Year 1
Welcome to Year 1!
Our learning last week (11th March-15th March):
English
This week we have completed our stories inspired by The Bog Baby and have now moved onto our next unit of writing for this story which will be a set of instructions. We will be using our stories and our creatures we created within them as the subject for our instruction writing. We will then write our own set of instructions on how to make a suitable habitat for them.
Maths
This week we have focussed on length and height. We have considered the language of shorter, smaller, longer and taller and compared familiar objects. We have also measured using non standard units, such as using hands or cubes to measure classroom equipment. Finally, we moved on to measuring in cm. It has been brought to my attention that the maths homework focussing on measuring in CM did not print out correctly to measure and so please do accept my apologies for this! If you would like to, please do continue measuring using a ruler at home with your child. This could be using objects from your home or by drawing them accurate lines to measure.
Art
This week, we have explored Inuit clay masks. We learnt that The Inuit believed animals were equal to humans and even had spirits. To honour their spirits after they had been hunted, they would masks. We focussed on making a walrus and learnt how to shape and join our clay pieces together using slip. Slip is a mixture of water and clay which acts like glue and can be used to join two pieces to clay together after both pieces have been scored. After these have been fired in our kiln, we will paint them during the final week of term.
RE
In RE, we have been learning about the good news of Jesus. Jesus was a friend to everyone and there are many Christian charities who follow this principle. We researched the local charity 'The Cowshed' who are based in Wokingham and support the homeless. We have created our own posters and will begin collecting donations from now until the end of term on the 28th March. For more information on donations please follow this link https://www.thecowshed.org/how-and-what-to-donate/
Can I please also request no more than 1 small carrier bag per child of donations.
PE
In PE this week we performed our dance at the dance extravaganza. I am very proud of the work the children put in to the dance and to adapting so well to the bright lights and big curtains on the stage at Braywick. Thank you to everyone that joined us!