Townfield Primary School1C - Mrs Carey: Gallery
1C Science Animals including humans lesson 2
Date: 11th Nov 2023 @ 9:05am
In lesson 2, we investigated how humans explore the world through their senses.
For this, we had to use our own senses.
Hearing; we played a game of listening bingo. We had to listen to the sounds being played, identify them and then cross them off our bingo board.
Sight; We had to draw a simple face with eyes and a mouth. We were then blindfolded and had to draw the same picture. When we compared the two, we realised just how important our sight is.
Smell; We had 6 pots with different types of foods inside. They were covered so that we could not see what was in the pots. We had to give the little pots a shake and then smell them. We then discussed what we thought was in there and had to match the smell with the labels on the table. We had, chocolate powder, curry powder, chopped onion, soap, coffee and toothpaste.
Touch; we had feely bags with objects inside that we had to touch and describe what we had hold of to a friend. We were not allowed to use our sense of sight, touch only and a detailed description. Inside the bags we had a banana, a wooden peg, a phone, an orange, blu tak, a rubber, scissors, a rock and a piece of ribbon. This was more difficult than it sounds as we had to really think about the materials that each of the items were made from.
Taste; This was our favourite! We learned all about the four main tastes that our taste buds can identify. Then we tasted some foods and had to record whether we thought it was salty, sour, bitter or sweet. We tasted a ready salted crisp (salty), a piece of 100% cocoa dark chocolate (bitter), a tiny dab of sugar (sweet) and a slice of lime (sour).
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1C Science - Animals including Humans - Body parts
Date: 11th Nov 2023 @ 8:50am
Our new topic in science this term is Animals including humans.
In lesson 1, we learned more about the human body, in particularly the body parts. We discovered that not EVERYONE has the same body parts.
We had lots of fun in this lesson; First we sang the song 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' in lots of different ways, we even changed the body parts and got very muddled up! Then we played 'Simon Says' and then we went on to draw around a friend's body and labelled the parts that we could remember.
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Date: 11th Nov 2023 @ 8:44am
This week, we made Remembrance Day poppies using recycled bottles.
Our poppies are going to be part of a display in the Bombed Out Church in Liverpool on Sunday.
We watched a short historical video that taught us all about the the church and why it is now called The Bombed Ot Church.
We also learned that it is no longer just used as a church these days, it hosts lots of fantastic music, art and religeous events throughout the year.
Date: 11th Nov 2023 @ 8:40am
We are using the story of Rapunzel as our English stimulus. We listened to the story and at different parts we explored how the characters might feel, move or what they might say and acted them out. We had so much fun with this and we laughed a LOT! What amazing actors we have in 1C!
1C Computing - using a trackpad to move items
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 9:49pm
Using a track pad to move objects
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 9:25pm
On Tuesday morning, we were greeted with quite a mess in our reading corner; there were glitter and sparkles everywhere, sparkly footprints, a spell book on the bench, a witches hat was left on the floor, the teddies were all knocked over and there was a witches glove trapped in the window. We knew it must have been a witch because of the items that had been left behind. But, Why did she come in our room? What did she want? Was she a nasty witch? A friendly witch? What was she doing? Why did she leave?
We thought that she might have been lost or looking for a friend to go trick or treating with. We thought that she may have wanted to put a spell on us (a good one though) or maybe she was just cold? 
We looked inside the spell book, and there was a note and a set of instructions. The note said; Please read the instruction on how to make a tower suitable for a with. My tower was obviously not a good tower because it got blown down in the wind.
Can you please help me? I need ideas of how to make a good tower that will not be blown away.
We had a discussion about what a good tower would be (strong, tall, sturdy, well hidden) and explored making towers using different equipment (paper, Lego, Kinex, books, glue sticks, linking spears and lolly sticks). This was not easy!
1C Art - Lesson 1 -Andy Warhol
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 8:56pm
Our Art unit this term is Andy Warhol's Pop Art. We will be focusing on portraits using pop art and repeated images.
In lesson 1, we learned all about Who Andy Warhol is, what he is famous for and what his pop art looks like. We observed some of his famous pieces of art and discussed what we liked about them and how they made us feel. We also learned lots of facts about him and created our own fact file over a double page spread.
We then used IPads to take portrait photographs of each other ready for printing to use later on in the unit.
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 9:24pm
Leading on from learning all about levers and pivots and how they work, we designed our own greetings card. First, we had to think about who the card would be for and ensure that our design would be appealing, then we had to decide what type of card we were going to create (Christmas, Birthday, Good Luck etc) and then choose a mechanism.
In order to design our card, we had to consider what materials and equipment we would need and then draw and label our design.
From this, we made our cards, we paid close attention to our design to ensure that we stayed on track with our chosen product.
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 9:16pm
Over this half term, we have been studying the four Seasons. We have been thinking about what the weather is generally like, what events take place, what activities we may typically undertake during each season, what the trees look like and what types of clothing is usually worn. We have also been learning about the hours of daylight and how this changes throughout the seasons.
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 9:07pm
We have been learning all about ourselves, how we look, what we like and dislike, how similar we all are and how different we are. Inparticularly, how we are unique.
This discussion made us realise what makes us who we are; our interests and hobbies, how we look, our families and our characterisitics.
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 9:03pm
We have spent a few weeks learning how to keep ourselves safe. We have learned the proper names for the private parts of the body. We also talked about the NSPCC Pants song which teaches us about keeping what is in our pants private. At Townfield, we identify who our trusted adults are both in and out of school. 
