Why Castles, Bead Strings, and Forgiveness Filled Our Week in Year 1
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A whirlwind of learning, movement, and imagination in the Mary Ellis classroom
This Week in Mary Ellis Class:
- Explored healthy friendships and forgiveness through a Bible story
- Re-enacted the story of the paralysed man
- Created animal fact files and sorted out sentence puzzles
- Investigated materials in Science and learned about Norman castles in History
- Practised athletics in PE – speedsters everywhere!
Year 1 have been very engaged with their learning this week.
At the start of the week, we discussed healthy relationships and how to solve problems, focussing on what a good friend does.
On Tuesday, the children heard the story of the healing of the paralysed man, learning about the Sacraments of Healing and Forgiveness. They made their own character and re-enacted the story in groups, talking about how the different people in the story felt.
In English, we have been puzzling out some mixed-up sentences and questions and putting together an animal fact file.
In Maths, the children have been using what they know of their number bonds to work out addition and subtraction problems. We also explored finding the next odd and even numbers on a number line and with bead strings.
A materials hunt was the focus of our Science this week. The children were busy searching around the classroom and outside for items made of different materials.
Following on from re-enacting the exciting events of 1066, they have been learning why castles were so important to the Normans in our History lesson.
Finally, the children have been practising their athletic skills in PE. They are too fast for the camera! Well done, Mary Ellis class!
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