Maths Week and 3 bottles of Ketchup

Maths Week

What an exciting week at school we have had. We've been revisiting all the skills we have learnt this year so far and applying to the theme of a fun fair. We used our counting in multiples skills to find out the scores of children who played hook a duck, whack a rat and coconut shy.

 Counting in 2s to find out how many points they won.

Counting in 10s to find out how many points they won. 

Counting in 5s to find out how many points they won.

We designed our own funfair using positional language to inform the perfect placement of the  attractions.

See if you can have a go at this one at home. 

Maths week came to a climax on Thursday when Miss Pratchett hosted the Sandridge School Maths Fun Fair. 

 The Year 6s helped us to total scores when playing darts.

Crazy Golf - place the tennis ball into an arch way to score points. Here's a video of it being expertly done. 10 points for year 1!!!

and here is Miss Morris having a bit of fun with the time lapse.

Speedway - How far can you make the car travel, the further it travels the more points you earn.

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Bean Bag Toss - The closer the hoop, the lower the score, aim for the furthest and smallest hoop; score more!

Hoopla - throw the coit? coyt? Googled it = Quoits. 

Well that doesn't make sense phonetically at all. Throw the quoit onto the bottles to gain the points written on them.

 

9 points for Year 1!!!

FINGERS CROSSED FOR FRIDAY WHEN THEY REVEAL THE WINNING CLASS AND CHILD IN EACH CLASS.

Previously in maths we were looking at place value, how number lines work.

Measurement

We can compare different lengths using scaffolded sentences such as
____ is shorter than ____.  ____ is longer than ____. 

We also know length is measuring in cm.

We can compare different weights using scaffolded sentences such as
____ is lighter than ____.  ____ is heavier than ____.

"The pencil pot is lighter."

"The scissors are lighter"

"The 100g weight is heavier than the scissors"

 "These crayons are lighter."

"Jigsaw jack weighs less than this thing."

"The rubbers are lighter."

"I think even if we had 10 rubbers, they wouldn't be as heavy as the weight."

"We found something that weighs the same."

We kept the fun of maths week rolling by having a Queen related mystery/problem solving. Someone has been messing with the Queen. But it's OK, Year 1 have been on the case to solve the problems she's been having this week.

First a jewel from her crown goes missing.

Then someone had the cheek to steal her favorite corgi!!! 

 I wonder what will happen to her next week... maybe something to do with capacity... Just a guess, but what would I know.

Science
To celebrate maths week we conducted a science investigation  To link to our science topic of materials we tested the viscosity of different brands of ketchup. Is value ketchup just as good as the big names? Is posh ketchup over priced or worth it? 

First we gathered everything we knew about ketchup, using our best scientific vocabulary.

Then after observing the ketchup we made a prediction into which ketchup would be the best for coating a chip. Heinz was a very popular choice as it's what we know, and surely someone who has been making the same sauce since 1869 (other brands of tomato sauce are avaliable.)

We thought about variables, all the things we could be testing and to make it a fair test by only changing one variable. We decided we should squirt the sauce onto the same surface, it wouldn't be fair to expect one to roll down a vertical board, while another has to blob down Adam R's trouser leg, so the first variable we kept the same was the surface.
Then we had a chat about the amount of sauce. If we put a gallon of ketchup out for one and just a tiny flick for another that wouldn't be fair, so the second variable we kept the same was the capacity of ketchup. Then the final variable we would leave alone was the length of time we keep them vertical for, the same amount of time, we agreed on one minute. Leaving only the brand of ketchup to change.

Shall we get on with it now.

 First we tested the popular Heinz sauce, which traveled 11 cubes.

 Then the cheap stuff traveled 10 cubes.

 Then the posh stuff also traveled 10 cubes.

It was a shock to all of us how they performed, well apart from the 4 children in the class who had faith in the cheap ketchup from the start.

Just to be sure we had done it correctly, we had a race, all three sauces at the same time. Heinz still a lot more watery than the other 2, but this time it showed the posh ketchup given a longer time could be almost as fluid.