1C PSHE - No Outsiders - Elmer
Date: 26th Oct 2023 @ 8:06am
We have been learning all about what No Outsiders means. It is all about everyone being unique, the same in some ways, having similarities and differences but ALL having the right to be included.
We read the story of Elmer who is an elephant who is not 'elephant colour'. Everybody in the jungle loved him, he always made them laugh and they played lots of fun games together. Every time Elmer walked through the jungle, he was greeted by all of the other animals.
One day, Elmer got fed up of standing out so he rubbed elephant colour berry juice all over himself so that he would be just like all of the other elephants in the herd.
As he walked through the jungle, nobody greeted him or asked him to play; everybody just got on with their day. Elmer found this boring and did not really enjoy being exactly the same.Suddenly, a big raincloud burst and the berry juice wash washed away. Everybody laughed because they thought that this was the best joke he had ever made on them. Elmer realised that it was better being himself, everyone loved him just the way he was and he was never left out.
The children really enjoyed this story and it generated a lot of discussion surrounding our similarities and differences and that nobody should ever be left out just because of a difference.
Food Bank Charles Thompson Mission Charity
Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 4:10pm
We have been blown away by the amount of food that the families of Townfield have generously donated to Charles Thompson Mission charity! When the donations were collected on Tuesday, the volunteers from the charity said that our school had provided the biggest harvest that they had received this year! We thank you all very much for your ongoing support and generosity. You have helped so many people in need this harvest season.
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 9:06pm
Every morning during registration time, we have a variety of fine-motor control activities set out for us to use.
These activities help us to gain focus and attention as well as helping to strengthen our developing fine-motor muscles. This strengthens our hand-eye co-ordination which in turn, helps with our writing.
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 8:58pm
We have had a visit from Mabel.
She came to our classroom to listen to a story with us.
We had a little discussion about how and when to approach dogs in a safe way. When Mabel visits us, we have to try our best to stay quiet and calm. We must make sure that we approach her calmly, make sure that she is facing us by saying her name and we are only allowed to stroke her one at a time. We must never try to stroke her from behind because we could startle her.
"Mabel is so soft and fluffy"
"I was scared of dogs but I don't think I will be anymore"
"She is so cute"
" I love seeing Mabel because it is always nice and calm when she is here"
1C DT - Lesson 2 - Mechanisms - Sliders
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 8:34pm
In Lesson 2, we learned what a slider mechanism looks like, what it does and how it works.
We explored how a slider can be used in greetings cards and made a simple slider of our own.
First, we used a ruler to draw two parallel lines. We had to bend our card and use scissors to cut the lines, making sure that we did not cut all the way to the end of the paper. This looked really easy but we found this part quite tricky so needed to help eachother. We then drew a little design on the end of a strip of card and weaved it through the track to create a moving slider.
1C DT - Mechanisms - Lesson 1 - Levers and pivots
Date: 3rd Oct 2023 @ 8:09pm
Our DT unit this term is all about mechanisms.
By the end of this unit, we will have explored, observed and made a lever and pivot mechanism and a slider mechanism. From this, we will have designed, made and evaluated our very own moving greeting cards.
In Lesson 1, we explored what a simple lever and pivot mechanism is. We needed to use split pins to create a lever and pivot on our prototype card.
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1C PSHE - Our likes and dislikes
Date: 17th Sep 2023 @ 6:27pm
We have been discussing how we are all equal but have some differences. We agreed that it is ok to have different likes and dislikes than our friends, family, peers etc.
Date: 17th Sep 2023 @ 6:15pm
We have been learning all about The Zones of Regulation.
The Zones of Regulation is an approach used to support the development of self-regulation in children. All the
different ways children feel and the states of alertness they experience are categorized into four coloured zones. Children who are well regulated are able to be in the appropriate zone at the appropriate time. I our classroom, we have a display where the children can move their faces into the appropriate that matches how they are feeling throughout the day;
Blue Zone - tired, sad, fed up, sick, bored.
Green Zone - calm, happy, ready to learn, focused.
Yellow Zone - silly, over excited, worried, frustrated.
Red Zone - angry, out of control, terrified.
Why we use Zones of Regulation;
To teach children how to:
Identify their feelings
Be aware of what zone they are in
Start to use tools to be in the appropriate zone for the moment
How the Zones of Regulation are introduced;
Identify our own feelings using Zones language in front of your child (e.g. “I’m frustrated, I am in
the yellow zone”)
Talking about what tool we will use to be in the appropriate zone (e.g. “I’m going to go for a walk, I
need to get to the green zone”)
Labelling what zone a child is in throughout the day (e.g. “you look sleepy, you are in the blue
zone”)
Teaching children what Zones tools can be used to help them stay in the zone or move to a different zone (e.g. “you are tired, let’s read a book together in the reading area. We’re in the blue zone”)
Referring to the visuals on our lanyards when talking about zones.
Zones Tools.
Zones tools are sensory based strategies that are easily accessible within our immediate environment
Every zone is a good zone and appropriate at different times.
The children have been creating Zones of Regulation posters to help them understand different feelings and what they can do to help themselves.
Date: 12th Sep 2023 @ 12:12pm
We have launched our first history topic - 1950s Britain
Lesson 1 - Compare toys from the 1950s to today.
by studying and comparing some of the toys that were played with in the 1950's and those of today, we weer able to sort the images into a comparison table.
