This Week Year One have been working in maths on their coin recognition and using this learning to pay for items.
Money/Arian
Evacuation Rap
In groups, we have been learning the ‘Evacuation Rap’.
I wanna tell you a story about evacuation
I found myself at Knighton station.
Dressed in my best with my coat and tag
And a few little essentials in my bag.
We arrived at the station hungry and tired
My head was buzzing I felt I was wired
We all lined up and went down the lane
And that’s when my heart began to cry in pain,
I didn’t want to go and leave my mum,
I wish that this war could soon be won
A new home and family lay ahead
And here is the day that I now dread.
Would they treat me nice
Would they be so kind
Will it be tidy
Guess I really don’t mind
Story making with Peter/Gwneud Stori gyda Peter
We had a great time with Peter. We worked with him to create our own journey stories based on ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and ‘Loopy Luna and the Hula Hoop.’
Erupting Volcano!
We investigated what happens when a volcano erupts.
We enjoyed the challenges during PE
Whose shield is it?
Today we investigated a shield. We needed to investigate who it belonged to and what was important about the person.
Problem solved! We found out that it belonged to King Arthur! What a discovery it was!
Research, research and more research....
After meeting Daisy at the train station we went back to class and used historical sources such as newspapers, books, photographs and letters to help us work in our mantle groups to complete our mind maps about what we want to find out this term about evacuees in World War Two.
Jesus visits Jerusalem
We made palm leaves and role-played Jesus entering Jerusalem, We shouted “Hooray for Jesus!”
Planning for Spring 2023-Journey
We discussed the story ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. Following this we created our own magical world using resources from the classroom on the carpet. Then we talked about different journeys we could take using different transports. We worked in groups to create freeze frames of these journeys.
Evacuees arrive in Knighton!
Children in Jac-Y-Do and Gwennol met Daisy at the train station in Knighton. Daisy was an evacuee and she had just arrived in Knighton from Liverpool. She had been sent to Knighton during World War 2 to keep her safe from the German bombing in Liverpool.
The children will be studying the theme of the journeys made by evacuees to Knighton during World War 2 through the Mantle of the Expert approach to the new curriculum.
Miss Rees and Mrs Fielding would be very interested in hearing from you if you have any information regarding evacuees during World War 2. Their email addresses are:
Mrs Fielding – MorrisJ313@hwbcymru.net
Miss Rees – reesl544@hwbcymru.net
Diolch