In Year 1 we have had our geographer's hats on and having been learning about coastal areas and the things you might find there. In groups, the children labelled pictures with the different features they could see such as sand, cliffs, sea, pier, harbour, lighthouse, dunes and much more!
We had an awesome time on our whole school Science days! We learnt all about STEM skills and thought about which of these skills we might need in jobs that we would like to do when we're grown ups. Siddhi's mum came to visit us and taught us about the skills she uses as a pharmacist. She uses lots of different STEM skills.
We had great fun with a waterlily investigation, making predictions and observing what happened when we put a paper waterlily with closed up petals into a tray of water. The petals opened!
Then we did our own waterlily investigation in groups, changing one thing each. Groups chose to change the material of the waterlily, the type of liquid, the depth of the liquid or the shape of the waterlilies to see if this affected the time it took for the waterlily to open.
The children have been amazing scientists!
Continuing on our science day learning, we went outside for a minibeast hunt, looking for all sorts of beasties! We searched high and low, looking carefully on trees, under leaves and logs and in the long grass.
With our artist's hats on, we discovered the seascapes that the wonderful Rachel Bennett creates! In the immersion room, we shared what we liked about the paintings. Back in class we continued our discussion and wrote our thoughts and feelings about the paintings around images on sugar paper.
'I like this one because it makes me feel like I'm underwater.'
'I can see seaweed and waves crashing.'
'This is my favourite because it's like a beach. There is the sky and clouds, then the sea and the sand at the bottom.'
'I like this one because of the shades of blue that she has used.'
Paintings by Rachel Bennett
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