Year 1/2 have been writing letters to characters in the story called Hermelin. We used conjunctions and adjectives to improve our sentences. #SimmsCrossEnglish#LiteracyCounts
Year 1/2 have been reading the story Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. We have been learning about the life of Lewis Carroll because he is a significant person from our local area. We made puppets and acted out scenes from the story. #SimmsCrossHistory
Year 1/2 have been making different amounts of money. We used a viewfinder to help us find different ways of making the given amounts. #SimmsCrossMaths
Year 1/2 have been analysing a text looking for writing features used by the author. We found noun phrases, conjunctions, exclamation sentences and questions. #SimmsCrossEnglish@LiteracyCounts1
Year 1/2 have loved reading the story of Hermelin, the detective mouse by Mini Grey. We have used the story to make predictions, practise punctuation and will soon by writing our own detective story! #SimmsCrossEnglish
Year 1/2 have started learning about the famous local author Lewis Carroll.We became historians looking for evidence from photographs and objects to discover who he was. #SimmsCrossHistory
Year 1/2 have been thinking about how technology is used in our daily lives. We found lots of digital items on a technology hunt in school! #SimmsCrossComputing
Year 1/2 have started a new book in English called Hermelin. We used lots of clues to predict that he is a detective mouse. I wonder what mysteries he will solve? #SimmsCrossEnglish@LiteracyCounts1
Year 1/2 have been learning to spot mistakes in written work and fix them. It was good to talk about the mistakes with a partner. #SimmsCrossEnglish@LiteracyCounts1
Year 1/2 went to the library today to learn about our local area. We looked at photographs of different buildings and bridges to see how Widnes has changed over the past 100 years. #SimmsCrossGeography#SimmsCrossHistory
Year 1/2 have been writing stories this week based on the traditional story, Rapunzel. They had lots of great ideas about how the good character can escape the bad one! #SimmsCrossEnglish@LiteracyCounts1
Year 1/2 have been thinking about how to keep our teeth healthy. We decided we should go to the dentist, brush twice a day and eat and drink healthy foods. #SimmsCrossPSHE
What a fantastic morning with @SimmsCrossY1_2 as they've used all theor coding knowledge from the previous weeks to code the Code a Pillar #SimmsCrossComputing