Month: May 2017

Dear boys

It is such a pleasure to read your class blog and to see all the exciting activities you have been doing.  I enjoyed looking at your photos of Welly Time this week.  I also wanted to say a special thank you for bringing your wonderful class book, ‘Would You Rather…’ to read to 1TD.  You have inspired them to write their own class book!

Well done, from Mrs Turk

The British Coin Mosaic Challenge takes place on Friday 9^th June, celebrating Lochinver at 70.

Well done to the boys who have already brought in coins for our jar. We need lots more British coins to fill it to the top.

Shields will be awarded to the class that raises the most money and for the best mosaic.

Money raised will go to the Head Boys’ charities.

 

 

 

We enjoyed our Welly Time session this morning, which took place over in the pond eco area.

The boys started by taking a ‘reflective’ walk. They then sat quietly on mats, at a distance from each other. After, they were able to reflect on the experience and say how they felt to be sitting alone, what they heard etc.

Next, they collected items that interested them from the ground to create tissue art. These were added to a large piece of tissue paper painted with glue. We placed another sheet of tissue over the top. Our tissue artwork looked fabulous once dry.  

At the end of the session, the boys were invited to say one new thing that they had discovered.

Here are some photos of the session,

 

You could try creating tissue art at home too.

Here are the instructions,

 

Tissue Art

Collect things that interest you from the ground.

Add to large piece of tissue paper painted with glue.

Place another sheet of tissue over the top.

Leave to dry.

The boys loved reading their ‘Would you rather’ class book to siblings and cousins in Reception this afternoon.

We are enjoying having the responsibility of watering our Gardening Club plants.

   

Please try these ‘Time Facts’ questions at home and comment with your answers.

1. There are _____ seconds in a minute.

2. There are _____ minutes in an hour.

3. There are _____ hours in a day.

4. There are _____ days in a week.

5. There are _____ days in a fortnight.

6. There are ___, ___, ___ or ___ days in a month.

7. There are _____ days in a year.

8. There are _____ days in a leap year.

9. There are _____ weeks in a year.

10. There are _____ months in a year.

11. There are _____ years in a decade.

12. There are _____ years in a century.

13. There are _____ years in a millennium.

Counting the months on your knuckles and the grooves between your knuckles is a nifty trick that we learnt at school. Ball your hands into fists and place them together. You can also use your knuckles to remember the number of days in each month.

To start, ball both your hands into fists. Then, hold both your fists in front of your face. Push your two balled fists together, so your two thumbs and two index fingers touch.

Count the months working with your knuckles and grooves. You should start with January at the leftmost knuckle. You will count the months by moving across your fists, counting each knuckle and groove as a month.

• Start with the outermost knuckle on your left hand. This is the knuckle made by your left pinky. This is January.
• Move to the groove just to the right of your leftmost knuckle. This is the groove between the knuckles made by your left pinky and ring finger. This is February.
• Keep moving across your two hands, naming each knuckle and groove the name of a different month.

Do not count the knuckles on your thumbs. When you reach the knuckle made by your left index finger, move immediately to the knuckle made by your right index finger. Do not count your thumb knuckles, or the gap between your hands.

• The knuckle made by your left index finger should be July. The knuckle made by your right index finger should be August.

Remember that months that land on a knuckle have 31 days. The months that land on your knuckles are January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. All these months have 31 days.

Understand months that land on a groove have 30 days, excluding February. The months that land on the grooves of your knuckles should be February, April, June, September, and November. These months all have 30 days.

• If you do not end up with these months landing on your grooves, you may have done the trick wrong. You may have accidentally skipped a knuckle or groove in the process, or accidentally counted the gap between your hands. Try starting over and going slower this time.

Today, we enjoyed writing our own ‘Would you rather…’ class book in the style of John Burningham.

John Burningham is an English author and illustrator of over thirty books, especially picture books for young children. .

Can you write additional pages at home and comment with your ideas?

1. How many days are in January?
2. What day of the week is 17th January?
3. What day of the week is 29th January?
4. How many Mondays are in January?
5. How many Wednesdays are in January?
6. How many days are there in a year?
7. What is the date of Boxing Day?
8. Which months have thirty days?
9. Can you explain what happens during a leap year?
10. When is your birthday?

Please comment with your answers.

Thank you

 

 

We were so lucky to have a cuddle with some of our school chicks this afternoon. The boys were very calm and gentle as they held each chick. Well done, boys!