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Friday is our favourite day in Year 1 for many reasons, mainly because it is our P.E day! The children have been changing themselves independently and learning how to find a space. Some children are extremely fast at getting changed which means they can help those who maybe have their shoes on the wrong feet. Our first game is a game to develop recognising colours, balance and taking turns. Please remember to send your child's P.E kit to school, we will send it home at half-term.
Today P2/3 had the first of our Mandarin Chinese lessons by Sun. We learned all about the Mid-Autumn festival which is being celebrated now around the time of the full moon. The Chinese people celebrate this festival by eating ‘Moon cake’. We got to decorate our own. Have a look!
Today p2/3 had the opportunity to listen to a talk on recycling by Yvonne from Derry/Strabane council. We learned about all the different materials which can be recycled in our blue bins and what the recycled materials can be made into.
Today Sun came to teach us Mandarin. She told us a bit about herself and taught us about the Mid-Autumn festival held in China. We know that moon cake is ate to celebrate this festival and beautiful dances are performed about the moon. Sun gave us our own moon cakes to decorate and colour in, it was great fun!
Each Thursday Year 1 get the opportunity to engage in outdoor play along with Mrs Pollock and Mrs Gregson's class. We have so much fun making use of our fantastic resources. Some children have brought along waterproof clothing and wellies, what a great idea! Take a look at a few of our photos.
Bosco (an electronic engineer) will be visiting our class every Friday for six weeks. During this time we will be building a Lego robot. We will also be learning how to program our robots. Look out for photographs coming soon!
On Friday 7th September our class went to Melvin in Strabane to take part in a Rugby Blitz organised by Strabane Rugby Club. There were over three hundred children taking part. We took part in lots of fun activities and had a great day!
On Thursday we loved doing practical maths stations. In our groups we rotated round different stations of games and activities. We have been learning to double numbers, round, multiply and divide.
Who said there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo?
We had fun making masks of the different characters in our topic book ‘The Gruffalo’. Have a look!
We have really been enjoying our current class novel Charlotte’s web. Today we read chapter 7 where poor Wilbur was told that he was being fattened up so he could be turned into ham! We then got into groups of 3 and acted this chapter out. We got into character as Charlotte, Wilbur and The sheep. Check out some of our videos!
