St Joseph'sCatholic Primary & Nursery School
Year 1 / Year 2
Welcome to Year 1/2
Mr Fisher
Welcome to Mr Fisher's Class!
Below is some key information that you might find useful.
Our Summer Term Topic is
'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside ...'
This is a History and Geography based topic.
During this topic the children will study the local History and Geography of Burnham-on-Sea.
They will learn to sequence by chronological order, recognising the differences between past and present.
Time will be spent investigating the life of Grace Darling.
In Geography we will be locating seaside destinations on a map of the United Kingdom.
Our science work will focus on plants; identifying and naming a variety of common wild and garden plants, including their structure.
Homework
This will be handed out on a Friday and is due back in the following Friday at the very latest. Where possible, homework will link to work being covered in class.
Spellings
Spellings are also handed out on a Friday ready for a test the following Friday. Please make sure the children are practising their spellings every week.
PE
PE is currently on a Wednesday. Please ensure your child has the correct kit (including daps or trainers) as we will be outside whenever the weather is fine.
Reading Books
I am encouraging the children to change reading books as regularly as possible. Please ensure you record any reading that takes place at home with a simple comment inside the small blue book (Reading Record). Finished books can be placed inside the classroom crate on a daily basis but they will not be changed unless the reading record has been written in. Any books that are taken back in will be quarantined before redistribution.
Over the course of the term I will look to update this class page with all the different things that are going on in Year 1/2.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me on the contact details below:
mfisher@educ.somerset.gov.uk
Best wishes
Mr Fisher 
Parachute Fun!!
Re-Potting our broad bean plants.
Sports Day 2021
Art - Designing and making our own sunglasses!
Today the children searched the school grounds for the different plants that grow in our local environment. They were able to name a lot of the wild plants that we found.
Science - Planting Broad Beans in our jam jars!
Art - We had great fun making yogurt pot lighthouses!
English - The children had fun this morning 'hot seating' a partner who had to had to imagine they were Jim from the story 'Dolphin Boy' and answer some questions.
Art - Look at our fantastic underwater pictures
Computing - Today the children wrote down simple algorithms for their partners to follow as they became 'human beebots'!!
Art - Turtles and seahorses - We painted patterns using white wax crayons before painting over the top with brusho!
Science - The children have been following the progress of four baby caterpillars as they ate, got a lot bigger and then each spun a chrysalis! Unfortunately we were waiting for the butterflies to emerge when half term arrived. Anyway, here are the pictures which were taken during the half term break. All four butterflies emerged without injury and were released into the wild!
Art - We coloured a lighthouse using pointilism (dots)
Art - Silhouette lighthouse pictures
Music - Learning to play 'Row Row Row Your Boat' on the xylophones.
Art - We made Jellyfish in class today!
English - The children had fun exploring local leaflets in class today. Tomorrow we will be learning all about the different features in a leaflet.
Art - After sketching some sea shells last week the children had lots of fun today making their own sea shells from a variety of materials.
RE - Today the children made Easter spinners linking the death of Jesus on Good Friday with his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Maths - Today we used the 'chunky chalks' to practice drawing shapes and repeating patterns on the school playground.
Today the children sketched shells looking closely at line and shape.
We sorted a selection of 2d shapes today into groups
Art - We made 'The Grinch' with our hand prints!!
