This week in Year 1, we started our new History Topic: My Family History! We worked on understanding the meanings of ‘past’ and ‘timeline’ and practiced ordering some events chronologically. We also initiated discussions about our grandparents, bringing in various pictures to share with the class. Later, we visited our school timeline to investigate some past events that have taken place both globally and locally. We are excited to continue learning and comparing our childhood experiences with those of our grandparents! Thank you to all those who have sent in photos, we have loved sharing them with the class and discussing our families!
In Religion, we explored the creation story, focusing on what God made over the course of seven days. We then discussed the story and created our own illustrations for each of those events. In English, we have been working on short sentences including capital letters, full stops and using our phonics skills to sound words out.
As part of our current affairs discussions, we addressed the topic of climate change. We discovered that climate change refers to the difference in the Earth’s temperature, whether it becomes hotter or colder. We explored the various harmful effects of climate change and, more importantly, what actions we can take to improve our planet. Ideas we discussed included using reusable water bottles, walking to school and planting trees or other plants.
