Worm Farm:  

1IS and 1MO had a visit to our school's Worm Farm in Week 2. We learnt about their importance to the environment and how they support us in making sustainable choices. Each class in the school has a compost bin which we use to collect our compost and feed it to the worms. Once they have broken down the food waste, it will be used as fertilizer for our school vegetable garden. We even got to hold them!   

1RC and 1NI will have their visit in Week 4 this term. 

Writing 

We have begun looking at imaginative narratives. It is exciting using our imaginations to create fun and interesting stories!  

We have started looking at how to create a character, describe a setting and structure our narratives. To create a character, we started by drawing a picture of them. We then brainstormed what their likes and dislikes were as well as used interesting words to describe their physical appearance.  

When introducing the setting of our narratives, we used our five senses to describe what it looks like, smells like, sounds like, tastes like and feels like.  

To develop an engaging narrative, we are following the ‘uh-oh...UH-OH...Phew!” structure to set up our stories. We are learning that engaging narratives need to have a character that wants something, but there’s a problem. Their narrative then follows the character trying to solve the problem and then ends with a positive resolution.  

HASS  

In our family unit, we have been investigating technology from the past and how people communicated with each other. We looked at some old phones and cameras and compared them to what we use in the present. After discussing this and revisiting our learning from last term, we considered if we would rather be a child in the past or the present.  

Technology 

In Technology, we have been developing our skills and independence with using the iPads. We are using the iPads to access Epic and listen to some books being read to us. This enables us to hear our books being read to us as we are looking at the words. We are also building our confidence and skills by posting our work and completing tasks on Seesaw.