 Then just to be sure we tested them in the correct context. Miss Morris saved a chip from her school dinner and with the help of the children dipped a chip in each.

We had differing opinions again when it came to which looked the most appetizing with 4 children of the class voting for Heinz, 6 chose the cheap ketchup and the remaining 17 liked the look of the posh ketchup most.

We wrote up the investigation using a fancy new format.

 By Noah

 I love the reason why the cheap ketchup was the best in this one, gloopy, such a great way to describe some thick liquid.

 By Elsie

 Absolutely, if it didn't travel down the board, it won't travel off a chip and stain your t shirt.

By Jennie

Music

In music lessons we've been learning about keeping in time to the beat, recognising different volumes, differentiating between high or low pitch sounds. Here's a demonstration of a beat pattern that sounds like this

and another beat pattern that sounds like this  

This week we enjoyed listening to some performances of music. Some bizarre renditions of pop music, by a band called Walk off the Earth.

We had quite an interesting discussion about the different sounds we could hear - Were they high pitch or low pitch? Where was that particular sound coming from? How had they made that sound? 

We even had a go at listening out for the beats, and wrote out the pattern it made then performed by patting out legs, clicking and clapping. Then we lost out minds at the cymbal playing, you'll see.

Hello

Shape of you - watch out 3.06. AWESOME!!!

Cheerleader

Royals

Gymnastics

We've been very fortunate to have an external coach in to teach us gymnastics. We have been making progress towards our gymnastics badges. To achieve a bronze we need to be able to perform:

• A log roll
• A pencil jump
• Bent knees when landing
• A base balance held for 3 seconds
• A point balance held for 3 seconds

Can you spot anyone demonstrating these skills?

A row of tuck jumps.  A line of straddle jumps.  Jumping off larger apparatus.

Art & DT

As part of our DT unit, we are making strong structures, so we had some exploration time to find out what would be the best building material.

History

We learnt about the queens crown, and all the different types of jewelry in the Tower of London. Then made some crowns of our own.

Certificates

Merit

12.01.18 - Keenan & Adam R

19.01.18 - Jasmine & Isla

26.01.18 - Lily & Aaron

02.02.18 - Millie & Jennie

Phonics

12.01.18 - Lucia

19.01.18 - Alyssa

26.01.18 - Hooriya

02.02.18 - Jack

Presentation

12.01.18 - Nathaniel

19.01.18 - Nathan

26.01.18 - Noah

02.02.18 - Lucia

Star Writer

12.01.18 -  Adam A

19.01.18 - Erin

26.01.18 - Kaysie

New Displays

Our new SPaG Super Heroes!!!

By Erin

 By Eesah

 By Hugh

 By Alyssa

 By Keenan

By Safiyah

By Nathaniel

 By Jasmine

 By Lucia

By Miss Morris 

(comments produced by the children)

Mistake Monster
A new guest to our room, the Mistake Monster. To chew up our mistakes so we don't have to worry about them anymore. But gives us a good opportunity to learn from other people's mistakes.

What a fun week!!!

I don't know about you but I feel like this week has flown by!!! Must have been all the fun things we've been learning about.

On Monday we had a great day with our teddies. They made sure we were on our best behaviour, because did you know? Teddies don't know how to behave at school. They've never been before and certainly not into Year One. So we showed them how it's done. 

Maths

In maths we've been going of what makes up numbers. What does 23 actually stand for. Now we know that the 2 is in the tens column and it doesn't mean 2 at all. It stands for 20. or 2 ten sticks if we're using base 10. The 3 is in the ones column or the units column (It means the same thing). The 3 is worth 3 cubes if we're using base 10. We also know this is a 2-digit number, made up of 2 digits to make 1 number. 

We're also learning that if you switch the digits over, it makes a completely different number. so if we mean twenty-three, we must write it as a 2 then a 3, like this 23.

Here are some numbers we made using base 10. Can you guess what numbers these are?

We showed the value of numbers by representing 10 as a block and units as dots to make numbers under 50.

We started comparing numbers today. Which numbers are big or great numbers, which are small or less numbers. We watched a funky and catchy song about the number gator to help us learn a new concept.

