How
quickly the Term has gone by. We finished off with the exciting news that Mrs
Shakespear has had her baby. A little girl called Edie Annabel weighing in at
5lb 13oz.
In
Term 2 we have themes for Show and Tell each week. A copy of the topics have
been placed in the lockers. PE will be on Monday and Friday and Library will be
on Thursday next term.
This
week, we saw some great Inquiry in Action. Aston asked the interesting
question, “How many legs does a squirrel have?” What started with what seemed
like a simple question developed into a lengthy discussion on the answer and
where we would find out. How many do you think?
We
continued our inquiry into “We are all unique.” We read a book called Pearl
Barley and Charlie Parsley. They are two children who are very different, but
still very good friends. We looked at our friends in the class and realised we
are all different and that does not stop us being friends.
We looked
at the picture on the cover.
Zoe: They
might be twins. One has long hair, one has short hair.
Ned: They
might be mum and dad.
Hannah: Maybe a
family.
Abi: Might be
cousins.
Can you
be friends with people who look different?
Ned: Yes,
because you know them.
Louis: You pick
a friend because they are nice to you.
Seb: We have
all got different bodies.
Harley:
Different hair and colour skin.
We looked
at our skin and no one had the same coloured skin.
Benji: We got
different colour eyes too!
We
separated the class into blue eyes and brown eyes. Only Lucy did not fit into
these groups, she had green eyes. We thought wouldn’t it be strange if you
couldn’t play with the children whose eyes were a different colour. Or maybe
Lucy could only play with both groups?
The
children thought this was a very strange idea.
Hannah: We want
to play with everyone!
Spencer: That’s
silly, we can play with anyone.
“No one is born hating another person because
of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must
learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for
love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
It seems your children are on the right path.
