Rights Week 3🗣️

As part of our third Rights Week, we’ve been learning all about democracy and why it’s important for making sure everyone’s voice is heard. To help us understand it better, Mrs. O’Hare told us the story of The Battle of the Quoile. In the story, three animals all wanted to become the leader of the Quoile—but only one could be chosen. We listened carefully to what each animal had to say and then decided who we thought would make the best leader. We cast our votes, and Mrs. O’Hare used a tally chart to count them up. In the end, Mr. Fox had the most votes and was crowned the new leader of the Quoile!

WALT: Identify animal habitats. 
This week, we discussed animal habitats. Mrs O’Hare delivered a presentation about different habitats and we discussed which animals live in each. We then took part in a sorting activity where we had to sort the right animals into the right habitat🌳.

⭐️Science Week⭐️

To celebrate Science Week, we explored the concept of floating and sinking through a hands-on experiment. We made predictions about which objects would float or sink, then tested our ideas to see if we were right. Afterwards, we had a discussion with Mrs. O’Hare about the properties of different materials and how these affect whether something floats or sinks. We also linked our learning to our World Around Us topic by creating habitats as part of our homework this week.

WALT: Understand why animals use Camouflage. 
We have been learning about the animals that use camouflage and the reason they use this. Mrs O’Hare delivered a presentation on camouflage and then hid butterflies around the room. We had to find the butterflies and explain the reason why they were difficult to find! 🦋

WALT: Understand what causes ocean pollution and how we can minimise pollution🐟🐬🐳🐙
 

In WAU this week, we looked at the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. Mrs O’Hare showed children the nursery rhyme and discussed the pail of water in the story, asking questions such as: ‘Was the water dirty or clean?’, ‘What makes our water dirty?’. This led to a discussion about ocean pollution and we watched a presentation about the causes of water pollution and its impact on wildlife and the climate. To develop our learning, we removed unwanted items from the water tray outside. This was to teach us what materials are harmful to the sea and how we can make small changes to help minimise sea pollution 🌊

WALT: Make an autumnal garden 🍂

Inspired by the nursery rhyme, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, children in P1A made their own autumnal garden. Children discussed Autumnal wildlife with Mrs O’Hare and then went on a hunt to find some loose parts 🥮 As a group, we then made our own garden and learned and recited the nursery rhyme 🪴

🥚WALT: Predict the outcome of an experiment 🥚

Our new WAU topic is Once Upon A Time. This week, we looked at the story of Humpty Dumpty and After the Fall. Children in P1A discussed Humpty Dumpty’s fall and conducted an experiment to see which material would have best protected Humpty Dumpty. Children in P1A predicted which material would best protect the egg and Mrs O’Hare threw he eggs from a height to find out👚 

🍁🎃 WALT: Learn about our senses and Autumn 🍁🎃

We are learning about our senses and Autumn through a range of activities:

1. Autumn walk to spot signs of Autumn.

2. Reading Autumn stories

3. Making patterns (numeracy link) with Autumn leaves and loose parts.

4. Listening games for senses and Autumn sounds.

5. A feely bag game where children had to describe what they felt without seeing the item.

🌈 WALT: Understand our similarities and differences 🌈

We have been learning about what makes us similar and different to our peers through a range of activities:

1. Outdoor learning game where children stood on the tick or cross depending on whether you like or dislike.

2. Sorting game where children sorted what they liked/disliked in a Venn diagram.

3. Discussion on similarities and differences.

🌸 WALT: Learn about families and how every family is unique 🌸

We have ben learning about families through a range of activities:

1. Discussion about families and how each family is different.

2. Listening to songs about families.

3. Drawing our families. 
 

🧒WALT: Identify features of our face and bodies.👦

We have been learning about our face and bodies through a range of activities:

1. Building face out of play-doh and card.

2. Making faces out of loose parts.

3. Drawing selfies.

4. Painting hands and making hand prints.

5. Learning head shoulders knees and toes in Irish.