The Arctic!
The boys have settled back into the term well and have had a splendid week!
We started our new topic on ‘The Arctic’ which has been thoroughly enjoyed thus far. During Humanities lessons, the boys located the Arctic Circle and Arctic Ocean on a map. They went on to determine fact from fiction using statements based on life in the Arctic. We then delved deeper into what the term ‘Inuit’ means and discussed what Inuit homes, diet, transport and clothing are like.
Our English lessons have followed on from the work completed in Humanities lessons. The boys enjoyed listening to the book ‘Ice Bear’ by Nicola Davies. They used the facts that they had learnt from the text to create their own fact files about polar bears! It has also been lovely to see the boys’ wonderful Show and Tells on artic animals!
Science lessons saw the boys learning about what a light source is and Maths focused on the boys being able to represent numbers using base 10 materials. They were able to use place value to compare two or three numbers and determine which number is bigger or smaller.
Art was centred around the boys designing a puppet based on an Arctic animal, we look forward to seeing what they make next week! We were also very fortunate to have a visit from Suzi Hutchins from ‘Sit With Will’. She came in to train the boys for taking on the role of ‘Wellbeing Warriors’ and ‘Mindfulness Ambassadors’. It was an extremely insightful session where the boys were able to identify, accept and manage feelings. The boys were focused and calm, remaining engaged throughout.
Congratulations to all of the boys in 1W for their tremendous performances for our poetry competition. I am incredibly proud of each and everyone of you for your hard work, dedication and impressive performances. Each boy presented with passion and real gusto, very well done boys!
