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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The children of 1S were challenged by ERIC to see if they could retell the Eric Carle story of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". They had to use actions and "Kung-Fu" punctuation as well! Watch the video that we took and see if you think they managed to be successful.

Comment By Vivian Ploem (Pieter's mum) 

What an impressive performance! Very entertaining!!

Published on Friday, September 23, 2011 Like

Comment By Taisuke's Dad 

I really enjoyed watching it. Everyone looks like they had so much fun!

Published on Sunday, September 25, 2011 Like

Comment By Tiziana (Justin's mom) 

1S - Fantastic performance by all. Well done!

Published on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Like

Comment By Justin's Mom 

Cool.

Published on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Like

1S Meeting Matt Mills

Comment By Matt Mills 

Hi 1S, I loved having you come and visit my office and you got to see the famous Princess tree.

Come and visit again!

Matt Mills
Head of School

Published on Thursday, September 22, 2011 Like

Making Imaginary Worlds by Following Instructions

The children were given the Learning Question (LQ) "Can you follow some instructions to make an imaginary world to play with?" They chose the type of 'world' they wanted to construct and then took the instructions for it. Working as a team, they sorted out who was going to do what and how their 'world' was going to be made ... it was wonderful to see and the finished settings were amazing. :)

Comment By Shalean (Nicholas's mum) 

Very creative on the imaginative worlds that the children have made! Good job 1S ^O^

Published on Thursday, September 22, 2011 Like

Comment By Michelle Finnigan 

I am looking to do a similar thing with my Year 6 class and I came across your worlds. They are fantastic and I shall be showing them to the Year 6 children at Warminster Prep School in Wiltshire, England.

Published on Wednesday, February 06, 2013 Like

Height Ordering

As a part of their mathematical learning, the children were asked the Learning Question (LQ) ... "In a small group, can you put yourselves into height order? Can you then use the special maths words to label each person?"

The special maths words were, tallest, taller than, shorter than and shortest.

They had to work independently to work out who was the tallest and the shortest in their group and then put everyone into the correct height order. Once this was done they had to label each other ... they did really well! :)

Comment By Mihiro 5O (Taisuke`s sister) 

It looks like everyone is having a lot of fun!

Published on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Like

Senses Poetry

The children have been focussing on their senses for the past couple of weeks and have been on walks around the school as well as sampling the delights of smelling, tasting and feeling investigations! This week we asked them the Learning Question (LQ) ... "Can you use your knowledge of what you have seen on your sight walk to help us write a class poem together?"

To help the children with this we used a poem called "The Sight Catcher" which we read together. Using the structure of this poem, and borrowing the beginning and ending of the original, we worked together as a class to create our own 'masterpiece'! We hope you enjoy the children's version, which is called "The Sight Catcher". 

The Sight Catcher - by 1S.

 A stranger called this morning,

Dressed all in black and grey,

Put every sight into a bag

And carried them away:

The propeller of the fan blowing the wind around,

The beautiful and colourful flowers and trees,

The blue water of the swimming pool that is lovely and cool to swim in,

The yummy food in the canteen with signs and colours to help us choose,

Colourful birds flying high in the sky, landing in trees and on the ground,

Wooden tables to sit at, while you eat your delicious food.

A stranger called this morning,

He did not leave his name,

He left us no sights anywhere,

Life will never be the same.

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1S Foot Spa!

The children enjoyed using their sense of touch today by putting their feet into a variety of things - feathers, cornflakes, porridge, beads, baked beans and macaroni!

They were asked to think carefully about some words that they would use to describe what they were touching and what it felt like; these are recorded in the table below:

Comment By Luca (Olympia's Brother) 

Everyone looks like they enjoyed the foot spa!!

Published on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Like

Comment By Shalean (Nicholas's mom) 

The foot spa looks like a lot of fun :) Nicholas said I like the feathers & beads the most because it's not yucky! Very brave 1S!

Published on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Like

Comment By Variya 8A 

I wish I could do that! It looks fun!

Published on Friday, September 16, 2011 Like

Comment By Ben Lonc 50 (Bella's brother) 

I think the feathers would tickle!

Published on Thursday, September 29, 2011 Like