Following our topic work on the Great Fire of London, we were privileged to receive a visit from Lance Evans of Newport Fire Station. He talked to the children about the role of the fire service and brought along a support vehicle for the children to see. We experienced the full range of sirens, and the children got to sit in the vehicle. The children then got to ask questions and try on the fireman's safety equipment.
PHSE
Over the last few weeks in PHSE our topic has been 'Healthy me' we have looked at keeping fit and healthy and eating a balanced diet. Today we thought about snacking and healthy snacks. We made a Fruit Salad, had vegetable sticks and dips and made a smashed strawberry desert. It was lovely to see children trying new foods and thinking about healthy eating.
Year 1's have been working on counting in tens and finding ten more and ten less and solving missing number problems.
Class 2 really came alive today with so many fabulous costumes of book characters for World Book Day. Everyone enjoyed sharing their books with their peers.
Class 2 was transported back to September 2nd 1666 in a bustling London street during an immersive Great Fire of London Experience. It's with thanks to Freshwater Theatre that all the children got involved with dressing up, drums and stories. The children were happy to share facts they already knew, as well as learning new facts too. It was a wonderful experience for the children to be part of.
PHSE
In PHSE the children have been thinking about their dreams and goals. They have been set challenges over the last few weeks that has required effort and teamwork to achieve. This week they were set a challenge to work as part of a group, to organise themselves and ensure each team member had a job to do. They were creating a dream bird for their dream garden. They created some really magical birds and enjoyed sharing them with the class. We talked about what they found challenging and how they overcame those challenges to continue to work as a team.
Our Class topic is Antarctica and we have been finding out lots of interesting facts. We learned that the Emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguins. We really enjoyed creating a huddle of penguins and placed them all around school.
This week, on Scratch Jnr, the children have added four different sprites to their background and algorithms separate algorithms to make the four sprites do separate movements at the same time.
Once they mastered this, they created their own projects.
Many of the children chose to create a project for the Snow Dragon we have been reading in English.
In Art we have been using chalks to make marks like the Northern Lights. The children controlled the chalk, made a mark and experimented with smudging.
Computing
Class 2 have been working on algorithms on Scratch Jr. Did you know an algorithm is a precise set of instructions? We made our sprite move along the screen. We had to use the green flag block to start and a red block to end.
Computing
In computing we had an ‘unplugged’ activity. This was to draw a setting for the story of the Snow Dragon and think about the algorithm you would use to move around the setting.
