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Week 6

This week Flamingo class have been busy in RE learning about Christianity and how Christmas is celebrated. We made Christingles as part of our RE lesson. We learnt that the Christingle is represented by different things. We watched a video about a Christingle service in church and discussed how the candles are lit during this service. The children had great fun making them and showed a great understanding! 

Key Vocabulary

Orange = the world

Candle = the light of the world (Jesus)

Red Ribbon = blood of Jesus

Sweets/ dried = God’s creations

Cocktail sticks = four seasons

 

Week 5

3D Shapes

In Maths, we have been learning about 3D shapes. 3D shapes are solid objects with three dimensions: height, width and depth. They have faces (sides), edges, and vertices (corners). 3D shapes are all around us! We went on a 3D shape hunt around our classroom, to see what 3D shapes we could find. 

Week 4 

RE

 

This week Sheena, from Empower, came in to speak to us about the Christmas Story. The children enjoyed listening to the retelling of the story and we discussed how we can send messages at Christmas time. 

Week 3

Beebots

In computing, we used small programable robots called Beebots. We created simple programs, to navigate the beebots to different destinations on the mat. We explored sequences and the importance of accurate instructions, and tested our sequences using the beebots.

Week 2

Music

In Music, we played along to songs, using various different instruments. We tried really hard to play our instruments in time to the beat. 

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Odd Sock Day 

Today we all came into school wearing odd socks, to celebrate Odd Sock Day, By wearing odd socks, we celebrate diversity, acceptance and the inclusion of everyone.

Autumn 2 

Week 1 

 

It was great to see the children back after their half term break. We loved hearing all about their half terms and all of the exciting things they got up to!

This week in Art we completed some body painting. The children enjoyed working in groups to make patterns, pictures and designs with their hands. It was fantastic to see their imaginative ideas!

Week 8

We worked in groups, to create our own obstacle courses in PE this week. Each group was given the same equipment, and we had to discuss, and plan how we could use each piece of equipment in our obstacle course. Lots of us demonstrated fantastic team work! 

Week 7

In Science, we have been exploring the five senses. This week, we were focusing on our sense of smell. In an investigation, we tried to identify some mystery items, using our sense of smell. We used different words to describe what we could smell, and talked about how our senses help to keep us safe.  

 

Week 6

In Science, we have been exploring the sense ‘touch’ and talked about how we use touch to keep ourselves safe. For example, being able to identify whether something is sharp or hot, in order to avoid danger. We had a go at putting our hands in various feely bags, to feel some mystery objects. Using our sense of touch, we then had to describe what we could feel.

Week 5

In Maths, we have been comparing numbers, using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols.

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Week 4

In computing this week, we have been practising our keyboard skills. First, we practised locating the letters on the computer keyboard, to type our own names. We then practised using backspace to delete any typing errors that we made. After that, we had a go at using the space bar to add a space inbetween words and used the enter button to start a new line.  

Week 3

In Design Technology we have been learning about structures. We had a go at making our own structures. First, we created a frame. We then tried different ways of strengthening our structures, using playdough, glue lollipop sticks and card.

 

Week 2

In PE, we explored balance, stability and landing safely, when jumping from a height. We used different equipment to help practise these skills.

Week 1: 

Well done for a great first week in Flamingo Class. The children have enjoyed settling into Year 1. 

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