Year 1 have been learning all about Chinese New Year, a major holiday in China and for Chinese communities throughout the world. Cherry Class looked at a map to find China and talked about different features of the environment and how people live in China. They also found out that the starting date of the Chinese New Year is not the same each year. It begins in late January or early February and this year is the Year of the Rabbit. We had a fun day making paper lanterns, dragons, dancing and colouring. We even got active learning yoga positions for each animal in the Chinese zodiac. |
Good morning Year 1,
We hope you are staying warm and enjoying the snow outside. Make sure you stay safe and have a great time today!
Here are some activities you could do today;
As a challenge, once you are finished, can you write instructions on how you built it. Remember our time adverbials, first, next, then and last.
Here is a video you can watch that includes some important 3D shapes; 3D shape video - Search (bing.com)
You could also look at which presents are a cube and which ones are a cuboid.
We are looking forward to hearing all about your day tomorrow!
Year 1 Team
We went on our first Year 1 trip this week and walked to the library. We really enjoyed choosing our books and listening to the librarian read us a story. We learnt all about the different types of books at the library, including non-fiction books which are about real things. We had a good look around and many of us were able to borrow books to take home.
Today Chestnut Class visited the library. When we arrived, we listened to a funny story called 'Sam's Sandwich'.
The librarian told us all about the library and how it is free for anybody to sign up and borrow up to 30 books at a time! We were shown lots of the amazing books they have including some story books that we recognise and some non-fiction books that link to our topic. We then had time to explore the library and we all found at least one book that interested us.
To finish our visit, we were read another story called 'Rain Before Rainbows'. We really enjoyed our trip to the library today!
Year 1 received a visit from one of our parents this week to help us celebrate Diwali. Cherry class enjoyed learning how to Bollywood dance and listened to a wonderful story. They also made diya lights, mendhi hand designs and decorated the outdoor area with welcoming rangoli patterns.
This morning we had a super workshop by Drama4All. We spent time acting and moving in different ways. Our favourite part was playing games, we had lots of fun!
Today Chestnut class had a special visitor in to tell us all about the festival of Diwali. We learnt about why people celebrate Diwali and what they do to decorate their homes. We listened to a lovely story about the day of the festival and what activities people do to celebrate. Our favourite part of the afternoon was dancing! It was great fun and we really enjoyed it!
Today we had a special visitor to help us find out more about Diwali. The children had a fabulous time learning how to create special dances and learning new moves. Yesterday we made Diva lamps and Rangoli pictures.