A big congratulations to Renee and Dylan from 1e as they were awarded their Determined Pins this week!
Dylan is always opening his heart to others and has been very determined to grow his writing and reading. Renee is always ready to learn with a positive attitude and gives excellent eye contact!
You are both fantastic determined year 1 role models! Well Done!
1e were very lucky to go to Forest School at Rushmere this week!
We wrapped up warm and headed for the woods. We learnt lots about trees, and played a game in partners where we took in turns to be blindfolded and had to feel the tree to describe it, was it smooth or rough? Did it have lots of branches? Was it thin or big?
We also learnt how to tell the age of a tree! We had a go at counting the rings inside the tree!
After warming up and having a snack in the visitor centre, we used the sticks we had collected to make different shapes. We were even challenged to make a pentagon!
Finally, we did a quiz. All the answers were numbers, for example how many legs does a spider have? We created a number line using all the numbers!
It was really fun learning outside in the woods!
In assembly today Mrs Higginbottom talked to us about what it meant to be Brooklands boys and girls. We thought about the qualities we need to have to be part of the Brooklands team and what we would need to do to Open, Grow and Believe.
Some of the words we came up with were:
Learning zone 4 or 5
High well being
Reciprocal relationships
Gotcha smiles
Open dialogues
Growing our relationships
Good eye contact
Believing in ourselves, others and our team
If you get a chance to, maybe your children could talk to you about what they have done at school today to Open, Grow & Believe.
Congratulations to Sarina in class 1e who was awarded her Determined Pin today! Sarina is a great year 1 role model who always opens her heart to others by helping her friends take their next steps in their learning! Sarina has also been very determined to grow her own learning, especially in reading! It was lovely to share this achievement with her family!
I wonder who will be the first determined pin in 2016!?
Here is the Countess Way year 1 Christmas home learning for our new project in January, Up, Up and Away:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vgs2i0ifRvc84nTDPh4r3UX7roryRmWWD9MEDwvWjHk/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for all your support this term, we hope you all have a lovely Christmas/ holiday and look forward to seeing you all in the new year!
Year 1 team
The Determined pins keep on coming in class 1e as we awarded two more to very determined year 1’s. This week Olivia and Emily both achieved their pins by being very determined in every aspect of Open, Grow and Believe. It was lovely to celebrate your achievements with your families. Well done on being so determined and being great Year 1 role models!
Year 1e have been growing their knowledge of trees this week- we read the story the Giving Tree to start thinking about all the different things that trees give us! We have been collecting lots of facts, which we will use to write an Acrostic Poem! Acrostic poems were a bit tricky at first, but we have been very determined and we are starting to get the hang of them now!
We have also been thinking about what we can give to other people, so far we have come up with:
Presents
Gotcha Smile
Love
Friendship
Eye contact
Listening ears
Cuddles
We have also been focussing on Peer Reviewing our work in trios, using success criterias to gold things that have been done well and we have even had a go at giving some next steps. We are really helping each other to grow our learning!
Year 1 on Countess Way had great fun making decorations for our christmas tree yesterday afternoon! A massive thank you to all the parents and siblings who came to join in the festive fun with us. It was lovely to see everyone working in partnership and the results were amazing! The classroom was covered in glitter, glue and cotton wool but our tree looks incredible and represents our year group perfectly!
Well done Year 1!
Well done to Latoya in year 1e who achieved her Determined pin today! Latoya always has a positive attitude to her learning and is always offering to help other people. She has been very determined to grow her reading and her writing this term! It was fantastic to share your achievement with your family!
