Year 1-What a fun week!
ALL of Year 1 have spent the mornings together and it has been wonderful! Our Year 2 friends have spent the mornings busily and calmly completing their SATs papers so we have been learning together. We set up a carousel of learning opportunities and rotated the groups throughout the mornings for the whole week. Our learning has ranged from measuring capacity/height/weight, sewing, 3d shapes, fact families, book writing, handwriting, numbots and more! It has been a joy to learn together.
Playtime on the FIELD!
If you leave nearby, you might’ve heard the scream when we announced the field was dry enough for playtime yesterday!
The year 1 and 2 children we so happy to enjoy some time playing on our lovely field.
Let’s hope this really is the start of summer.
That’s a wrap!
After a morning of SATs tests, 2C thoroughly enjoyed making some wraps in Food Technology this afternoon.
We made sure that before we went into the Hub, we tied long hair back and washed our hands.
Each child was given half a wrap and the option to add their own spread, salad and protein. We thoroughly enjoyed eating our wraps at the end of the lesson!
Living and Learning
This week our Living and Learning statement is ‘I seek help if I am unhappy with a relationship’.
In 2C we had a good chat about all of the different things that we can do if we are unhappy in a relationship. We know that we have many different types of relationships like families, friends, peers ect.
Signs of feeling unhappy in a relationship might include:
- feeling disrespected
- feeling left out
- feeling unheard
- being made to feel sad or uncomfortable
Today, each table group brain-stormed lots of ways that we could help ourselves if we did feel unhappy within a relationship. Here are some of the ideas we came up with.
Happy and Healthy playtimes
In KS1 we talk a lot about what a happy and healthy playtime should look like, sound like and feel like. Before playtime and lunch, teachers ask the students to name some ways we can achieve this.
We talk about things that we should not do and also things that we can do! Here are some of the ideas that children often come up with.
A happy and healthy playtime should:
- Look: happy, children smiling, no one is left out, everyone chatting to friends.
- Sound: laughter, fun, excitement, relaxation.
- Feel: enjoyable, friendly, kind, fun.
We are proud to be a happy and healthy place to learn at Scholes Elmet Primary School!
Adventure playground fun
2C have come back to school for their final half term in Year 2 fantastically well. They have been incredibly well behaved, followed our school rules and have been kind and respectful to one another.
Our class target this week has been 3-2-1 STOP this week. They achieved this several times this week and that meant that the class got their class prize. This was to spend some time in the afternoon on our adventure playground.
We had a brilliant time!
Reading – class novel
Our focus reading book for the next few weeks is Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett.
We are loving the story and the messages within it.
Help at home by talking to your child about the book and asking them if they would sell something precious that made them happy. Do they think that money automatically makes you happy?
Design and Technology – 1,2B sewing
Out new topic is Design and Technology. We started learning to sew today. There were a lot of knots, tangles and furrowed brows…but also smiles because we loved it!
Help at home by having a try sewing something!
Science – 1,2B growing peas
We planted peas in January and have been watching them grow ever since. The shoot came first, turning into a stem with leaves, then flowers and pea pods. Today, we finally harvested and ate them.
Mmmm, they are so sweet!
I have a little, juicy pea in this bit.
We will miss you, Lollypop Sue!
