Y1 (2019/2020)

UOI As the children have been studying homes, with a focus on homes reflecting local culture, we went to visit a traditional Thai Home in Ban Chiang. The children found this absolutely fascinating and quite a contrast from their own homes. A great time was had by all. Khung's Mum with Awa. Certainly appreciated Khung's Mum and Dad's help on the field trip. Thank you! A very excited Khung. Awa and Amelia enjoying a tram ride. One very happy Ichi. Chris, another happy passenger. The children also engaged in an activity of making a house and placing inside the house people and things which are important to them. Chris proudly shows off his house. A very happy Khung with his house. Linux working hard on his backdrop for his Adobe Clay house. English A new sound the children learned this week was 'm'. We read a story from Japan called 'The Magic Mortar', aft...

Maths  Part of our focus this week in maths was odd and even numbers.  To consolidate what we have learned already about odd and even numbers the children had to sort the numbers and make number chains consisting of either odd number or even numbers. Khung shows off his odd number chain. Chris busy at work on his even number chain. Hugo extremely pleased with himself as he assembles his number chain. UOI Part of our ongoing investigation into homes and the materials used to build them, led us to investigate which materials were waterproof. The children thoroughly enjoyed testing and sorting different materials into waterproof and non-waterproof. English The letter of the week was 'n'. The children showed their creativity with their beautiful 'night' pictures they produced. The class has also begun to read and write simple words. In the picture below, Tanat is looking for the same word in each of 4 columns. Lin...

UOI This week saw the children delve even deeper into their Unit of Inquiry on homes.  The children were excited to see pictures of their own homes displayed on the wall.  However there was even more excitement when they worked together to build their own cardboard houses. As a class we have paired up with a Year 1 class in New York.  The children from New York sent a video asking questions about homes in Thailand.  We are planning to record our answers and also ask about homes in New York. A 'Before You Go,  What Do You Know', chart was introduced into the classroom this week to help the children reflect on what they had learned that day. English Linux illustrates a scene from the 'The Extraordinary Egg'. The letters of the week, this week were 'e' and 'n'. The children had the opportunity to examine a real ostrich egg before listening to the story 'The Extraordinary Egg', which they later illustrated. The sound ...