Willows
Welcome to Willows Class!
Willows class is our Year 1/2 class taught by Miss Jakeman. We also have the fantastic Mrs Ellis with us.
This half term, our topic is 'Ship Ahoy!'. The theme of ships and explorers is woven into our lessons from our English lessons where we explore 'The Pirate Cruncher', an engaging story all about Captain Purplebeard and his greedy, treasure-hungry crew who ignore warnings and sail to a mysterious island. In our History lessons, we will learn about the explorer Christopher Colombus and discuss whether he was a brave hero or a controversial figure. We also look at significant historical events such as the Moon Landing and key figures such as Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan – the women who helped build NASA. For Geography this half-term, we learn about the various continents as we look at where different explorers travelled to.
Within this term, in Food Technology, we discuss what an explorer would have in their packed lunch and in Art, we will be studying the artist Kandinsky to help us build our understanding of colour mixing. In Science, we will be comparing and grouping together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties. We will be working scientifically to explore which materials ar waterproof and could be used on a ship.
We will also be performing The Nativity play before the Christmas holidays!
Autumn 1:
In Autumn 1, our topic was Ocean Explorers! We used the books 'Someone Swallowed Stanley' and 'Dear Greenpeace' to develop our understanding of the oceans and progress our writing. We found out all about the layers of the ocean and the different creatures you will find in each layer.
A highlight for Willows this half term was learning 'The Harvest Samba' for the Harvest Festival. We came up with lots of fun actions and even went to the local church to perform it to the parents.
Another standout moment was our trip to the Deep. As well as looking at all the incredible underwater creatures, we took part in a workshop all about Saving Our Oceans.
