Latest News from Holbeach Primary School
In computing this half-term we will be programming bee bots. This week we have experimented with the different buttons and moving them around the carpet.
Can you remember what buttons are on the bee bot? Which one do you press to start your bee bot? What direction buttons are on the bee bot?
This week we are continuing to grow plants for our plant stall at the Summer Fair.
We looked at the lifecycle of a Sunflower and each planted some seeds.
For your home learning this week, we would like you to design a ‘How to look after your plant’ poster or leaflet.
It should contain information about how to look after a plant and you could include some pictures to help too.
Bring them in to school and we will make copies to give out with the plants that we sell at the Summer Fair on the 2nd of July.
It is fantastic to see our topic of ‘Let’s be Farmers’ really engaging the children. They have loved growing so much that they have brought in seeds from home to grow.
When eating fruit, the children collected the seeds to see what would grow in our outside area. They have been so patient during this busy half-term and we finally had some time this afternoon to plant those seeds! (If you were not in school today, we have saved your seeds for you.)
Year 1 have been so good at growing, I’m sure these seeds are going to grow really well.
We are looking forward to our Jubilee celebration lunch! Here are some photos of us in our Red, White and Blue.
Today 1S performed their class assembly. The children have been working really hard to practise their lines, learn songs and play the boomwhackers. There are some photos below.
Unfortunately, circumstances have meant that quite a lot of children missed our class assembly. Don’t worry, when we come back from the half-term we will film it for the blog.
This week we have been identifying 2D shapes and describing their properties. Watch the video below to remind yourself of the names of the shapes.
We went on shape hunt around the school to count how many shapes we could spot.
For your home learning this week, go on a 3D shape hunt.
3D Shapes I Know (solid shapes song- including sphere, cylinder, cube, cone, and pyramid) – YouTube
You can draw the shapes you see, write a list of the shapes or make a tally chart like the one below.
In Science we have been looking at trees and plants. As part of your home learning this week you will be getting a Tree Hunt sheet. Over the half term you could go on a walk around your local area/park to see how many different trees you can identify.
This week is the last in a busy half term so make sure you also take some time next week to relax and enjoy your time off. We look forward to seeing you all in June for the start of the next Summer Term!
We have had a very busy week so far in 1S, getting ready for our class assembly tomorrow and preparing for Friday’s celebration.
Don’t forget that on Friday we will be having a whole school picnic to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. We are also having a ‘Red, White and Blue Day’ where you can wear clothes of that colour.
We made bunting ready to celebrate. Can you guess where we got our inspiration from?
Today was our last tennis session. Unfortunately the wet weather meant that we had it in the hall rather than at the tennis courts. We still managed to practise lots of skills and enjoy our session.
Take a look at the pictures below to tell someone at home what activities you did today.
Here are our thoughts about our half-term of Tennis…
“It was fun and enjoyable” – Ida
“I enjoyed it because we practised tennis with the rackets.” – Bernado
“I enjoyed tennis today throwing the bean bag and the ball” – Ivy
“I like learning about tennis” – Lydia
“I like playing tennis because I love the volleying with the balls.” – Archie
“I liked it because we practised lots of different things and it was really fun” – Rae
“I like it because I like the activities. ” – Romilly
“I like tennis because it was so fun and we can learn different things” – Saanjana
“I liked it because we practised with the tennis rackets and got to send the ball back and our partners had to catch it.” – Almamy
“I like tennis because I like all the games that we played with a ball included in them.” – Rudy
This week we have been making observational drawings of fruit and next week we will be learning about where fruit comes from.
For your home learning this week have a go at some of the fruit themed activities below:
>Try a new fruit that you haven’t tried before – Draw a picture of it and record how it tasted and whether or not you liked it.
> Write a recipe for a fruit salad – What fruits will you include?
> Research where your favourite fruit comes from. Is it grown in the United Kingdom or somewhere else?
>Complete the fruit wordsearch.
Last week we were practising telling the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We also wrote the story and decided to read it to someone special!
The giant at the top of the school has been really grumpy recently (he’s usually a friendly giant!!). He has been so grumpy because he has had trouble sleeping. So we read him our stories and managed to send him to sleep!
