Rabbits 15.9.23 blog 4
Date: 16th Sep 2023 @ 7:20am
Friday 15th September
Week 2 done! Wow, these weeks are already flying by! Would it surprise you to learn that the KS1 team spent almost 2 hours yesterday planning this term in more detail? We have pencilled in dates for harvest and nativity practices and a dress up day; we have looked at how to make sure that as many children as possible are 'keeping up' in phonics (we need your home reading help with this as well please), maths and writing; we have altered library days and considered our Friday PE slots. Busy, busy!
So it won't come as a surprise that today in music the Remarkable Rabbits will be starting to learn our own harvest song. We are being ambitious as there may be musical instruments involved! We are also doing a few weeks of Forest School with Mrs Palmer alongside our PE curriculum, autumn being such a great season for noticing changes.
This week has been ace. They have been ace. We have learnt about 3D shapes- cone, spere, cylinder, cube and cuboid. The learning point has been to recognise the different shapes, talk about their properties- 6 straight faces, 1 curved face etc. The main focus has been that 2D shapes are pictures (more than just 'flat' shapes) and 3D shapes can be held, thrown, turned around to see the back. We have sang a song - with an American accent (!) and generally smiled a lot through this week.
We have sorted our reading groups and books and been trying to pracise using whisper voices as we will all be reading at the same time. I'll do another blog on the huge importance of reading in Y1. We will prioritise it this year again and it will make all the difference if you can read every night with and to them.
We are doing science today. 'Body parts'. Could be interesting as when I sometimes say "Copy me, put your hands on your head," you'd be surprised how some seem to find it hard to do! We do a morning elbow bump in the line before we come into the classroom (a way of making sure everyone has my attention, says a respectful good morning to me and an opportunity to tell me news) so 'elbow' should be a known body part. I feel a 'head, shoulders, knees and toes' moment coming...
I feel as if I am really getting to know these gorgeous children well now and am looking forward to the coming months with them. I am starting a 'dates' tab on our class page so that you can check when something is coming up and be able to plan for it. Hope this is helpful.
Happy Friday everyone!
Mrs H
