewing the pages and cover together using a needle and thread.

Today the children have done an amazing job on their ‘hot write’ task, doing a descriptive piece of writing about the Aliens Love Underpants picture. The children were able to show us everything they have learnt over the last two weeks about descriptive writing including the use of lots and lots of adjectives. This had to be done independently but the children are getting so good at using the classroom including our washing line and working walls to help them if they are stuck. Well done 1BN!

The King’s Hats

This week we have been retelling the story of The King’s Hats using some actions to help us remember the main parts. We have also done some descriptive writing about the hats that we designed last week, using lots of adjectives such as green, blue, soft, fluffy and beautiful. Take a look at our fantastic writing: