Class 1 - spring 1

In Class we started our new story - The Naughty Bus - a book all about the adventures of a cheeky London Bus. We shared some ideas about why the bus might be called 'naughty'.

We shared the story of the prophet Muhammed (PBUY) who was told some words about God by a messenger when he was in a cave. As Muhammed couldn't read he memorised them and told them to all the people around him when he got back. These became the first verses of the Islamic special book, The Qu'ran.

We thought about what a message was and how we might get them.

The postman brings us letters and messages

a message is when someone tells us something

It is something that we can find on a map. Bella

We look for it and know&#160; where we are. Charlotte

As we continued our work on Landmarks we decided to look at some of the most famous ones in our nearby city of Liverpool. We continued to develop our observation skills by drawing them and looking closely to see how they were similar to the ones we saw in London.

We enjoyed exploring some genuine Chinses artefacts as part of the celebrations for Chinese New Year.  We shared some stories to learn about its origin.  We discovered we were born in the Years of the Monkey and Rooster.

Look at how great we look as we 'EXPRESS OURSELVES'.

In music we have been trying to recreate some of the sounds we might hear in a busy and noisy city. We thought of the cars, horns, people shouting and loud music and tried to choose the right instruments to match them. We tried to keep the pulse as we accompanied different types of music with a city theme.

Mrs Gilroy led a special assembly to support Children's Mental Health Week. We learnt that growth, both personal and physical, can all be about challenge and learning how to help ourselves work through it. We came up with our own personal goals and thought about how we could achieve them and who we would ask to help us.

I want to learn to skateboard. My daddy can teach me. Lucy K

I want to learn how to swim.  I can start swimming lessons.  Ayla

I want to ride my bike without stabilisers.

I want to be able to knit.  My granny can teach me.  Alexa

Once finished we evaluated our design and thought about changes and improvements.

I liked sticking the wheels on.&#160; They are cake holders.

I liked painting it blue.&#160; It's my favourite colour.

I liked cutting and sticking the people on the side.

I liked painting it best.&#160; Nest time I would choose red.

I'd write my name on the side of the bus next time.

Based on our learning on Landmarks, both in London and Liverpool, we worked together to create some large scale art.

We made a skyline of London. The children cut out some shapes to represent the city's skyscrapers and tall buildings. They then added some of the famous landmarks they had drawn earlier using pen and line.

To show Liverpool we chose to do our own versions of the Superlambanana.  We wanted to show that even though we are all different, we are friends and proud to be a part of Forefield School and Class 1.

We returned from our lovely Christmas break to see that the weather had started to change.  We realised that we were now in the season of Winter.  We talked about what we could see, feel and hear and what winter meant to us.

migrating birds flying away to somewhere warm

We made lots of snowflakes in the creative area. Look at our cutting skills and the beautiful sparkles.

Today we received a surprise present. We tried to work out what it could be and came up with lots of words to describe how it felt.

Today the Naughty Bus rushed past a queue of waiting people.  We explored how they might have felt and then had a go at showing these emotions through role play activities.

I am upset.&#160; How will I get to work now?

On our walk we looked at our class Silver Birch and saw that it had lost all its leaves. We decided it must be a deciduous tree - a very tricky word we are trying hard to remember. When we came back to class we used our observational skills to draw it. We used different types and thickness of pen to represent how the truck, branches and twigs changed in size.

We shared the story of Smartie the Penguin as he learnt how to use his i-pad and the internet safely.  We sang his special song to help remind us what to do and who to go to if something is wrong when we go online.

Remember to tell a grown up if it goes wrong or if someone is not nice.

Don't tap on buttons if you don't know what they do.

This is an evergreen - it is forvever green.

This has no leaves anymore.&#160; The tree is sleeping and getting ready for spring.

We went on a Winter walk to see if we could spot some of these changes in our school grounds.  It was very cold and started to hail.  We loved trying to catch it on our tongue and hands.

It has gone - the ice has melted on my tongue.

We worked in groups to create a story map.  We thought about all the key events in the story and sequenced them.  We used it to help us retell the story of The Naughty Bus.  We worked hard to speak in full sentences and add expression.  

This week we launched our 'Living Streets - Walk to School WOW' campaign.  The children were really engaged and enthusiastic about the idea of walking, cycling and scooting to school in the mornings.  I look forward to giving out lots of special badges as they achieve the target.

I painted it rainbow because I like the colours.

I liked sticking the lights on my bus, it's like they're flashing.

I liked sticking the people on.&#160; I wouldn't change it.

The Naughty Bus made lots of mess today as he drove through different food stuffs to get his passengers to work on time.  We recreated the scene and explored the different textures, talking in full sentences, about they looked and felt.

It is sticky.&#160; The wheels are stuck.

I can make patterns in the beans with the bus.

The hot dogs are bumpy.&#160; Like tall mountains.

This half term we have been getting funky and groovy creating a dance based on the theme of 'Toys'.  To start with we thought of some moves to represent how different toys move.  Can you guess them from these short video clips?

We let our imaginations go mad as we designed and built our very own buses.  Using cardboard boxes and other pieces of recycled material we thought about the features we needed to add - wheels, lights and windows.

We decided to do some research and learn a little bit more about London. We used Google Earth and different maps to find out where it is located in the country and saw that it was a long way from Crosby. We now know that it is our Capital City and very large and busy. We went on a virtual tour of London and visited some of its famous landmarks; Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, London Eye, River Thames and The Tower of London. Look at some of our computer art, where we used the tools to create lines of different thickness and colour to draw the different features.

We shared how Christians have a special book called The bible.  Inside it tells stories about Jesus and the things that happen to him.  We learnt how he had special followers and friends called disciples who helped him tell the story of God.  Simon, a fisherman was his first disciple.

The fish were all different shapes, sizes and colours. Grace

Simons has to catch fish for a job.&#160; He didn't get any. Caleb

Jesus was magic and helped him get loads. Jensen

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