Monday 15th June 2020
Hello KS1 parents, carers and children,
Newsletter number 11! This week many of the teachers have been preparing exciting lessons to welcome some year 1 children back to school next week. We’ve also been working hard on lessons for September for any more children that we can have back at school.
This week also saw our first key stage 1 quiz. Our quizmaster was Mrs Tivey and we had 4 rounds – Science and Nature/Disney/Animals and Food. Mrs Allsopp and baby Freya joined us too. Freya seemed to love her first quiz and was very calm and quiet! Many of your teachers and their children joined too. I think it was all too much for Mrs Parveen’s son, who fell asleep! And I can announce the winner was…… Drum roll please… Mrs Ashford!. She is now going to write our next quiz. We can’t wait! I’ve also had some lovely photos sent to me from our wonderful children. Callum’s animal balloons made me smile and Mohammed Aahil has been using time in lockdown to learn his prayers and pray 5 times a day. How grown up!
This week, I’ve decided to look at holidays. I know we won’t be going on any this year so I thought it might be nice to have a look at where in the world your teachers have visited. Have a look at the photo album to see your teachers all over the world. It’s so important to learn about the world around us, it’s called CULTURAL CAPITAL. This week we’ve decided to ‘Take One City’. I’ve chosen New York, this is where Mrs Ferguson went on holiday last year. I’ll be honest I also love being nosey and having a look at the team’s holiday photos!
Have a go at the activities and remember to take photographs or keep what you make so we can see when you are back at school.
Take One City
Look at this picture. I love a ‘busy’ picture and talking about what we can see!
Have a go at the activities in the grid below that link to this city picture.
Design and technology |
Geography Aim higher: If you can use the internet, go onto Google Earth and explore New York. Use the street view and see what you can find. |
Talking
3) What’s the weather like? How do you know? 4) What season do you think it might be? How do you know? 5) What does the word ‘tourist’ mean? Have a look at the bus with the open top. What do you think those tourists are doing?
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Art
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Take One City New York City
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Literacy The alarm clock rang out so loudly that I jumped!! It was so early in the morning but today was different!. I leapt out of bed, bursting with excitement. Finally, the day had arrived when we were going on holiday! All our suitcases were packed. Unfortunately, I think I had over packed because I could hardly lift mine. We got dressed, brushed our teeth and got into the car. Wait a minute…… Have we all got our passports? Check! It was a long drive to the airport so I had a nap, but at last we have arrived. The airport was bustling with people everywhere. At last, it was time to board the plane and find our seats. |
Research
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General Knowledge In England we say pavement, in America they say sidewalk.
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Share this story…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnNPai4pdk.
Look at the above video on YouTube. It’s a short story to share with children about how we can still enjoy spending time with our friends but just a little bit further away!
Take care, stay safe and well and enjoy spending time together!
The KS1 team!