Toward the end of last term, Year 1 were out enjoying the early Spring sunshine, preparing the garden beds for the planting that we will be doing this term. We have sunflower plants to grow as part of our class groups competition to see which group can grow the tallest, tomato plants and a small variety of other plants. Any contributions would also be most gratefully received.
Dave, from the Bristol Bee-keeping Society, came into the classroom to talk with us about the Honeybee. We learnt that there are many types of bee, but only a few honey bees. Bees are incredibly important for plants to grow. We need bees to help the plants to grow. Dave showed us some amazing pictures of hives bees and showed us some honeycomb. We tasted some delicious types of honey that Dave's honeybees had made. It was yummy!
We have been learning how to measure accurately, using cubes and string. We practised measuring the length of each other, which was a bit tricky. We have learnt that in order to measure a curved line, you have to measure it with a piece of string first and then stretch the string straight to measure the length accurately. We know that the standard measure that people use is a centimetre, or cm.
A very interesting lady came into our school to talk with us about what it is like to be blind. She brought her Guide Dog with her as well. She spent some time in Year 1 talking with us. We stroked the dog and asked her lots of questions that we thought of. We tried to imagine what it would be like being blind, by closing our eyes and listening to all the sounds around us.
In RE, we have been thinking about special things that belong to us. We then learnt about the special things that belong to someone from a religious group, like a Muslim. Here we are looking at some special Muslim artefacts.
Year One had a fab time at their pyjama party! We played games, danced, watched a DVD and had yummy hot chocolate and biscuits to dunk! It has made us want to get all the sweets in the jar quickly so that we can have another reward!
In Design and Technology, we designed and made our own fruit kebabs. First, we had to try all the different fruits to help us to decide which fruits we wanted to use in our kebabs. Then, we had to think about our fruit kebab design - what tastes did we want together, which colours, what pattern - next, we had to prepare and cut the fruit and put them onto our skewer. They were very delicious and incredibly healthy!
In number work, we have been using the laptops and playing numeracy games to help us consolidate our learning of money and making change. Miss Welton thinks that we are very good on the laptops and we concentrate very hard while we are using them.
Hopefully there will be no more 'technical problems' now that both the camera and the website are working again. See you again in a fortnight!
