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- Jarrow Cross C of E Primary School
Value in Everyone
Year 1
September
September started with so much fun! During the first week, our work was based on the text 'The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish'.
We went on a giant Arctic jellyfish hunt, singing in the style of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Before this, we made our own binoculars! We also designed our own giant Arctic animals with a focus on using adjectives.
In other areas of the classroom, we used magnetic fishing rods to catch fish and designed jellyfish using our taught skills in art (lines: horizontal, vertical, wavy, broken, and cross-hatch) and crepe paper to make tentacles.
We also discussed plastic pollution and its impact on the environment and animals. We were appalled at the state of our oceans. Outside, in our plastic-filled ocean, we carried out a science activity where we sorted the plastics based on their use.
We had a new starter arrive in our classrooms: Paddington!
We received a letter from Aunt Lucy asking us to look after Paddington. The children shared what they had been up to during the summer holidays with their stick Paddington, but they're even more excited to take the real Paddington home during the weekends!
So far, we have written tags to inform Aunt Lucy where we'd like to take Paddington when he is with us. We also sequenced events and followed, as well as written, instructions to make Paddington's all-time favourite: marmalade sandwiches.
In art, we have been introduced to our artist, David Hockney, before beginning our 'Make Our Mark' topic, focusing on line techniques to create illusions and other forms of art.
In science, we have begun to explore autumn. We have an autumnal walk coming up, where we will use digital cameras and iPads to photograph signs of autumn. We also conducted an investigation: why do pine cones open and close?
In geography, we are using globes, atlases, and iPads (Google Earth and Digimaps) to explore where we live and our school grounds (locality). We are becoming familiar with the four compass points to help us develop our positional language. In the coming weeks, we will examine our school grounds in more detail and will recommend and design improvements by creating our own "messy" and bird's-eye view maps, as well as learning to use symbols.
