Summer Term

This week we started our ‘Lifesavers’ topic with a poem called ‘Voices of Water’ by Tony Mitton. The children enjoyed reading the poem aloud and identifying words that describe how water moves and sounds. We talked about babbling brooks, splashing waves, dripping taps and rushing rivers. The poem inspired us to think about water in our own experiences and use our imaginations.

Using Tony Mitton’s poem as a model, the children created their own water poems. They thought carefully about powerful verbs and sound words to bring their writing to life. We were amazed by their creativity and the descriptive language they used.

Here are some of our poems:

Today, Year 1 became gardeners as we planted out the broad beans we have been growing in class.

Over the past few weeks, we have been carefully observing our broad beans grow inside bottles lined with blotting paper. This allowed us to see the seeds germinate and watch the roots and shoots develop. We enjoyed checking on them each day and recording the changes we noticed.

Today was an exciting day because our broad bean plants were ready to move into soil. We carefully removed the plants from their bottles and planted them in the garden.

We also planted up some pots outside the classroom door to ensure we have plenty of wild life!