Author: Mr McGriffiths

DT Food: Overnight oats

This week Year 1 got into the kitchen and made some overnight oats. We used lots of kitchen skills, such as claw grip, snipping, mixing, measuring, arranging and the bridge hold. We really enjoyed making the recipe, although some of us were a little unsure when we tasted the final product!

We have discussed this week how we kept safe when cooking and what we would do next time if we made the recipe again.

Help at home by trying out the recipe for yourselves. What changes would you make? I will send the recipe home next week.

Living and learning: Mind Mate

This week in Living and Learning we looked at recognising and responding to other people’s emotions. We listened to two boys describing their friendship and why they are such good friends. We recognised some of these aspects in our brilliant friendships at school.

We were then presented with the scenario of one of the boys starting a new friendship with someone who had just moved next door to him. We tried to empathise with both boys and consider how this scenario would make them feel.

Owen might be jealous because he thinks that Bill won’t be friends with him any more.

Bill might be sad but Owen can make him feel better and still play with him.

Finally, we did some role play to act out what we would say in this situation.

I would tell Bill that we could play together.

They could all walk to school together.

Owen could tell Bill that they have been friends a long time and are still friends now.

 

Help at home by talking to your children about how to recognise emotions in others and what they would do if they saw someone upset at school.

World Book Day!

Yesterday was a wonderful world book day! We spent lots of time reading, listening to and discussing books! Miss Birch and Mrs Lake read us their favourite books. We spent some time discussing some of the books we had brought in. We even spent some time with Year 4 reading books together.

At the end of the day we got our £1 book tokens and a reading competition organised by Miss Wilson. Can you match the books to the teachers? There is a £10 book token as a prize! (You should be able to find the competition letter in your child’s book bag!)

Help at home by reading, reading, reading! Any kind of reading anywhere is all helpful!

Computing – Scratch Jnr

This week we started our new topic – computing! We have started to explore the app Scratch Jnr on the iPads. We worked really well with our partner to change the sprite, change the background and then make the sprite move. We learnt that we needed both a start block and a stop block as well as a movement block. We also looked at how to change how much the sprite moves by adjusting the numbers on each block. We will continue to use the iPads and Scratch Jnr to develop the children’s computing skills across the term.

Help at home by looking at the Scratch Jnr on any devices you may have at home. There is also a new BBC programme all about coding and computing in the same style as Numberblocks called Wonderblocks.

Geography and Wrtiting!

This week we have been finishing off our Geography topic all about our local community. During our walk around Moortown, we completed a survey about what we liked and disliked about the local area. Afterwards, discussed what we would like to change about our locality. The class decided that it would be great if there were some more trees in The Green. So, we did another survey! This time we asked every class in school whether they would like more trees – the answer was a unanimous yes! Most children wanted some apple trees.

We then set about trying to make it happen! First step, persuade Mrs Weekes by sending her a letter. The children did an amazing job with their letters and they were delivered to Mrs Weekes on Thursday. We are awaiting her reply…

Help at home by discussing with your child ways to improve our locality. You could also discuss how we can persuade Mrs Weekes further to put apple trees in The Green.

Living and Learning: Online Safety

This week we had a visit from D:Side Dave. He came to talk to us about staying safe online. The children were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic to share their thoughts and ideas.

The children discussed how people use the internet and devices they might have seen or used to get on the internet.

We learnt about 3 rules to help us keep safe online.

  1. Always ask an adult for permission.

The children were very clear on asking an adult before using a device connected to the internet.

2. Only talk to people you know.

Everybody knew to only talk to people online that they know in real life. We also went through some information that we would never share online like our name, school, address etc.

3. Stick to places that are just right for you.

Dave spoke to the children about sticking to websites and games that are suitable for our age. We talked about the PEGI ratings on video games and how games with a higher age rating are not suitable for us.

Help at home by discussing how to stay safe online and what your children should do if they see or hear anything that upsets or worries them.