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!
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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:
This week the children have come back into 1BN so easily and settled straight back into the routine of school which can be challenging after a longer holiday so well done everyone! Our new topic is Child to King and we will be learning all about King Charles III. This week we started by reading the story The Kings Hats and then we designed our own hats. Next week we will be doing some descriptive writing about the hats we designed. As part of this topic we have a new castle small world role play area and the children have loved playing in this new area with their friends, pretending to be knights, kings and queens.
In DT we are going to be making our own books so the children have looked at different ways of binding books together and talked about which they would choose for their own book and why. In Geography we have been learning the 7 continents and labelling them on a map of the world. We are very good at naming them but need a bit more practice at finding the right continent on a map. The children love singing the continents song which you can find here:
A day early with our blog post today but what an end to the term we had with our beautiful Christingle services! After all the busy weeks of practicing then performing our Christmas show, making Christmas cards, Christmas jumper day and a sickness bug thrown in to the mix, the service was the perfect way to slow down and take a moment to reflect. Mrs Barnett and I would like to wish everyone celebrating a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We hope you have a peaceful holiday and will see you all in 2024!
1BN were very excited to welcome another Mystery Reader into our class and this time it was Luca’s Mum who treated us to not one but two of Luca’s favourite stories from home. Luca’s Mum had done a brilliant job at keeping it a secret so Luca was really surprised to open his eyes and see his Mum sat in front of him. If you would like to be a Mystery Reader in our class please let Mrs Barnett or Miss noble know and we can arrange a date and time that is convenient.