The number gator  likes to eat the greater number 12 < 48

So we had a go at playing a game of number gators.

In pairs each person rolled a die and wrote it on their whiteboard. Then they had to compare the two numbers to decide which was greater. After that, they could make a gator symbol to gobble up the larger number.

Sometimes there was a conundrum to be solved as both people rolled the same number! What are the odds!!! But these 2 girls knew just what to do, they made an equal symbol to say that the numbers were equal to each other, they were the same, so one couldn't be greater or less than the other.

 AGAIN? You're pulling my leg, surely.

Here's a fun comparing game I found, learning how to use the < > symbols.

Computing
On Friday afternoons, we've been thinking about how to use the internet safely, by going over the SMART rules.

So far we have learnt to be weary of what we accept on the internet such as, 

• friend requests from people we don't know. 
• emails from people we don't know.
• attachments we haven't asked for.
• terms and conditions we haven't read....

We know that we should delete things we're unsure off, kiss goodbye webpages we don't like the look of and ask adults for help about anything we aren't sure of.

This week we learnt about reliable sources of information. Miss Morris had her wires crossed and believed that the moon was made of cheese. Boy was I wrong. We used 3 websites to double check the theory. Then just to be sure, we borrowed some non-fiction space books from Miss Pratchett to see if books could teach us about the moon so we could find out the true about its material.

We found out that Mr Sherwood doesn't have a secret identity as Mr Smith by asking him to tell us the truth about his name. So it's good to double, maybe even triple check your information using a variety of sources.

Then afterwards we played on prodigy. Don't they look like a bunch of hamsters all packed into the reading corner together. Bit of a contradiction there.

Happy New Year!

It's 2018, a fresh start and what a great first day! The children were beautifully behaved, in a zombie-ish quiet kind of way. I Think some fingers have been dying to wrap themselves around a pencil because they all did some great writing using capital letters and full stops.

It's great to be back, but this wasn't the main reason why I'm updating the blog. It was more of a heads up about a few upcoming events.

This half term, we will be learning about Kings and Queens. 

I wanted to mold it towards the children's interests. No point in learning about beheadings when really they wanted to learn about the family tree. So I've asked them to go home and have a think this weekend, maybe do a bit of pre-research about Kings and Queens and things associated with this era.

Things we have already come up with are:

• The Current Queen and her family
• Tales of Dragons and Knights
• Coats of arms
• Shields, helmets and swords
• Maybe even host a banquet/dress up day at the end of the half term, with mead (apple juice).

Have a little think about it and write a few bullet points of what you would like to learn about, maybe something you have found in a book, or some research you have found out using search engines.

Lois has already done some research into the Queen's corgis. She found out names of her previous dogs but was left wanting more. What are the names of her Corgis now? 
Then Mrs Ivory had an amazing idea... Why not write to the Queen and ask her? Let's do that!!!

English

In English next week we will be reading a story about a girl who loses her teddy whilst helping Dad with some chores in town. So that we can recreate our own lost teddy story the week after. On Monday I'd like the children to bring in a soft toy of their own so that it can feature on the front cover of their story. We will be talking in pairs about our teddy; why we chose to bring this one in, where did we get it from, what it feels like, what is our soft toy called, what adventures have you been on together.

Miss Morris will also be bringing in a teddy of her own and will tell the story of the time she left it on the bus. 

PE kits

Not sure if the message has got around to everyone, but tomorrow is Friday and therefore is PE day. We will no longer be doing yoga as a regular weekly thing anymore, instead this slot will be our gymnastics time, where the children will work towards their Bronze and maybe even their Silver badge award. So get practicing those forward rolls and tuck jumps.

Maths

In maths this very short week we've been recapping about place value. We have played on a game called pop the penguin as a class. "It's sooo fun" says Eesah. Have a little try of this at the weekend if you like. We've mostly been focusing on 2 digit numbers, with the odd dabble of 3 digit numbers. There is a mini game however where you have to do addition with regrouping, I've been completing that round for them because it's kind of tricky. see how you go.