Our class assembly

Well Done Class 1AB on their first ever class assembly! I am so very proud of every one of them for even having the confidence to sit on that stage and look out at 400 children, staff and parents, let alone stand up and say their lines in front of everyone!

When we were sat having our treat after the assembly, we talked about how we had felt.
Tyler-lee felt happy as we were waiting to walk down.
Jersey felt nervous.
Millie said that we felt nervous because we hadn't done an assembly before.
Mia said that we felt nervous just incase we didn't know what to do.
Callum said we felt nervous incase we forgot what to say.
Havana was excited when she saw lots of people.
All the children were happy that a grown-up had been able to come and watch them! Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Cook arranged it specially so that she could come and watch the assembly. I received this email today...

Dear 1AB
I just wanted to say thank you for such a lovely assembly on Friday. You used such big voices and I felt so very proud of how grown up you all are. I loved the story very much.
I always love visiting your room and am so pleased to see how hard you all work. I am especially proud of how much you are all starting to write now. Your work is getting much more detailed and you are showing lots of pride in yourselves.
Thank you again for a brilliant assembly and keep working hard.
Love
Mrs Cook x
P.S I hope Tosia soon feels better! What a brave and dedicated girl!

Lots of other staff and children stopped Mrs Daly and I in the corridor to say how much they had enjoyed the assembly...so well done everyone!
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Bland

Light and Dark

In our new science topic we will be finding out all about light. We began our topic by talking about what we would like to find out about light, using 'I wonder...' thought bubbles. We are wondering why it gets light in the morning, how the sun works, how the light comes in our house and how light bulbs work amongst other things! We added our thought bubbles to our display.

Mrs Daly then took the children into the stock cupboard and closed the door! In the dark, the children passed round objects and used their other senses of touch, hearing and smell to work out what they were.

The children all learned that we need light to be able to see!

Here is a bbc science clips activity that you might like to look at with your child.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/light_dark.shtml

Counting Money

We have been learning to recognise different coins and to count money up to10p. The important thing to remember when counting a mixture of 1p and 2p coins is to "tap the 2p twice!"

The children all know how to use Math Base 3 to practise their money counting skills.

The children enjoy applying their new skills to a role play situation when they set up the outdoor shop.

At home you could let your child practise counting coins from your purse. We have been using 1p, 2p and 5p coins in school but you could let them have a go at using 10p coins as a challenge. Remind them that they know how to count in 10's, so that might help them!

Here is a link to a simple money game where you have to 'splat' the hand that is holding 10p.

www.ictgames.com/moneysplat

Let me know how you get on!

Diwali Celebrations!

The first celebration that we have looked at this term is the Hindu Festival of Lights called Diwali. We watched this lovely video of Diwali celebrations. While we watched the video we looked for different ways that people celebrate. The children spotted dancing, food, fireworks, smart clothes and decorations. We talked about which things are the same as how the children may celebrate and which ways are different.

Click on the link to watch the video.

YouTube link to video 

Make A Difference Day

The children have been busy today 'making a difference' to our school and hopefully the local community.
Our outdoor classroom has been cleared, swept and generally tidied today by the children with some help from Mrs Daly and our Y6 helpers.

The children have also planted lots of bulbs in all the planters. We should have a very colourful display in spring!

As part of our study of the St Giles Estate we looked at different areas around the estate and talked about things that we liked and things we didn't. One area that we felt was not as nice as it could be is the corner of Swift Gardens and Macaulay Drive.

The children listed what the problems were and then came up with ideas to improve this area.

The children then chose their teams to work in, to show their ideas to improve this area. I think it would look wonderful if some of their ideas were used!

Tomorrow's task is to write a letter to Councillor Tobin to tell him about our ideas!

Count Back Kid Maths Show

This morning the children have enjoyed a show by a visiting theatre company.

The children had to count on and back and add numbers together to help solve problems for The Count Back Kid.

We all really enjoyed the show!

Tasting Lincolnshire Foods

We have had a lovely day tasting foods that have grown or been produced in Lincolnshire. We tried to think of interesting words to describe the different foods.

As you can see, we had a lovely time!
I would like to thank our local Asda store for their support as they donated a lot of the food that we tasted today. We shared the food out between the three Year 1 classes, here is our 'share'. Thank you Asda!