Every Thursday afternoon the children have the opportunity to practise their ICT skills which includes logging onto our online evidence based learning sites; Sumdog and Spelling Shed. Some of the children are able to access these sites from home however this session also supports those children who do not have access outside of school. The children love competing against each other and like to see the scores at the end of the session. The children are shown how to securely log on and log off onto our shared area and gain understanding of how to use the computer safely.
Maths Bar Models
This morning some of the Year 2 children have been exploring inverse operations in numeracy. They have been looking at bar models and how they demonstrate that subtraction is the opposite of addition. The children were even able to make their own bar models to demonstrate this.
Maths Mastery
The children this morning were checking on Mr Cuthbertson’s work balancing problems. They were set the task of using their number squares to check that both sides of the number problem were equal. They then had to sort the problems into a “True” (correct) and “False” (incorrect) group. It seems Mr Cuthbertson really needs to practise his maths.
Inspiration for the next generation of engineers
Firstly we watched a video by the engineers at Dyson. Engineering is all about problem solving and researching and developing ideas for new products and ways of improving existing ones. Engineers usually begin their ideas by building prototypes using cardboard, when cardboard is used in the right way it can be very strong. We used cardboard and newspapers to begin the challenge. Some of our designs were more successful than others but everyone was highly engaged and everyone had a brilliant afternoon. Excellent team work Class 6 – well done!
Ancient Egypt and STEM
The children have been completing some STEM work linked in with our topic on Ancient Egypt. They were required to make the coffin of Tutankhamun using the net provided. This was a challenging task requiring close observational skills, problem solving skills and some teamwork. Where children had difficulties they were able to observe each other and make adjustments. All children were able to achieve this task. I’m sure that you will agree that the final results are great!
Strategies for emotional management
Today the children have been learning all about managing their emotions. In their mixed age groups they talked about how emotions can sometimes get the better of you. We then discussed a range of strategies to help us to calm down in situations that make us angry or sad. We talked about “sticky hands”, “tense and relax”, “stretching” and “positive self talk” and then practised these. Finally the children made posters about their chosen strategy. Children that can self-regulate their emotions are better learners and our children certainly showed that today.
Independent Learning Afternoons
The children in Year 2 have been showing their creative side during their independent learning time. They have tasks that they must complete relating to the current topic. This week they have been sorting food into food groups, recreating Egyptian landmarks and painting Egyptian gods. The children are expected to take photographs as evidence for their books. I’m sure that you will agree that they have done a fantastic job.
Emotional Intelligence – Recognising Emotions
17/09/18
Friday saw the return of our mixed classes focusing on elements of emotional intelligence, growth mindset, meta-cognition and thinking skills. This session was focused on emotional intelligence and in particular recognising emotions in others as well as our own emotions. After some discussion about various emotions and what they look like, the children were set the task of roleplaying various scenarios, considering the emotions involved. Finally the children made selfies of what they think their facial expression would be in various situations. Learning such skills help the children to work in teams effectively and show empathy to others.
Teamwork
16/03/18
The children in Year 1 and Year 2 having been practising their teamwork today. First each group had a discussion about how we can work well in a team. Then the children spoke about what we need to do in school to learn and how to overcome challenges. Finally they got the chance to put this into practice in their challenge. The children had to work in a group of 4 to move the cups from a line of 6 into a pyramid formation without using their hands. Instead they had to use an elastic band with some string attached. The task required communication, perseverance and problem solving. As usual the children did a fantastic job.
Terrific Tales with Performing Arts students
We have had some Performing Arts students from Bishop Auckland College in school for the last 3 days doing some interesting activities working with children from all year groups including the Nursery.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- …
- 11
- Next Page »