We’ve had a great first week back in 1D! It’s been very busy but we’ve done an amazing job at collaborating and working as a team to get the jobs done. We’ve started learning our new writing text this week, based on The King’s Hat. We designed our own hats that are fit for a king. There was some amazing colours and designs!

The last couple of weeks have been busy, busy, busy in 1D! We’ve had lots of Christmassy fun, Nativity rehearsals, and the real performances! The children worked so hard and I’m so proud of the effort that they all put in, and the teamwork that was shown through their collaboration.

In RE lessons we’ve also been learning about the birth of Jesus, creating our own stables using our collage skills. We could tell each other the different visitors that Mary and Joseph had, the gifts they were given, and the order that the story happened in. We were sp impressed!
With the start of advent we’ve really enjoyed having a few different things around school to celebrate. You might have been lucky enough to have already seen the one we’ve been doing in class. We’ve been coming up with a list of all the amazing things that someone does to make them a great part of the team that is 1D. It’s so lovely hearing all the positive things we have to say about each other, sharing why we are thankful for that person.

This week we have been looking at how to make soup! For our Hot Write next week, we will be writing a set of instructions on how to make a vegetable soup. We all had a go at part of the instructions, and we will be writing our own next week. We even got to try our soup, lots of us really liked it!

We’ve been working so hard on our Writing over the last few weeks. Last week, one of our challenges was to ask questions about the United Kingdom before we learn the answers in our Geography lessons this half term. We’ve also been trying really hard with our Slow Writes in the morning, something we do to help us get into our learning mindset first thing in the morning,

Last month was Black History Month and we learned about lots of different important people. During provision we had some jigsaws out which were a hit! We worked in teams to match the different pictures, here’s one that we made of Barack Obama.

This week has been super busy but the children have all been so resilient. We’ve had a lot going on, but I think we could all agree that one of our favourite bits was the visit from the Lion Learners workshop! There were so many fascinating animals to be seen and held. Every child had a go and I was so proud of every single of them for their bravery. The had some amazing questions and were very respectful of our visitors, being careful with them when they were touching or looking at them. Well done everyone!

This week we’ve been on a trip to the library and we had a wonderful time! The children were so engaged with the stories they found and it was great to have an opportunity to explore books that we don’t have in school! We found some brilliant books that we’ve borrowed for the classroom to read, today we’ve listened to The Butterfly Dance and it was great! Thank you to the children who helped pick out these stories, I can’t wait to see what the others are all about.

This week in RE we worked in groups to create collages to represent the 7 days of creation. We learnt what most Christians believe God created on each of the days, before separating into groups to create a collage for each day. The children figured out that we wouldn’t need a picture for the 7th day because it was the day he rested. They used different equipment from around the classroom to create the collages of each day. There was some great teamwork to be seen and some brilliant listening skills. Can you spot which pictures show which day?

We had a great time on our forest school day with Mrs Whittaker. The children loved each of the different activities they took part in and had so much fun spending the day outdoors. We were very lucky with the weather!

This week we have started learning about the different types of animals there are. We did some amazing sketching work to try and create different patterns that looked like animal patterns. We even looked at animals that didn’t have fur, like alligators, tortoises and snakes. Using our pencils we carefully changed how much pressure we applied to the paper as well as the direction of our marks, helping us to create different patterns and textures.
We also used our small world area and built some homes for different animals! It was great fun seeing what materials we could use to make it look like a home big enough for the animals we’ve been playing with.