This week the children have started their music topic. The children have been learning about different genres of music and listening to different instruments. They identified that De La Soul was rap music and that they could hear drums, guitar and trumpets. Today they have been learning how to listen and appraise songs.
This week our topic has been art. We are currently looking at and appreciating the works of Vincent Wan Gogh. Whilst using different coloured pencils to get different tones we used Starry Night painting for our inspiration. Whilst colouring we listened to the soft voice of Don McClean singing Starry Starry Night about the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
As part of our ‘Talk for Writing’ topic we have learnt to retell the story of The Three Billy Goats.
This week the Puffins have been exploring light and dark. They have discovered a variety of sources and today learn all about shadows and how they are created.
During our ERIC (Enjoying Reading In Class) time today Miss William’s was incredibly kind to bring the children some brand new books. The children were very excited and couldn’t wait to get stuck in to them. Lots have them are using these books to tick of some of their challenges in their passports.
Today as part of Anti-Bullying Week, the Puffins had a circle time about what bullying is and things they could do if they are being bullied.
‘If my friend was being bullied I would tell a grown up’ Evelyn
‘If I was being bullied I would talk to my parents’ Frankies
‘It is only bullying if it happens to you all the time not just once’ Thomas. S
In Computing with Mr Baddhan, Year 1 Puffins have been learning how to label different parts of a picture using Purple Mash 2DiY program.
As it was Children in Need today, the children used a picture of Pudsey to label the different parts of his body.
Continuing with yesterday’s Computing lesson, Year 1 Puffins have been typing their own adjectives to describe toys.
In yesterday’s lesson, the children used a word bank to describe toys but today they typed their own words.
They used words which would describe the look, feel and make of the toys.
During Computing, Year 1 Puffins have today been using adjectives to describe toys.
The children used a word bank to describe different toys including lego blocks, a teddy bear and many others.
In tomorrow’s lesson, Puffins will be asked to type in their own adjectives for each toy.
During today’s Computing lesson with Mr Baddhan, Year 1 learned more about algorithms. They used a program called Lily Hop to write down instructions before trying them on the computer.
The children were asked to write down instructions to direct the frog to the stone using directional commands. They then tested their instructions to see if they were correct.
