Dinosaur Fun

It is possible that this week, your child returned home full of stories of stomping dinosaurs, scared teachers and mystery objects left around school. 

Please do not be alarmed. 

It was just another day at school. 

As part of our Book Week activities, the children became researchers. Where did this creature come from? What does it want? What evidence was left behind?

Some said it was a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Others insisted that it was a Triceratops. 

What do you think it is? 

Our Year 1 Make Space has been transformed into a Dinosaur Research Lab, full of non-fiction and fiction books to fire up the imagination! 

The task today was to investigate which type of dinosaur visited Stanley, what it eats, its habits and the possible reasons for it visiting. 

The researchers in 1KG took this job very seriously and even at playtime, they found signs (and tastes!) of dinosaur footprints. Some said they found dinosaur skin, while others even brought a dinosaur tooth back into the class. 

We have also been looking at information about dinosaur eggs as one was found on the grounds and is now securely stored in our Research Lab. We discussed that often dinosaurs are named after their place of discovery, e.g. the Stanleysaurus.  

Children have been sketching what they think the 'Stanleysaurus' egg will look like when it hatches. 

We hope that after all this imaginative Book Week work, everyone has a fantastic Easter.

Maths

Over the past couple of weeks our maths topic has been 'Measures'. We have been looking at measuring length, height and weight and also measuring time. We have done lots of practical activities in these areas as well as volume and capacity.
We have measured the length of items in cubes and with a ruler.
We have measured the volume of a range of containers.
We have also find out how much objects weigh using the scales with cubes.
We have been using language such as taller, shorter, wider, narrower, larger, smaller to compare.
The children have had great fun.

Design Technology Spring term 2

The children have been working so hard designing and making 17th century houses. We began by testing a range of attachment tools to see which would be the strongest for joining our boxes together. We decided as a class masking tape worked the best. The children worked in small groups planning their designs of their houses and thought carefully about how they would decorate them. They all did such a fantastic job and worked so well in teams.

Superstar 8.03.18

Our superstar this week is always working so hard. He did an exceptional job making his house in design technology and worked so well with his partner. He often puts his hand up on the carpet with super ideas and listens so well.

He is a pleasure to teach.

Animal Sculptures.

As we have been making sculptures in art and learning about materials in science we decided to set a homework challenge combining knowledge and skills from both areas. The children did an absolutely amazing job and loved sharing them in class. Many thanks to all parents for your support.

Superstar 1.3.18

Our superstar this week has turned over a new leaf. He is working so hard now, contributing fantastic ideas and listening so well.

He has learnt his lines for our class assembly off by heart already and recites them with such great enthusiasm. His reading has improved massively and he can answer tricky questions really well.

He is a lovely, happy, enthusiastic little boy and he is a pleasure to teach.