Welcome to India Class! Our teachers are Mrs. Ellice and Mrs. Harding. Our teaching assistant is Mrs. Thari.
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In Art, we have begun our painting unit. We practised our collaging skills to make a background of neutral colours. We learnt how to hold our paintbrush properly and to wash it carefully to keep our colours clean using the ‘dip, dip, dab’ technique. We used primary colours to paint blocks of colour onto our collage.
We have made a fantastic start to our new RE unit, exploring our big question: “What do my senses tell me about the world of religion and belief?”
We began our learning with a fun chocolate investigation, where we explored a bar of chocolate using our different senses. Some children used just one sense at a time, while another lucky volunteer got to experience the chocolate using all five senses!
We talked about what we could see, hear, smell, touch and taste, and thought carefully about how using our senses can change our experiences. We then discovered that in Hinduism, it is believed that using as many senses as possible can help people to have a richer experience when worshipping God.
It was a wonderful way to begin our unit and get us thinking about how our senses can help us understand the world around us, including different religions and beliefs.
And, of course, we ended the lesson by enjoying a piece of chocolate together, using all five of our senses!
What a wonderful start we have all had to Year 1! We have been so impressed by the children’s excellent behaviour, positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning. They have settled into their new routines beautifully and are already showing us what fantastic learners they can be.
In our Maths focus lessons, we have been exploring how we can sort and group objects by carefully considering their characteristics. We have worked with a range of objects, including cubes, plastic teddies and vehicles, and thought carefully about the different ways we could organise them. We sorted objects by colour, type and size, as well as coming up with our own creative ways to group them.
These activities have helped us to develop our observation, reasoning and classification skills, while encouraging us to explain our thinking and listen to the ideas of others.
We are incredibly proud of the way the children have begun their Year 1 journey and are looking forward to all the exciting learning ahead!