This week we have been learning all about non-fiction texts. We looked at what non-fiction means and features of a non-fiction text. We then explored the book ‘My Bean Diary’ which shows us how broad beans grow from a tiny bean into a plant. We therefore thought it was only right we planted our own beans so that we could watch them grow. We talked about what our beans need to grow and made sure we provided these so the bean could grow. We are so excited to see how they change over the next few weeks!!
This week Year 1 had their Easter evening, where we came back to school with our adults to join in with some wonderful Easter activities. We had so much fun spending time with our adults and doing things like colouring, painting, Easter basket making and even making crispy cakes… which was one of our favourites!!
In PSHE, class 4 have been talking about road safety. We talked about why it is important to be safe near roads and how we can do this. We learnt that when we come to a road, to cross safely we need to;
✋ Stop
Look
Listen
Think
And even had a go at doing this with a road in our classroom!!
This week we have been reading the story ‘The Wriggly Squiggly’ and we were absolutely horrified to find that on Friday, one of the blue monsters from the story had not only been on our playground, but had made a terrible mess! To help us catch the monster, we created wanted posters. We made sure to use lots of descriptive language to describe the monster so other people knew exactly what to look out for!
In Science, we have been looking at the five senses. We talked about what they were, how we use them and which parts of the body are needed for each one. We used our senses to explore the season of Spring, describing what we could see, hear, taste, smell and feel. We then carried out an experiment, using our senses to describe 6 different mystery items, including:
Chocolate
☕️ Coffee beans
Washing up liquid
Yoghurt
Water
Lemon juice
We described their smell, what they looked like and how they felt before guessing what we thought it might be. Of course we identified the chocolate straight away! But some others like the coffee had us stumped!
This year our theme for World Book Day was ‘careers’. We spent lots of time this week looking at different jobs we could do – some we didn’t even know existed! We looked at what skills we need for different jobs and talked about the importance of choosing a job which involves something we are interested in. On Thursday, we came to school dressed as what we would like to be when we grow up. We had some wonderful costumes including;
Paleontologist
✂️ Hairdresser
Police officer
Fireman
Cheerleader
Science teacher
and so much more!
This week Class 4 celebrated pancake day. We read the story ‘The Runaway Pancake’ – which reminded us of another story we know very well! We talked about why we celebrate pancake day and looked at how people celebrate it around the world. After all that talk of pancakes, our tummies were rumbling so it was only right that we got to taste some ourselves! We designed our “perfect pancake” before creating our own using different toppings. They were absolutely delicious!
This week Class 4 have been looking at length and height. We used language like ‘taller’ and ‘shorter’ to compare heights.
We then used non standard measurements (cubes) to measure the length of items around the classroom.
Before using a ruler to measure items in centimetres (cm).
This week for Safer Internet Day, Class 4 have been looking at how to stay safe online. We talked about what it means to be safe online and how we can make sure we are doing this.
We talked about sharing personal information online and how we need to be careful what we share, before sorting different types of personal information into ‘safe to share online’ or ‘not safe to share online’. We had a brilliant understanding of what we could and shouldn’t share and why.
Our final PACT (Parent and Child Together) morning was for our Year 1s and their fab parents & caregivers! ✨
The Year 1 children loved showing their grown-ups how they learn and practise Maths with a range of resources – such as tens frames, our tens and ones and part whole models.
We will you keep all posted about future PACT mornings as we know you’ve all loved making special memories with your children in school.
