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Class 1 have been learning about Remembrance Day. We learned about Remembrance Day is, why it is importance and how we mark this occasion;

We discussed the importance of poppies and what they symbolised and using lots of different materials, created our our poppies. Using Lego bricks we stamped a poppy petal design and then painted our stems using green paint, we were able to create lots of beautiful flowers. We also used pipe cleaners, cupcake cases and pom poms to make our own flowers and even made some from play doh.

This week Year 1 spent an afternoon with their adults, exploring some wonderful books and sharing some of their favourite stories!!✨

The children loved spending some time with their grown ups and showing them what amazing readers they are!

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 afternoon, we’ve had Natalie from the Healthy Minds Team in to teach Year 1 how to change their negative red thoughts, into positive green ones! ☺️

We found out about a boy called Adam today who had recently moved to a new school. He had lots of unhelpful thoughts such as ‘Why did things have to change?’ and ‘I really miss my old friends and teacher’. We helped him feel better by changing his thoughts, such as ‘My teacher will look after me!’ and ‘I’ll make new friends and I can still see my old ones on play dates!”.

We also learnt a new breathing technique – hot chocolate breathing! ‍

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!